The University of Montenegro () is a national

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. Its central administration and most of its constituent

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are located in the country's capital

Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

, with campuses in

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

Cetinje Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of sev ...

, and

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

. Its institution was established in 1974 and currently has 19 faculties.

History

The University of Montenegro was founded on 29 April 1974 in

Titograd Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

(now Podgorica). In that year the following organisations signed the Agreement on Association into the University of Titograd: * three faculties: Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Law (Podgorica), * two colleges: Teaching College (Nikšić) and Maritime Studies College (Kotor), and * three independent scientific institutes: for History, for Agriculture, and for Biological & Medical Research (Podgorica). A year after its foundation, the institution changed its name to Veljko Vlahović University in honour of the communist activist and World War II participant from Montenegro who died that year. The 1970s was a decade of exponential rise in number of higher education institutions in

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, when alongside Podgorica, universities in

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, and

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all opened their doors. In 1992 the university was given its current name - University of Montenegro.

Organization

The seat of the university is in

, the capital of

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, with a population of around 290,000. Most faculties of the University of Montenegro are located in Podgorica, while some faculties are in

and

. The university comprises faculties, institutes and colleges, as well as logistic centers. The Managing Board governs the university and the Rector manages it. The supreme academic body is the University Senate. Deans are heads of faculties and directors are heads of institutes. At faculties i.e. at institutes, the highest academic bodies are councils for teaching-scientific issues, i.e. for teaching-artistic issues. The highest student body is the Student Parliament. Representatives of students are elected in all bodies of the university and of the faculties.

Faculties

The university has 19 faculties in four cities: *

:* Faculty of Architecture :* Faculty of Biotechnology :* Faculty of Civil Engineering :* Faculty of Economics :* Faculty of Electrical Engineering :*

Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...

:* Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Faculty of Medicine A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...

:* Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology :* Faculty of

Natural Sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

and

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

:* Faculty of Political Sciences *

Faculty of Philosophy A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...

:* Faculty of Philology :* Faculty for Sport and Physical Education *

:* Faculty of Drama :*

Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

Music Academy A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

:* Faculty of

Maritime Studies Maritime studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses Liberal arts education, liberal arts or business as the foundation for exploring humankind's relationship with Waterway, waterways and Drainage basin, watersheds. Incorporating ma ...

:* Faculty of

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

and

Hotel Management A hotel manager, hotelier, or lodging manager is a person who manages the operation of a hotel, motel, resort, or other lodging-related establishment. Management of a hotel operation includes, but is not limited to: management of hotel staff, ...

Within the faculties, there are departments and study groups. The university has four scientific research institutes: * Institute for History * Institute - Center of Excellence in Research and Innovation * Institute for Advanced Studies * Institute of Marine Biology As a part of the Institute of Marine Biology, the Adriatic Biodiversity Conservation Center ″Aquarium Boka″ was established in 2020. It is the first and only public aquarium in Montenegro. It is also a unique institution in Montenegro that combines research and education to promote and practice the efficient conservation of marine wildlife.

Teaching and learning

In 2017 the University of Montenegro reformed the system of studies and adopted the new 3+2+3 system, instead of the previous 3+1+1+3. In 2017, 160 study programmes have been accredited at all study levels, of which 114 are at bachelor and postgraduate studies, 14 applied studies, and 25 doctoral programmes. Also, eight interdisciplinary study programmes are accredited, of which one is at the doctoral level and seven at the masters level. All bachelor study programmes are accredited as three-year study programmes ( 180 ECTS points), while having, at the most, two modules in their VI semester. They are organized as either academic or applied studies. Exempted from this rule are the regulated professions, which have implemented the EU directives about the duration of their bachelor studies, so that bachelor studies in medicine and dentistry last 6 years, while pharmacology and architecture last five years. The postgraduate study programmes are organized after the completion of the bachelor studies and all are accredited as two-year programmes. The scope of the postgraduate studies is 120 ECTS points. Doctoral studies are organized after postgraduate studies, and all of them are accredited as three-year study programmes. The scope of doctoral studies is 180 ECTS points.

Notable faculty

Mileva Filipović Mileva Jovanova Filipović (née Kalezyc, ; 4 September 1938 - 11 July 2020) was a Montenegrin sociologist, who was Professor of Law at the University of Montenegro, where she unsuccessfully tried to establish a Department of Gender Studies. ...

- sociologist and gender studies pioneer (1938-2020)

History

Organization

Faculties

Teaching and learning

Notable faculty

See also