The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing ( hr, Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva,

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: ''FER'') is a

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of the

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. It is the largest technical faculty and the leading educational as well as research-and-development institution in the fields of electrical engineering and computing in

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. FER owns four buildings situated in the

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neighbourhood of Martinovka, Trnje. The total area of the site is . , the Faculty employs more than 160 professors and 210 teaching and research assistants. In the academic year 2010/2011, the total number of students was about 3,800 in the undergraduate and graduate level, and about 450 in the PhD program. As of academic year 2004./2005., when the implementation of the Bologna process started at the University of Zagreb, the faculty has two

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programmes (each lasting 3 years): *

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Computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, ...

After receiving a

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, students can take part in one of three master's programmes: *

and

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** Electronic and Computer Engineering **

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** Electric Machines, Drives and Automation * Information and

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** Computational Modelling in Engineering **

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Organisation

The Faculty comprises 12

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s: * Applied Physics * Applied Computing * Applied Mathematics * Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Measurements * Electric Machines, Drives and Automation * Energy and Power Systems * Telecommunications * Electronic Systems and Information Processing * Control and Computer Engineering in Automation * Electroacoustics * Electronics, Microelectronics, Computer and Intelligent Systems * Communication and Space Technologies

History

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering ( hr, Elektrotehnički fakultet,

: ''ETF'') was formed on 1 July 1956 when the College of Engineering of the University of Zagreb was divided into ETF and three other new faculties. The faculty existed under this name until 7 February 1995 when it was renamed to its current name. In 1956, the first curriculum was formed, offering students programme called "Study of Electrical Engineering". The faculty was divided into two departments, one for weak

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(''Odjel za slabu struju'') and another for the strong current (''Odjel za jaku struju''). This was later referred to as the ETF-1 programme. The Faculty changed its curriculum in 1967, when the ETF-2 curriculum introduced a division of studies into electrical power systems, electronics, electrical machinery and automation. In 1970, the ETF-3 curriculum introduced further specializations, such as nuclear power systems and computing. There was also an ETF-4 curriculum later. In 1994 name of the faculty changed, and the curriculum was changed from ETF-4 to FER-1. A separate study called "Study of Computing" was formed, so the faculty from then on offered two different degrees - one was the existing ''diplomirani inženjer elektrotehnike'', or graduate engineer of electrical engineering, and the new one was ''diplomirani inženjer računarstva'', or graduate engineer of computing. In 2004 FER-1 was transformed to FER-2, to conform to the Bologna process. This involved, among other things, changing the length of the essential course set from four semesters to two semesters, the renaming of the first study program to include the term

, and the reworking of the program subdivisions so that they each include five specialized modules. Starting with the academic year 2018./2019. the curriculum was changed from FER-2 to FER-3 and is mandatory for new students.

Deans

* Anton Dolenc (1956–1957) *

Danilo Blanuša Danilo Blanuša ( sr-cyr, Данило Блануша; 7 December 1903 – 8 August 1987) was a Croatian Serb mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb. Biography Blanuša was born in Osijek, Austria-Hungary ( ...

(1957–1958) * Božidar Stefanini (1958–1959) * Vatroslav Lopašić (1959–1960) * Hrvoje Požar (1960–1962) * Vladimir Matković (1962–1964) * Radenko Wolf (1964–1966) * Vladimir Muljević (1966–1968) * Hrvoje Požar (1968–1970) * Vojislav Bego (1970–1972) *

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(1972–1974) * Zvonimir Sirotić (1974–1976) * Uroš Peruško (1976–1978) * Ante Šantić (1978–1980) * Berislav Jurković (1980–1982) * Milan Šodan (1982–1984) * Nedžat Pašalić (1984–1986) * Leo Budin (1986–1988) * Vladimir Naglić (1988–1990) * Ivan Ilić (1990–1992) * Danilo Feretić (1992–1994) *

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(1994–1996) *

(1996–1998) * Slavko Krajcar (1998–2000) * Slavko Krajcar (2000–2002) * Mladen Kos (2002–2004) * Mladen Kos (2004–2006) *

Vedran Mornar Vedran Mornar (born 29 May 1959) is a Croatian engineer, university professor, former dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and the full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He formerly served as the Croa ...

(2006–2010) * Nedjeljko Perić (2010–2014) *

Mislav Grgić Mislav Grgić (born in 1973 in Osijek, Croatia) is a university professor, scientist, Ph.D. in technical sciences, and electrical engineer. He served as a Dean of FER from 2014 until 2018. He was the Head of the Alumni Community of FER from 20 ...

(2014–2018) * Gordan Gledec (2018–2022) * Vedran Bilas (2022-current)

Notable alumni

* Ante Marković, last

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of SFRJ * Branko Jeren, Croatian minister of Science and Technology 1993-1995 * Damir Boras, Rector of University of Zagreb since 2014- *

, Croatian minister of Science, Education and Sport 2013-2015

Notable professors

, a mathematician, inventor of second and third known snark (was dean of FER 1957-1958)

KSET

The Electrical Engineering Student Club ( Croatian: ''Klub studenata elektrotehnike'',

: ''KSET'') is a student association founded by students of the Croatian Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and plays an active role in the social life of the

and Zagreb in general. The club is part of a larger building complex of its native faculty.

References

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