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Organization and spheres of activity

The University of Belgrade is a state university. Its spheres of activity, higher education and research, are of public interest and are encompassed within the framework established by legal provisions. The primary source of financing is the Republic of Serbia's budget, although the University and faculties can also be involved in work that is connected to their basic activity and is not financed by the budget, thereby providing additional revenues.

The members of the University: faculties, institutes and the University library, are separate legal entities which means that they have their own management bodies whose authority is prescribed by law, and they are also independent in terms of business and financing vis-à-vis the University.


The University Council in session

In addition to its coordinating function, the University also has a certain amount of legally established jurisdiction over its members whose purpose is primarily to standardize criteria and ensure the quality of work.

Through 17 expert councils formed according to fields of scientific disciplines, the University gives its approval to decisions made by the faculties regarding the choice of TEACHING STAFF and associates, topics for doctoral dissertations, and to the reports of competent faculty commissions on completed dissertations. The University also carries out its supervisory function over the faculties through its authority to approve their statutes and courses of study. The University's opinion or proposals are sought when the government decides how many new students will be allowed to enroll in the faculties, when new departments, major studies or groups are to be introduced or existing ones discontinued at the faculties, and whenever teaching norms and standards are established.

The University also confirms the jurisdiction of its faculties regarding the organization of undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies, and the issuing of Ph.D. degrees. The University directly organizes and carries out a number of multidisciplinary master's programs. Ph.D. degrees are also offered in these fields.

Within the above framework, and based on the law, University members independently carry out their work and decide on their INTERNAL ORGANIZATION and operation.

The University organizes the promotion of Ph.D. candidates who have completed their studies at one of the University of Belgrade faculties. This presentation takes place in the main auditorium of the Captain Mi{a Building, whose walls hold portraits of all the rectors of the University since its foundation.

The promotion ceremony is conducted by the rector of the University, before the deans of the faculties from which the candidates are graduating, the new Ph.D.'s mentors, relatives and friends.

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