University of Montenegro

University of Montenegro
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Type	Public
Established	29 April 1974
Rector	Prof. dr Vladimir Božović
Academic staff	850 (regular)
Students	21,595
Location	Podgorica, Montenegro
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue and white
Website	ucg.ac.me

The University of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro.[1]

Its central administration and majority of constitutive faculties are located in the country's capital Podgorica, with dislocated faculties in Nikšić, Cetinje and Kotor. Institution was founded in 1974 and it is currently organized in 19 faculties.

Faculty of Law, Podgorica

Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje

Faculty of Marine Studies, Kotor

History

The University of Montenegro was founded on 29 April 1974 in Titograd, SR Montenegro (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 the Faculty of Law from the capital Titograd,
two colleges: Teaching College from Nikšić and Maritime Studies College from Kotor,
three independent scientific institutes: for History, for Agriculture and for Biological and Medical Research, all from Titograd.

A year after it was founded, 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. 1970s was a decade of exponential rise in number of higher education institutions in the former Yugoslavia when alongside Titograd universities in Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Banja Luka, Mostar, Maribor, Bitola, Kragujevac and Tuzla all opened their doors. In 1992, the university was given its current name - University of Montenegro.

Organization

The seat of the university is in Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro, with a population of around 190,000. Most faculties of the University of Montenegro are located in Podgorica, while some faculties have been opened in Nikšić, Cetinje and Kotor.

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 comprises following 19 faculties in 4 cities:

Podgorica

Nikšić

Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Philology
Faculty for Sport and Physical Education

Cetinje

Kotor

Faculty of Maritime Studies
Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management

Within the faculties, there are departments and study groups.

The university includes three scientific research institutes:

Institute for History
Institute of Marine Biology
Institute- Center of Excellence in Research and Innovation

Teaching and learning

Former logo sign of the University of Montenegro, used until 2016.

In 2017, the University of Montenegro reformed the system of studies and adopted the new system of 3+2+3 instead of the previous 3+1+1+3 system. With the accreditation from 2017, 160 study programmes are accredited on all study levels, of which 114 are at bachelor and postgraduate studies, 14 within the applied studies, and 25 doctoral study programmes. Also, eight interdisciplinary study programmes are accredited, of which one is at the doctoral level, while seven exist at the level of postgraduate master studies. All the bachelor study programmes are accredited as three-year study programmes, while having, at the most, two modules in their VI semester. They are organized as either academic or applied studies. Their scope is 180 ECTS. 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.

Doctoral studies are organized after postgraduate studies, and all are accredited as three-year study programmes. The scope of doctoral studies is 180 ECTS.

Notable faculty

Mileva Filipović - sociologist and gender studies pioneer (1938-2020)

References

"University of Montenegro". Times Higher Education (THE). 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

External links

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[1] "University of Montenegro". Times Higher Education (THE). 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

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