zagreb - faculty of humanities and social sciences

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

About the Faculty• more than 100 study programmes

• from 2005/2006 = new programmes in accordance with the Bologna process (42 BA and 33 MA programmes)

• two models of study programmes: ▫single major (BA = 180 ECTS, MA = 120 ECTS)

▫double majors student studies in two equally important programmes for equal degrees in both of them (BA = 90 + 90 ECTS, MA = 60 + 60 ECTS)

• detailed programmes at: http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/international/about-fhss/programs/ba-and-ma/

Facts & Figures

• Departments: 23

• Chairs: 125

• Teaching staff: 800 (full time) + 778 (part time)

• Non-teaching staff: 143

• Students: 6502

Departments & Chairs

Faculty academic calendar (2014/2015)

Winter semester:• Teaching period:

▫ 1.10.2014. - 31.1.2015. (University Christmas holidays: 25.12.-6.1.)

• Winter examination period: ▫ 2. 2.- 28. 2. 2015.

Summer semester:• Teaching period:

▫ 2. 3. - 13. 6. 2015. • Summer examination period:

▫ 15. 6.- 11. 7. 2015. • Fall examination period:

▫ 24. 8. - 19. 9. 2015.

National Holidays

January 1 - New Year’s DayJanuary 6 – Epiphany

Easter and Easter Monday May 1 - Labour Day

60 days after Easter - Corpus Christi June 22 - Anti-Fascist Struggle Day June 25 - Day of Croatia Statehood

August 5 - Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day

August 15 - Assumption of Mary October 8 - Independence Day

November 1 - All Saints’ Day December 25 & 26 - Christmas

Student progress assesmentECTS - European Credit

Transfer System

• 1 ECTS = approx. 30 working hours

• Credits are awarded only when the course has been completed and all required examinations have been successfully taken

• 60 ECTS credits = workload of a year study (30 ECTS credits a semester)

Grading System

5 = excellent - izvrstan (highest grade)

4 = very good - vrlo dobar3 = good – dobar2 = sufficient - dovoljan

(minimun pass grade)1 = fail – nedovoljan

Faculty Library

Working hours:

• Monday-Friday: 8-20• Saturdays: 9-14

• Free Internet access with a valid electronic ID (provided at enrollment) 

•More info at: http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/international/

at the University of Zagreb

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French studies

Department of Romance Languages and Literature - http://www.ffzg.hr/roman/

•French Language and Literature ▫BA double major▫MA double major in:

Linguistics Literature Translation Teaching French as a Foreign Language

Italian studies

Department of Italian Language and Literature - http://www.ffzg.hr/talijan/

• Italian Language and Literature

▫Single or Double BA Major▫Single or Double MA Major in:

Linguistics Literature Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language

Spanish studies

•Department of Romance Languages and Literature - http://www.ffzg.hr/roman/

•Spanish Language and Literature▫BA double major▫MA double major in:

Linguistics Literature Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language

Related postgraduate programmes

Posgraduate (doctoral) programmes:• Glotodidactics• Linguistics • Literature, Performing art, Film and Culture

All postgraduate programmes are in Croatian language, with a possibility to arrange courses or consultations in a foreign language.

Professional postgraduate programmes:• Conference Interpreting • Interpreting

Professional postgraduate programmes Conference Interpreting and Interpreting are in a related foreign language (English, German) in a

combination with Croatian.

Scholarship rates & expensess

(Approx. exchange rate, 1 € = 7,6 kn)(Feb. 2015)

Scholarship rates - students (Feb 2015)

• Undergraduates & Graduates:▫ 1.300 kn per month▫ free accommodation▫ student card for subsidized meals

• PhD Students:▫ 1.500 kn per month▫ free accommodation▫ student card for subsidized meals

• Short term excursion:▫ PhD Students : 170 HRK / day + free accommodation▫ Students 150 HRK / day + free accommodation

(Check the latest information at: https://www.ceepus.info/public/nco/ncoinformation_main.aspx?Country=HR)

Scholarship rates – teachers (Feb 2015)

•Teachers▫ 2400 HRK (5-14 days + 6 teaching hours) ▫ 3600 HRK (15 or more days+  6 teaching hours per week) ▫ Free accommodation

where there is no adequate accommodation available = allowance for accommodation 1400 HRK (5-14 days + 6 teaching hours per week) 2100 HRK (15 or more days + 6 teaching hours per week)

•Short term excursion:▫ Teacher: 200 HRK / day + free accommodation

(Check the latest information at: https://www.ceepus.info/public/nco/ncoinformation_main.aspx?Country=HR)

Useful information for exchange students

(More detailed info at: http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/international-exchange/exchange-students/ )

Student residences

•double bed rooms•shared bathroom (2 rooms = 1 bathroom) •free Internet

•More info at: http://international.unizg.hr/international_students/exchange_students/student_services/housing/cvjetno_naselje

Subsidized meals•Over 20 restaurants at various locations in the

city, usually within Faculties of the University.

•Subsidized price of the daily menu = < 1€ (6.50HRK)

•Student card "xica“ = subsidized meals + other discounts (travelling, cinema, theatre, etc.)

Public transportation• Trams, buses and city railway

• Tram & buses are operated by ZET (Zagreb Electric Tram) ▫ 1 ticket for all the lines

• Single ticket = 10 HRK (approx. 1,5 €) – can be purchused aboard or at newsstands

• Daily ticket = 30 HRK (approx. 4 €)

• Students monthly ticket = 120 HRK (approx. 16 €)• Pass purchase (only first time) = 30 HRK (4 €)

Health inssurance

•Make sure to have a valid health insurance during your study period in Zagreb!

• If you have a EU citizenship, you should have a European Health Insurance Card.

• More detailed information: Croatian Health Insurance Fund - http://www.hzzo.hr/en

Students with Disabilities

Office for Students with Disabilities

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu

Ivana Lučića 310000 Zagreb

Coordinator: Prof. dr. sc. Nataša Jokić-Begić

Office: C-318 (Department of Psychology)Tel: +385 (1) 6120-089e-mail: njbegic@ffzg.hr

http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/ssi/

University of ZagrebMirjana Zubak, MsTrg marsala Tita 14HR-10000 Zagreb

E-mail: uredssi@unizg.hrPhone: +385 1 459 35 78

Fax: +3851 459 35 78http://www.unizg.hr/uredssi/

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Other useful information

•Zagreb Tourist Bord: http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?l=e

•Learning croatian: http://croaticum.ffzg.unizg.hr/

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