University North Explained

University North
Native Name:	Sveučilište Sjever
Motto:	Knowledge is in your hands.
Type:	Public
Endowment:	11.3 million €^[1]
Faculty:	179 (2021.)^[2]
Rector:	Marin Milković
Students:	5200 (2021)^[3]
Doctoral:	122 ^[4]
City:	Koprivnica and Varaždin
Country:	Croatia
Affiliations:	European University Association^[5]

Qs Eeca:	401-450
Qs Eeca Year:	2022
Qs Eeca Ref:	^[6]

The University North (hr|Sveučilište Sjever) is a public university in Croatia that operates in two university centres, Koprivnica and Varaždin. It is the fifth largest university in Croatia based on the number of students^[7] and the only public university operating in Northern Croatia alongside the University of Zagreb. The university was founded in 2015 by merging the University of Applied Sciences in Varaždin and the Media University in Koprivnica, thus becoming the eighth Croatian public university.

Departments

The university is organized in 20 departments.^[8]

• Department of Media and Communication
• Department of Environmental protection, recycling and packaging
• Department of Communication, Media and Journalism
• Department of Logistics and Sustainable Mobility
• Department of Business and Management
• Department of Food Technology
• Department of Art Studies
• Department of Computing and Informatics

• Department of Economics
• Department of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Physiotherapy
• Department of Geodesy and Geomatics
• Department of Music and Media
• Department of Construction
• Department of Mechatronics
• Department of Multimedia
• Department of Public Communications
• Department of Nursing
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Technical and Economic Logistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sveučilište Sjever diglo plaće i broj radnika pa završilo s velikim minusom . 4 April 2024 .
2. Web site: unizg.hr. hr. Zakon o visokom obrazovanju.
3. Web site: Svečana promocija prvostupnika i magistara na Sveučilištu Sjever u Koprivnici. www.koprivnica.hr. 13 June 2022 .
4. Web site: https://www.azvo.hr/ishodi-vrednovanja/institution.php?&id=108. www.azvo.hr. 28 September 2024 .
5. Web site: Sveučilište Sjever - Sveučilište Sjever postalo punopravni član Europskog udruženja sveučilišta .
6. Web site: QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia . 15 January 2023.
7. Web site: Svečana promocija prvostupnika i magistara na Sveučilištu Sjever u Koprivnici. www.koprivnica.hr. 13 June 2022 .
8. Web site: Organizacijska struktura (Sveučilište Sjever). www.isvu.hr.