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Course Catalogue

General information

Name and address

English name: College of Vocational Studies – Belgrade Polytechnic

Full legal name: Visoka škola strukovnih studija - Beogradska politehnika

Address: Brankova 17, Belgrade, Serbia

Description of the institution (including type and status)

Belgrade Polytechnic is a public Higher Education institution (tertiary level) that has a tradition in education for almost 60 years. Belgrade Polytechnic, founded in 1959 as Technical College, started out with only two study programmes in the field of Leather Technology. At that time, the school assembled 16 employees - 13 teachers and 3 administrative employees for support. Over time, Belgrade Polytechnic has noted a significant growth regarding the number of students, employees and study programmes with the main goal to respond to growing needs of industry and society at all.

Today, Belgrade Polytechnic offers professional education in two areas – Technology and Art, that include 9 study programmes at Bachelor applied level and three study programs at professional master level. The Belgrade Polytechnic educates professionals in the following fields: Graphic Engineering, Environmental Protection, Quality Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Recycling Technologies, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design of Leather Products, and Concept Art and Character Design. Belgrade Polytechnic has strong cooperation with the industry in terms of student practical placement, and internship, especially in the field of technology. Until now, over the 6000 students have graduated from Belgrade Polytechnic.

Since 2009, Belgrade Polytechnic has established Quality Management System according to ISO 9001 and certified by YUQS and IQNet in the field of Higher Education. This ensures that all study programmes, as well as other processes, have the same level of quality and are in compliance in terms of content, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In 2007, according to the Law on Higher Education in Serbia, the institution obtained first accreditation. The College has continued successful accreditation in 2012, 2017 and 2019.

Academic authorities

Director: Ph.D. Marina Stamenović, Professor of vocational studies

Academic calendar

The classes are organized in two semesters – fall and spring, six days per week. The academic year commences on 1 October and ends on 30 September.

Calendar for academic year 2020/2021

Date	Event
Monday, 5 October 2020	Fall semester classes commence (for the students of the first year of study) – online learning
Monday, 19 October 2020	Fall semester classes commence (for the students of the second and third year of study) – online learning
Wednesday, 11 November 2020	The national holiday – day off
Friday, 13 November 2020	Day of Department of Belgrade Polytechnic – day off
Thursday, 31 December 2020 – Saturday, 9 January 2021	New Year and Christmas (Orthodox) break - days off
Thursday, 14 January 2021	Fall semester ends
Tuesday, 19 January – Saturday, 30 January 2021	January examination term
Wednesday, 27 January 2021	Saint Sava Day – general school holiday
Wednesday, 3 February – Saturday, 13 February 2021	February examination term
Monday, 15 February - Tuesday, 16 February 2021	National holiday – days off
Wednesday, 17 February 2021	Spring semester commence
Friday, 30 April – Monday, 3 May 2021	Easter (Orthodox) break - days off
Saturday, 1 May – Monday, 3 May 2021	Labor Day – days off
Friday, 21 May 2021	Day of Academy – day off
Sunday, 30 May 2021	Spring semester ends
Saturday, 5 June – Wednesday, 16 June 2021	June examination term
Thursday, 24 June – Friday, 9 July 2021	July examination term
Monday, 12 July – Sunday, 22 August 2021	Summer break
Wednesday, 25 August – Monday, 6 September 2021	September examination term
Saturday, 11 September – Thursday, 23 September 2021	October examination term

List of study programmes

The Belgrade Polytechnic offers professional studies at two levels. At the first level, there are Bachelor applied and Specialist degree studies, and at the second level, there is a Master degree programme. Two areas, Technology and Art, comprise the study programmes around nine fields, as follows:

THE FIRST CYCLE OF STUDY – BACHELOR DEGREE 180 ECTS
Department of Technology	Department of Design
Graphic Engineering	Graphic Design
Recycling Technologies	Industrial Design
Quality Management	Fashion Design of Leather Products
Occupational Health and Safety	Concept art and Character design
Environmental Protection
THE FIRST CYCLE OF STUDY – SPECIALIST DEGREE 60 ECTS
Department of Technology	Department of Design
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THE SECOND CYCLE OF STUDY – MASTER DEGREE 120 ECTS
Department of Technology	Department of Design
Safety Engineering	Graphic Design
Graphic Production

Official language of instruction is Serbian. For non-Serbian speaking students, some courses offer consultative class in English.

Information about ECTS credit allocation policy can be seen and downloaded here

Information about Grading system can be seen and downloaded here.

Arrangements for academic guidance

Students have necessary academic and non-teaching support during the whole study period. Mentors from all study programmes are responsible for student guidance throughout the teaching and learning process. They provide information and assistance in solving academic problems, taking care about the implementation of ethical norms among students, etc.

List of mentors of study programmes

 

Study program	Mentor	Email
Graphic Engineering Graphic Production Masters	Ph.D. Nenad Djordjevic	djordjevicn@politehnika.edu.rs
Recycling Technology	Ph.D. Marina Stamenovic, professor of professional studies	mstamenovic@politehnika.edu.rs
Quality Management	Ph.D. Koviljka Banjevic, professor of professional studies	kbanjevic@politehnika.edu.rs
Occupational Health and Safety Safety Engineering Masters	Contact person Nebojsa Curcic	ncurcic@politehnika.edu.rs
Environmental Protection	Ph.D. Ivana Matic	imatic@politehnika.edu.rs
Graphic Design Graphic Design Masters	M.A. Dusko Trifunovic, professor of professional studies	dtrifunovic@politehnika.edu.rs
Industrial Design	Aleksandar Kutricki, lecturer	akutricki@politehnika.edu.rs
Fashion Design of Leather Products	D.A. Rade Pejovic, lecturer	rpejovic@politehnika.edu.rs
Concept Art an Character Design	M.A. Aleksandra Saranovic, professor of professional studies	asaranovic@politehnika.edu.rs