Call for applications for student enrollment in the first year of the first (first) cycle of studies at the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026 (first enrollment deadline)

Based on Article 95 of the Law on Higher Education ("Official Gazette of the Zenica-Doboj Canton", No.: 12/22, 15/24-Authentic interpretation and 5/25), the Decision of the Government of the Zenica-Doboj Canton on granting approval to the Plan for Enrolling Students in the First Year of the First Cycle of Studies at the University of Zenica in the Academic Year 2025/2026, No.: 02-34-11865/25 of 13.06.2025 and the Decision of the Senate of the University of Zenica, No.: 01-02-5-2933/25 of 16.06.2025, the Public Institution University of Zenica hereby announces 

COMPETITION
FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR AND (FIRST) CYCLE OF STUDIES AT
UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
(FIRST REGISTRATION DEADLINE)

The competition for student enrollment in the first year of the first (first) cycle of studies at the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026 (First enrollment period) lasts from June 18 to July 2, 2025.

Candidate ranking and entrance exams at the faculties of the University of Zenica will be held from July 3 to July 7 2025, and at the Faculty of Medicine it will take place from July 4 to July 11, 2025.

The faculties of the University of Zenica will provide complete information on their bulletin boards and the faculty's website about the place and time of submitting documents, as well as taking entrance exams for the study programs of the faculties of the University of Zenica where entrance exams are scheduled.

Admission of accepted students to the faculties of the University of Zenica will be done according to the faculty plan in accordance with the adopted Student Enrollment Plan for the first year of the I (first) cycle of studies at the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026.

NOTE: Admitted students who do not enroll within the previously established deadline will be considered to have abandoned enrollment in the study program of the University of Zenica faculty to which they applied.

Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, foreign citizens and stateless persons who have completed a four-year high school in Bosnia and Herzegovina have the right to participate in the Competition, as well as candidates who have completed high school outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for whom, after the recognition or nostrification procedure, determined that they have completed the appropriate education for continuing education.

Exceptionally, candidates who graduated from secondary school outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina have the right to participate in the Contest even before the process of recognition or certification of the certificate of completed secondary education abroad, with the attachment of appropriate evidence of the initiation of the aforementioned procedures. The aforementioned candidates can enroll after the completion of the recognition procedure, i.e. the certification of completed education abroad, no later than the beginning of the academic year 2025/2026.

The ranking of candidates is carried out by special commissions appointed by the deans of the faculties of the University of Zenica.

The selection of candidates will be made on the basis of the Decision on criteria and criteria for determining the order of admission of candidates for the first year of the first cycle of studies at the University of Zenica, which forms an integral part of this Competition, as well as the individual criteria of the University of Zenica faculty for evaluation of grades from subjects relevant to the respective study and evaluation of the results of the entrance exams at the faculties of the University of Zenica where the entrance exam is scheduled.

The ranking list and the list of admitted candidates will be published by the faculties on the notice board and on the faculty's website, after they have been verified by the competent authorities, for faculties where the entrance exam is scheduled to take place no later than five days after the last day of the entrance exam, and for other faculties no later than five days from the closing date of the Competition.

Candidates who apply for the Competition for enrollment in the first year of the I (first) cycle of studies attach the following documents:

• a) application for enrollment in which the study program/department to which he/she is applying is correctly indicated,
• b) certificates of completed high school grades completed in BiH for a four-year period, i.e. appropriate documents on the implementation of the recognition or nostrification procedure for candidates who completed high school outside of BiH,
• c) high school diploma,
• d) birth certificate,
• e) citizenship certificate,
• f) other documents relevant for determining the number of points according to the criteria.

Candidates must submit the documents listed under points b), c), d), e) and f) in the original or a certified photocopy (with a certification no older than 6 (six) months from the date of publication of the Competition).

Candidates who benefit from the rights under the Law on Supplementary Rights of Defenders and Members of Their Families ("Official Gazette of the Zenica-Doboj Canton", No. 15/24) must, in addition to the previously mentioned documents, also submit the following documentation:

• certified household list,
• income certificates of household members,
• certified copy of identity card,
• confirmation of the status of members of the defense population and their family members.

A defense attorney and a member of his/her family, who is a full-time student, have the right of priority under equal conditions when enrolling in faculties of the University of Zenica, in accordance with Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Law on Supplementary Rights of Defense Attorneys and Members of Their Families ("Official Gazette of Zenica-Doboj Canton", No. 15/24) and the Regulation on Priority in Education of Children of Defense Attorneys ("Official Gazette of Zenica-Doboj Canton", No. 1/25).

For the enrollment of candidates from the categories: children of martyrs, killed, deceased, missing defenders; children of killed, deceased, missing recipients of war recognition or decorations; children of deceased war invalids and deceased demobilized defenders; members of the Roma nationality; persons with disabilities over 70%; persons without parental care who are wards of institutions for the accommodation of children without parental care in the Zenica-Doboj Canton; persons whose parents/guardians are beneficiaries of social assistance, and who have their residence in the Zenica-Doboj Canton, and who apply for full-time studies (financed by the Founder) and pass the entrance exam, or do not achieve the required number of points according to general and special criteria at faculties where an entrance exam is not foreseen, and do not enter the quota foreseen by the Enrollment Plan, the Cantonal Government shall issue a special decision on granting consent to increase the number of students for enrollment. The decision on granting consent to increase the number of students for enrollment shall be issued based on the request of the University of Zenica.

Candidates for enrollment in the first year of the first (first) cycle of studies at the faculties of the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026 shall prove their status as members of the Roma population by submitting one of the following documents showing their membership in the Roma population: school certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, voter registration certificate or some other document containing information about their membership in the Roma population.

Candidates for enrollment in the first year of the first (first) cycle of studies at the faculties of the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026 must prove their status as a person with a disability exceeding 70% by submitting a document from a competent medical institution.

After both enrollment deadlines have passed, the competent authorities of the University of Zenica faculty will determine:

• a) For a study program for which the enrollment quota provides for 31 or more students, classes are held if at least 50% students out of the number provided for by the enrollment quota for that study program are enrolled in that study program.
• b) For a study program for which the enrollment quota is 30 or fewer students, classes are not held if at least 10 students are enrolled in that study program.
• c) Exceptionally from the previous point, classes may be held in study programs with fewer than 10 students enrolled, for justified reasons, at the proposal of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, with the consent of the Cantonal Government.
• d) A reasoned request for teaching in study programs in accordance with the previous point shall be submitted by the Senate of the University of Zenica for approval to the Cantonal Government through the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.
• e) The request from the previous point must be submitted no later than September 19, 2025 and can be submitted at most once for the academic year 2025/2026.

If the study program does not meet the requirements for teaching, the accepted candidates will be offered admission to study programs where there are still available places for enrollment according to the established enrollment plan.

For all faculties that do not receive the planned number of candidates in this enrollment period, the Competition (SECOND REGISTRATION DEADLINE) will be announced on August 25, 2025, and documents will be received from August 25 to September 19, 2025.

Candidates for enrollment in the first year of the II (second) cycle of studies at the University of Zenica submit the documents required by the Competition:

1. electronically to the online address: https://unze.ba/upis      or
2. personally to the faculties of the University of Zenica as follows:

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES
72000 ZENICA, street Travnička cesta no. 1.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
72000 ZENICA, street Fakultetska no. 1.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
72000 ZENICA, Street Zmaja od Bosne No. 56.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
72000 ZENICA, street Fakultetska bb.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF LAW
72000 ZENICA, street Fakultetska bb.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ FACULTY OF MEDICINE
72000 ZENICA, street Travnička cesta no. 1.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
OJ POLYTECHNIC FACULTY
72000 ZENICA, street Fakultetska no. 1.

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
ISLAMIC FACULTY OF PEDAGOGICS
72000 ZENICA, street Bilmišće bb

UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
– SENATE-
Number: 01-02-1-2688/25
Date: 27.05.2025.

Based on Articles 56 and 95 of the Law on Higher Education («Official Gazette» of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, No. 12/22, 15/24-Authentic interpretation and 5/25) and Article 67 of the Statute of the University of Zenica (Consolidated text), the Senate of the University of Zenica, at its 05/25 session held on 27.05.2025., adopts

 

DECISION ON CRITERIA AND MEASUREMENTS
TO DETERMINE THE ORDER OF ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES
FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE FIRST YEAR AND (FIRST) CYCLE OF STUDIES AT
UNIVERSITY IN ZENIKA

 

 Article 1.

This Decision establishes common criteria and standards for scoring and enrolling candidates in the first year of the first (first) cycle of studies at the University of Zenica.

Article 2.

Ranking of candidates and admission of students to the first year of the 1st (first) cycle of studies will be done depending on the number of points the candidate earns:

1. At the faculties where the entrance exam is scheduled, based on:

• • general success,
  • success in certain subjects important for the respective study,
  • the results achieved in the entrance exam,
  • results achieved at competitions in subjects relevant to a particular study, i
  • recognition of the "Student of the generation", under equal conditions in relation to other candidates.

2. At faculties where entrance exams are not scheduled based on:

• • general success,
  • success in certain subjects important for the respective study,
  • results achieved at competitions in subjects relevant to a specific study, i
  • recognition of the "Student of the generation", under equal conditions in relation to other candidates.

 

Article 3.

The number of points based on general success is a maximum of 40, and is determined by multiplying the average grade from all subjects in all grades by 8, rounded to one decimal place.

 

Article 4.

The number of points based on success in individual subjects important for the respective study is a maximum of 20, and is determined by multiplying the average grade in subjects important for the respective study by department by 4.

 

Article 5.

The evaluation of the results based on the success achieved in the entrance exam, as well as the list of subjects important for the respective study from which the entrance exam is taken by department and the method of scoring on this basis, the faculties will highlight on their notice boards, with the maximum number of points that the candidate can achieve on this base is 40.

 

Article 6.

For one of the places won at the cantonal competition for high school students, the following number of points is awarded:

• a) for winning first place……….3 points
• b) for winning second place……..2 points i
• c) for winning the third place……….1 point

For one of the places won in the competition of high school students at the level/level of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the following number of points is awarded:

• d) for winning first place………4 points
• e) for winning second place…….3 points i
• f) for winning the third place………2 points

For one of the places won in the international competition for high school students, the following number of points is awarded:

• g) for winning the first place………5 points
• h) for winning second place…….4 points i
• i) for winning the third place………3 points.

The total number of points that the candidate receives based on the competition from this article cannot exceed 10, and it is formed based on the sum of points for all results, with the fact that only competitions that are officially organized at the level of the Canton, the Federation of BiH and BiH and from the subjects of mathematics, physics, foreign language, informatics. For technical faculties, in addition to the above, the results of the competition called "Technical Creativity Review" organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of ZE-DO Canton are also scored.

 

Article 7.

A candidate who holds the "Student of the Generation" award, under equal conditions, has priority when enrolling in one of the study programs of the University of Zenica faculty over other candidates who achieve the same number of points during the ranking established in Article 2, point 1 or 2. of this Decision.

 

Article 8.

Candidates who achieve the appropriate number of points in the appropriate entrance exam according to the decisions of the faculty can enroll in the faculties of the University of Zenica.

 

Article 9

The procedure for implementing this Decision is carried out by a committee appointed by the dean of the faculty.

At the faculties where the entrance exam is taken, the commission is obliged to ensure the secrecy of the exam material and other relevant documentation.

After adding up the points for each candidate individually according to all the bases from this Decision, the commission compiles a ranking list of all candidates and a list of accepted candidates and announces it on the notice board after it has been adopted by the competent authority, and within the deadline set in the Competition/Competition.

Candidates can submit a written objection to the published ranking list to the scientific and teaching council of the faculty within three days from the date of publication of the list.

The scientific and teaching council of the faculty is obliged to decide on the objection within three days and inform the candidate accordingly.

The decision of the Scientific and Teaching Council is final.

 

Article 10.

Faculties that do not receive the planned number of candidates in the first competition period will hold a second competition period in September of the current year.

 

Article 11.

Candidates who, in accordance with this Contest/Competition, are admitted to the faculties for enrollment in the first year of studies, in addition to the submitted documents, submit:

• enrollment, semester sheet and CV form,
• registration form-index,
• data on the state of health - medical certificate.

 

In the academic year 2025/2026, students participate in the costs of studies in accordance with the Decision on the enrollment of students in the first year of undergraduate studies at the faculties of the University of Zenica, as well as the costs of study participation for other years of study.

 

Article 12.

Details about the place and time of submission of documents for enrollment, as well as other relevant information, will be published on the notice boards of the faculty.

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The contest was published in Večernji list BH on June 18, 2025