University of Banja Luka Tempus UM_JEP170042002

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University of Banja Luka Tempus UM_JEP17004-2002

• European Management Project for BIH Universities

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Contents of the Presentation

• The Existing Situation
• Our Faculties
• Institutional Development Plan
• The Mission
• The Vision
• The Main Values

• The Aims and Objectives
• Strategic Goals of the University of Banja Luka
  (Short-term and Long-term)
• Plan of the Implementation of Strategic Goals

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The Existing Situation

• The University was founded in 1975, and is
  consisted of 13 faculties, with 52 different
  study groups. There are 14.725 students currently
  studying at the University and 189 professors and
  262 associates do the teaching. Apart from this
  number 537 visiting professors participate in
  teaching.
• The number of students that obtained their degree
  is as follows 10.775 graduates, 287 specialists,
  198 masters and 102 doctors.

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The Existing Situation II

• Our lecturers have published 3.315 scientific
  works, 1.200 professional works, 345 reviews and
  606 books.
• The central organs of the University are mainly
  responsible for international and
  inter-university cooperation.
• Our University is a member of the European
  University Association (EUA). Since 1996 we have
  made a significant number of international
  contacts, most of them within the frameworks of
  various Tempus projects.

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The Existing Situation III

• The responsibilities of the University central
  organs are also dealing with the promotion of
  teachers, agreements on new study groups and
  adoption of new curricula and syllabi. Central
  organs play an important role in approvals and
  doctoral dissertation defenses.

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Our Faculties

• Arts
• Agriculture
• Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Forestry
• Law

• Mechanical Engineering
• Medicine
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Physical Education and Sport
• Technology

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Institutional Development Plan

• The University of Banja Luka should continue
  working as the leading higher educational
  institution in the Republic of Srpska. We will
  work on the full motivation of students, and they
  will have to meet high criteria set in our
  curricula and syllabi, according to international
  standards.
• We will try to provide efficient means for
  carrying teaching process out, what will
  intensify the participation of...

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Institutional Development Plan II

• ...students in new teaching methods and also
  the use of information technologies and make
  lectures more effective and supportive to
  students.
• The role of the University is not limited only to
  teaching, research and offering services to the
  economy and institutions, but it plays a lead
  role in the development of some other fields
  culture, economics, science, technology, social
  life.

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The Mission

• The University of Banja Luka is a state
  university with a task to strengthen higher
  education and cultural activities according to
  the needs of the citizens of the Republic of
  Srpska (BiH). It contributes to the development
  of knowledge by transferring the results of its
  own and international research to the students
  and in practice. It plays a lead role in the
  development of culture and economy in the state.

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The Vision

• The University of Banja Luka is the leading
  institution of higher education in our country.
  It carries out high-quality teaching and provides
  effective conditions for the study of optimal
  number of students, top-quality applied research
  and service for economy and institutions. The
  University will focus on the international
  quality recognition through the accreditation and
  external evaluation of its activities.

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The Main Values

• Inheritance
• Ethics
• Leadership
• Communication
• Innovations
• Quality
• Learning
• Interdisciplinary work

• Responsibility
• International reputation

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Strategic Goals for 2003

• To become the center of interest for students
• To measure the existing workload of students and
  start the preparation for the introduction of
  ECTS
• To repair the most endangered objects at the
  University (roofs, toilets, infrastructure,
  Internet, libraries, access to databases)
• To educate the existing managers and advance
  their work

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Strategic Goals for 2004

• To develop curricula at the European level
  according to the Bologna Declaration
• To strengthen the interrelation of curricula and
  scientific work
• To intensify the collaboration with environment
  (state, society)
• To provide new sources of financing
• To reorganize the University according to the new
  Law on Higher Education

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Strategic Goals 2005-2010

• To stay the best educational center in Republika
  Srpska and become the best university in Bosnia
  and Herzegovina
• To build a modern university campus
• To increase efficiency and introduce a quality
  assurance system
• To increase independence and financial autonomy
  (at least 30)
• To become corporate university according to the
  models of European universities

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