The Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb (, abbreviated FPZG) is one of the constituent institutions of the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

History

The Faculty was founded by the Parliament of the

People's Republic of Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a ...

on 23 February 1962 as part of the University of Zagreb. Classes began in November of that year. In 1971 the Faculty launched a

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that later evolved into a separate study program. Since 2005, with the introduction of the comprehensive university reform based on

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, political science and journalism programs offer

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and

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programs. Postgraduate specialist programs and a three-year

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in political science are also available. During the

2020 Zagreb earthquake At approximately 6:24 AM Central European Time, CET on the morning of 22 March 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 , 5.5 , hit Zagreb, Croatia, with an epicenter north of the city centre. The maximum felt intensity was VII–VIII (''Very stro ...

the building of the faculty had been severely damaged and had to subsequently undergo a full reconstruction that was successfully completed in 2025.

Organization

Research and teaching at the Faculty is organized into nine academic departments: * Department of Croatian Politics * Department of Media and Communication * Department of Comparative Politics * Department of Public Policy, Management and Development * Department of International Relations and Security Studies * Department of Political and Social Theory * Department of Foreign Languages, Pedagogical and Physical Education * Department of Strategic Communication * Department of Journalism and Media Production

References

External links

Official website of the FacultyOfficial website of the University of Zagreb
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