PRESS CONFERENCE HELD - EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT, REGISTRATION REALIZATION AND PROJECT PRESENTATION

 

Today, a press conference was held at the University of Zenica, where the activities to mark the anniversary of the University of Zenica were announced, the implementation of enrollments for the first and second cycle of studies was presented, and two very important projects were presented.

This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the University of Zenica, and on that occasion the entire week from October 16 to October 21 will be marked by various events. Already on Monday, October 16, the team competition of students of the University of Zenica in bowling will begin, and according to the words of Prof. Ph.D. Alekse Stanković, more than 70 students have applied so far. At the end of the week, a team competition in miniature football will be held, in which all faculties of the University of Zenica will participate. Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Aleksa Stanković pointed out that the University of Zenica provides special support to student sports competitions, and in the coming period, the trip of our students to an international tournament in Dubrovnik will be organized.

 Rector of the University of Zenica, Prof. Ph.D. Jusuf Duraković presented all the events of the coming week, and in particular referred to the celebration of the Academy Ceremony at the Bosnian National Theater in Zenica on Wednesday, October 18, where five PhDs will be promoted, the best students will be awarded and the University of Zenica will be recognized. This Formal Academy will be attended by a large number of distinguished dignitaries.

On Tuesday, October 17, a round table will be held on the topic "Cooperation between universities and local communities - situation and perspectives on the example of the University of Zenica and the Municipality of Tešanj", organized by the University of Zenica in cooperation with the Development Agency of Tešanj and the Municipality of Tešanj. "This will be a truly representative event in which around 60 companies from Tešnj will participate and several memoranda of cooperation will be signed," said the dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Dr.Sc. Ibrahim Plancic. The goal is to establish even better connections with the real sector, to improve the role of the University of Zenica in economic life, as well as to improve study programs at the University.

In addition to this, another round table will be organized on the topic: "Perspectives of higher education", which will be held in Zenica on Thursday, October 19, and will be attended by rectors of public universities from Bosnia and Herzegovina and rectors from Turkey, as well as representatives universities from Serbia and Croatia.

We end the week with the Promotion of the graduates of the first and second cycle of studies, which is held every year in the "Husejin Smajlović" City Arena. On Saturday, the University of Zenica will promote 412 graduates of the first and second cycle of studies and award the dean's award for the best students.

 The conference also presented data on the number of students enrolled in the first and second cycle of studies at the University in the academic year 2023/2024. year. Vice-Rector for Teaching and Student Affairs Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Maša Alijević pointed out that the management of the University of Zenica is satisfied with the number of enrolled students, and that the number of enrolled students is slightly higher than last year. This year, too, the greatest interest was in Software Engineering at the Polytechnic Faculty and the General Medicine study program at the Faculty of Medicine, but an increased interest among students at the Faculty of Philosophy and Law was also noticed.

And at the end, two very important projects that the University of Zenica received were presented.

Prof. Ph.D.Sc. Malik Čabaravdić briefly presented the Erasmus + project - Strengthening capacities and mechanisms for improving the quality assurance system in higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project is of great importance because for the first time someone from Bosnia and Herzegovina is the project coordinator. Until now, Universities and various institutions have participated in the project, but never as coordinators. Therefore, the University of Zenica will coordinate with twenty different partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia.

The second project is the GiZ project Strengthening Innovation and Digitalization of small and medium enterprises (Strengthening innovation and digitalization in small and medium enterprises), which is very important due to the further strengthening of the cooperation of the University of Zenica with the real sector.