FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE - FACULTY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - FACULTY OF FORESTRY

http://www.agr.hr/

 

University of Zagreb
Faculty of Agriculture
Svetošimunska cesta 25
HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 239 3777
Fax: +385 1 231 5300
E-mail: dekanat@agr.hr
Web: www.agr.hr

FACTS & FIGURES
DEPARTMENTS: 28
CHAIRS: 28
TEACHING STAFF: 271
NON-TEACHING STAFF: 170
STUDENTS: 1801

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Ms Ivona Filipović /
Ms Ivana Prosinečki
E-mail: umo@agr.hr

 

ECTS-COORDINATOR
Professor Jerko Gunjača, Ph.D.
E-mail: jgunjaca@agr.hr

 

INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE
The Faculty of Agriculture is the leading higher education and scientific institution in the field of agriculture and related sciences in the Republic of Croatia. During the past 92 years, more than 12.000 students have graduated and completed their postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Agriculture. Today, they are successful businessmen, producers, directors, scientists, teachers and ministers, not only in Croatia, but all over the world.
The greatest potential of the Faculty is human resources with more than 440 employees, material resources - modern classrooms, studies, laboratories, experimental stations, and the pleasant burden of our tradition.

 

PROGRAMME EMPHASIS
The Faculty offers 9 six-semester undergraduate study programmes with 180 ECTS credits each. After completing the three-year undergraduate studies, students can either continue their education in one of 13 graduate studies, or find professional employment. The graduate study programmes last for two years, with 120 ECTS credits each.
The Faculty offers two postgraduate (doctoral) studies: Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Economics. The programme lasts six-semesters (180 ECTS), and after completing their course of studies the students are awarded with an academic title of Doctor of sciences in the scientific area of biotechnical sciences and the scientific field of agriculture.
Students can also enrol two Postgraduate Specialist studies in Fisheries and in Animal Husbandry. The duration of both studies is one academic year (two-semesters, 60 ECTS). After the completion of the studies students are awarded with the academic title of University Specialist in Fisheries or University Specialist in Animal Husbandry.
 

CAREER PROSPECTS
There are many employment possibilities for graduates in agribusiness companies, agricultural institutes and governmental or university departments and laboratories. They can work in banks or insurance companies as risk estimators or as agricultural inspectors, agents in international agricultural companies, journalists in the field of agriculture, landscape architects. Many graduates choose to become private entrepreneurs (crop, vegetable, flower, fruit, wine, animal production, etc.)

RESEARCH ORIENTATION
The scientific research is a fundamental activity taken in pursuit of our mission - improvement in the Croatian agricultural sector. The Faculty holds a leading position in the Croatian agricultural science by the number of scientists, scientific projects and publications.
The main research topics are as follows: preservation of biodiversity of plants and autochthonous breeds, pollution of soils and waters, effective plant protection, application of biotechnology in agriculture, application of geo-informatics in agriculture, new technologies of sustainable and renewable (organic) agricultural production, new food production technologies, evaluation and preservation of landscapes and reconstruction of historical gardens, socio-economic and marketing analyses of Croatia's agriculture at domestic and world markets.
 

STUDY PROGRAMMES

UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMMES 

University of Zagreb
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Pierottijeva 6
HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 46 05 000
Fax: +385 1 44 83 60 83
E-mail: dekan@pbf.hr

FACTS & FIGURES
DEPARTMENTS: 6
CHAIRS: 35
TEACHING STAFF: 105
NON-TEACHING STAFF: 50
STUDENTS: 1280
 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Ms Korana Jelavić
E-mail: kjelavic@pbf.hr
 

ECTS-COORDINATOR
Professor Branka Levaj, PhD
Phone: +385 1 46 05 009
E-mail: blevaj@pbf.hr

INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology was founded in year 1980 as an independent academic and scientific institution, but studies of Technology and Biotechnology have a much longer tradition. In 1970 Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology came out of Technical Faculty as an independent unit. First graduate programmes of Food Technology and Biochemical engineering started in 1984 and in 1995 revised doctoral studies of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, Food Technology and Nutrition started. From the academic year 2005/06 new bachelor and master programmes in accordance with the Bologna Declaration were introduced The Faculty annually enrols 180 students into three bachelor studies – Biotechnology, Food Technology and Nutrition, as well as 180 students into five master studies – Food Engineering, Food Safety Management, Bioprocess Engineering, Molecular Biotechnology and Nutrition. Two different specialist master studies are offered – Food Management and Food Quality Assurance. Three different postgraduate studies are offered, from the field of Food Technology, Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, and Nutrition in the doctoral programme.
 

RESEARCH ORIENTATION
The research is of high international standard and is world-leading in several areas, such as production and application of probiotic starter cultures, mathematical modelling, optimisation and process control in biotechnology, waste water treatment, membrane bioreactors, characterization of food powders, high pressure and ultrasound in food technology and biotechnology, nutrition.

PROGRAMME EMPHASIS
Students can choose one of three BA studies in duration of three years and 180 ECTS. After completion of a BA study, graduate students have fair possibilities of finding employment or they can continue their education at one of five MA studies offered, in duration of two years and 120 ECTS. Upon graduation there is a possibility to continue the studies at the doctoral level in duration of three years (180 ECTS).
Students will experience education of highest international standards and have access to a well equipped, modern and comfortable Faculty library with a lot of useful and interesting expert literature on display. Students are also offered access to a number of computers connected to the Internet.
Education is at all levels characterized by: teaching and supervision at a high academic level by staff actively involved in research, strong student involvement, strong emphasis on student-centred pedagogic development and an open and democratic atmosphere with an informal relationship between staff and students.

CAREER PROSPECTS
The study programmes aim to provide knowledge and skills for: production of food and pharmaceuticals, environment-based jobs, work in the health service system, employment within food providing facilities, employment in scientific research institutions, work in public services, employment which includes education and promotion of good and healthy diet; dieticians and nutritionists.

STUDY PROGRAMMES
UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMMES 

STUDY COURSES IN ENGLISH

The information on the courses in English is available at the Faculty's website.
 

FACULTY OF FORESTRY
http://www.sumfak.hr/

STUDY COURSES IN ENGLISH

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