Rector’s Word
In shaping a higher education institution’s strategy, it is clear that all development guidelines and aims are based on the promotion of science and knowledge transfer, which is a solid base for other definition of important tasks of the university, both educational and social. However, it is also important to highlight the specificities of the University of Osijek as the oldest and largest university in eastern Croatia and one of the four major Croatian universities.
The University of Osijek is seated in a region which, due to some historical circumstances, is among the most underdeveloped in the country. Through its public engagement, the University has an obligation and responsibility to ensure that the education and research, as well as other higher education activities, become drivers of regional and social development.
Development Strategy of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2021 – 2030 marks a continuation of all positive values of the previous university development direction.
The Development Strategy for the period of 2021-2030 is a step forward toward new challenges and visions of how our University should develop and what it should strive for in its immediate and wider surroundings.
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek defines its strategic development aims for the period 2021 – 2030 in the following areas:
- Education and training
- Research, innovation and technology transfer
- Internationalization
- University and its surroundings
- Human and material resources
- Infrastructural development of the University
- Quality assurance system
The Strategy is devised in collaboration with all University constituents. By respecting the model of diversity, this Strategy sets future strategic aims, which will be updated in annual action plans. Although the Development Strategy also involves some visionary elements, we tried to be realistic in its definition, so that we could implement all tasks and effectively achieve the aims we set for the forthcoming period. The emphasis is put on all affirmative processes that have been initiated at the University and on introducing new and advanced approaches to strengthen the status of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek as a modern, national, regional and European University.
Rector
Prof. Dr. Vlado Guberac
Document of the Strategy: