UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SADRepublic of Serbia

UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SADAT A GLANCE…

• Total number of students (3 levels of study) => 46,072

• I level => 44,012• II and III level => 2,060• Study programmes and

research activities in 5 fields: Sciences and Mathematics, Technical and Technological Sciences, Humanities, Medical Sciences and Arts

UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SADAT A GLANCE…

• The only state university in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

• TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIVERSITY STAFF => 4,097o Academic staff => 2,983o Non-academic staff => 1,114

• UNIVERSITY STRUCTUREo 14 Facultieso 2 R&D Institutes

UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SADAT A GLANCE…

• Faculty of Agriculture• Faculty of Philosophy• Faculty of Technology• Faculty of Law• Faculty of Medicine• Faculty of Engineering• Faculty of Sciences• Academy of Arts• Faculty of Sport and Physical Education• Faculty of Economics in Subotica• Faculty of Civil Engineering in Subotica• “Mihajlo Pupin” Faculty of Technical Sciences in Zrenjanin• Faculty of Education in Sombor• Teachers’ Training Faculty in Hungarian in Subotica

Old building of the Faculty of Philosophy

About the Faculty• The Faculty of Philosophy was founded in 1954. • With the Faculty of Agriculture, it is one of the oldest faculties of

the University of Novi Sad.• There are 330 full-time professors and teaching associates,

with 95 employed as non-teaching staff.

The Faculty of Philosophy is located in the University Campus, together with other

faculties, student dormitories, the student health centre, sports facilities, etc.

Faculty of Philosophy

The Faculty of Philosophy offers

• Bachelor Studies – 18 programmes• Master Studies – 17 programmes• Doctoral Studies – 7 programmes

• All study programmes are in accordance with the Bologna

• system. All 42 study programmes are accredited.

• More about study programmes at www.ff.uns.ac.rs

Languages of Instruction

• Serbian, and the following languages of Vojvodina’s ethnic minorities:o Hungariano Romaniano Rutheniano Slovak

• Other languages appropriate to the course of studies – English, Russian, German, and French.

Faculty of Philosophy is divided into 17 departments

• Department of Serbian Language and Linguistics

• Department of Comparative Literature

• Department of English Studies• Department of German Studies• Department of Slavic Studies• Department of Romance Studies • Department of Hungarian Studies • Department of Slovak Studies • Department of Romanian Studies

• Department of Ruthenian Studies

• Department of History• Department of

Pedagogy • Department of

Psychology • Department of

Sociology • Department of

Philosophy • Department of Media

Studies

• It was established in 1996 by the Faculty of Philosophy University of Novi Sad and the Centre for Serbian as a Foreign

Language with a mission to spread learning of the Serbian language.

• www.srpski-strani.com• www.letnjaskolasrpskogjezika.com

The International Summer School ofSerbian Language, Culture and History

English DepartmentInterpreting-

related courses

English Department

• 1 undergraduate course: Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting

• 4th year, C2 level, 6 ESPB

• Whirlwind intro to professional practice, EU institutions and terminology databases, Rozan note-taking, building-blocks of simultaneous

• 2 master’s courses:• Advanced translation

(translating and interpreting with EU focus)

• Information technology and translating (currently written only, EU focus)

English Department

• STRENGTHS• huge student interest in

interpreting-related courses

• instructors with extensive interpreting and translating experience

• WEAKNESSES• vast majority of students

unfamiliar with EU before course, knowledge gaps

• no booths for simultaneous (iPod used as stopgap)

• little higher coordination, too much depends on individual teacher initiative

• continuing training left to teacher’s own initiative