The University of Rijeka ( hr, Sveučilište u Rijeci) is in the city of Rijeka,

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, with faculties in cities throughout the regions of Primorje, Istria and Lika. The University of Rijeka is composed of eleven faculties, one art academy, two departments, university libraries and the Student Centre Rijeka (SCRI).

History

While the modern university was founded on May 17, 1973, the first school of higher education was established in 1627 by the

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and enjoyed equal status with the academies in the largest cities of the

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. The Faculty of Philosophy, established in 1726, operated for two years. The

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Faculty was founded in 1728. From 1773 to 1780, Rijeka was the seat of the Royal Academy. The modern day university was established during 1970's, a decade of exponential rise in number of higher education institutions in the former Yugoslavia when alongside Rijeka universities in Osijek, Kragujevac,

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, Bitola, Maribor,

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and

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all opened their doors. The departments of biotechnology, informatics, mathematics and physics were founded in 2008. In 2022 the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Informatics became faculties.

Administration

These are the eleven faculties, one academy and two departments into which the university is divided: Filozofski fakultet, Rijeka

Faculties and academies

* Academy of Applied Arts * Faculty of

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* Faculty of Economics * Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

* Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Faculty of Philosophy)
Department of Philosophy
* Faculty of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

* Faculty of

Maritime Studies Seamanship is the art, knowledge and competence of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water. The'' Oxford Dictionary'' states that seamanship is "The skill, techniques, or practice of handling a ship or boat at sea." It involves topics ...

* Faculty of

Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

* Faculty of Teacher Education * Faculty of

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mor ...

and

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(based in

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)

Faculty of Informatics

Since the implementation of the Bologna process in the academic year 2005/06, the Faculty of Informatics offers two

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programmes (three years): * Informatics * Informatics in combination with another subject offered at Faculty of Arts and Sciences Students finish with the title

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in Informatics. Both programmes introduce the foundations of programming,

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data structures In computer science, a data structure is a data organization, management, and storage format that is usually chosen for efficient access to data. More precisely, a data structure is a collection of data values, the relationships among them, a ...

digital electronics Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them. This is in contrast to analog electronics and analog signals. Digital electronic circuits are usual ...

computer architecture In computer engineering, computer architecture is a description of the structure of a computer system made from component parts. It can sometimes be a high-level description that ignores details of the implementation. At a more detailed level, the ...

computer networks A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. The computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections are m ...

, operating systems,

databases In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases spa ...

information systems An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...

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and

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software engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

logic programming Logic programming is a programming paradigm which is largely based on formal logic. Any program written in a logic programming language is a set of sentences in logical form, expressing facts and rules about some problem domain. Major logic pro ...

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and information theory. After receiving the B.Sc. degree, the student can apply for the

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in four programmes (two years): *

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and

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systems, * Business informatics, * Informatics

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, * Informatics education in combination with another subject education offered at Faculty of Arts and Sciences which ends with the title

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( M.Sc.) in Informatics or

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(

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) in Informatics. In 2012, University of Rijeka Department of Informatics became

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Teaching Center.

Faculty of Mathematics

Since the implementation of the Bologna process in the academic year 2005/06, the Faculty of Mathematics offers and

program (three years) in Mathematics, which finishes with the title

in Mathematics. Courses include standard topics in

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

linear algebra Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as: :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as: :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrices ...

, numerical mathematics, combinatorics

graph theory In mathematics, graph theory is the study of ''graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of '' vertices'' (also called ''nodes'' or ''points'') which are conn ...

, affine spaces and particularly

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metric spaces In mathematics, a metric space is a set together with a notion of ''distance'' between its elements, usually called points. The distance is measured by a function called a metric or distance function. Metric spaces are the most general settin ...

topology In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing ...

set theory Set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies sets, which can be informally described as collections of objects. Although objects of any kind can be collected into a set, set theory, as a branch of mathematics, is mostly conce ...

geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is ...

number theory Number theory (or arithmetic or higher arithmetic in older usage) is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) said, "Mat ...

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and statistics,

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, programming,

and

. After receiving the B.Sc. degree, the student can apply for the

in two programmes (two years): * Mathematics

, * Mathematics and Informatics

, together with Department of Informatics. In 2010, Department of Mathematics organized a conference on

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and Related Combinatorics under NATO Science for Peace and Security programme.

Departments

On April 1, 2008, University of Rijeka decided to make the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, departments of Informatics, Mathematics and

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into independent departments. Akademija primijenjenih umjetnosti, Rijeka - ulaz

* Department of

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

* Department of

Department of Biotechnology

The Department of Biotechnology was founded in 2008 and currently has over 60 members of staff. It is located in the Departments building of the university campus at

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. The department offers one undergraduate degree program "Biotechnology and Drug Research", 3 masters programs "Drug Research and Development", "Biotechnology in Medicine" and "Medical Chemistry", 1 masters program in English "Biotechnology for the life sciences" and one doctoral program "Medical Chemistry". Further information can be found on their website.https://www.biotech.uniri.hr/hr/, UniRi biotechnology webpage

Centers

Center for Iconographic Studies

The ''Center for Iconographic Studies'' (CIS) is a research center in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. CIS was founded with the idea of promoting iconography and iconology, as academic disciplines, and to establish a platform for academics from different disciplines to research the interpretation of visual arts. The Center organizes the annual conference of iconographic studies, as well as lectures, workshops and symposia, international networking and research projects, and it is involved in doctoral programs. CIS also publishes ''IKON'' - the journal of the iconographic studies. The Department of Art History at the University of Rijeka in collaboration with the Department of Theology at the

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organized the first conference of iconographic studies in 2007, and thus conceived the idea of establishing the center that is intended to become the platform for academics from different disciplines in researching the interpretation of visual arts. In 2008 the proceedings of the 2007 conference were published, and both conference and the journal continue to be organized annually. In 2011 CIS organized Art History Day in Rijeka, which has become an annual event for the region, especially oriented towards students and younger people. ''PURITEKA'', an e-journal for students' articles has also been published. Since 2010, CIS has been a partner to a European project in culture: "Francia media – Cradles of European Culture". The ''Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe'' (CAS – SEE) "is an organizational unit of the University of Rijeka specialized in the social sciences and humanities. Designed as a regional hub for high-level academic research, the Center aims to stimulate public discourses on topics with high societal relevance for the region and Europe. The vision of the Center is to promote freedom of research and to ensure the necessary prerequisites for innovative, intellectual and scientific development. The Center strives to strengthen the transnational and regional scientific cooperation on a range of socially pressing issues with relevance for the Humanistic and Social Sciences."

Rectors

Heads of the university hold the title of Rector (''Rektor'') and are elected to four-year terms. There have been 13 rectors since the university's establishment in 1973. Source
List of rectors
at the University of Rijeka website.

Student projects

Students at University of Rijeka work on various fields, and majority of projects are founded by Student council of Uniri. Biggest examples are Onetius, Student Day Festival, Riteh Racing Team, NeuRi and Debate League of Rijeka.

International rankings

The university not ranked by QS, ranking 1066 by USN, and 1329 by

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. It is not listed for

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References

External links

University of Rijeka Website
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Facultet za matematiku Sveučilišta u Rijeci
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Fakultet Informatike i Digitalnih Tehnologija Sveučilišta u Rijeci
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OpenClass homepage at HULK-Ri
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Odjel za Biotehnologiju Sveučilišta u Rijeci
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Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka
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