University of Banja Luka. General information Founded on 7 November 1975 It is the largest University in Republic of Srpska and the second largest in.

University of Banja Luka

General information

• Founded on 7 November 1975

• It is the largest University in Republic of Srpska and the second largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 16 faculties, one associate member, 58 study

programs

• More than 17.000 students

• Around 1. 500 employees

(2/3 teaching staff and 1/3 administrative staff)

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering

• Faculty of Technology • Faculty of Law• Faculty of Economics• Faculty of Mechanical

Engineering• Faculty of Medicine• Faculty of Forestry• Faculty of Agriculture• Faculty of Philosophy• Faculty of Philology• Faculty of Political

Sciences

• Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

• Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• Academy of Arts• Faculty of Physical

Education and Sport• Faculty of Mine Engineering- Associate member: College

of internal affairs

University consists of 16 faculties

Governing bodies of the University• University Steering Board (9 members – 4 representatives of academic staff, 1

representative of non-academic staff, 1 representative of students, 3 appointed by

the government)

• Senate (29 members – 18 representatives of academic staff (one from each

organizational unit), 6 representatives of students, rector and 4 vice-rectors)

• Rector, Professor Stanko Stanić (mandate 2012-2016)

• Vice-Rector for

Teaching and Student Issues

• Vice-Rector for Scientific Work,

Research and Development

• Vice-Rector for

International Cooperation

• Vice-Rector for

Personnel Issues and Other Issues

• Over 130 bilateral agreements on cooperation with public and private HE institutions from all over the world

• Since 1997 engaged in various international projects: - European Commission-TEMPUS (89

projects), FP6/FP7, Erasmus Mundus - World Bank - United Nations (UNESCO/CEPES) - Countries individually (Austria, Germany, Norway,

Sweden, USA)• CEEPUS program• Students and professors enjoyed different scholarships and

study visits abroad

International Relations

Internationalization

• Bilateral agreements• Membership in networks of cooperation• Conferences, meetings, visits• International projects• Lectures of visiting professors and other guests• Cooperation with embassies and foreign

governments (scholarships, study visits)• Student visits• Academic mobility

Agreements

• More than 130 bilateral agreements with partners in Europe and worldwide

Membership in networks

International Conferences

Visits

Italian Ambassador, 2010Martin Luther King III, 2008

International Events

International Projects

TEMPUS project workshop in

Brussels, 2011

Bologna, 2008

Scholarships

Summer School on Gender Equality, 22-27.08.2011

Foreign students at UBL, 27.09.2011

More opportunities for UBL students and academic staff

• Huawei Technologies Ltd. NOVUM Award to Students, 5 July 2011

• RULES on co-financing of international exchange of students and academic staff

Prof. Dr. Frederick White (USA), 13.03.2012

Visit to UNI Graz, 28.02.2012

Important webs

CEEPUS – www.ceepus.info

ERASMUS MUNDUS - http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm

1) JOIN EU-SEE PENTA - www.joineuseepenta.eu/

2) EUROWEB

IAESTE BiH - http://iaeste.ba/

www.unibl.org