Megatrend University

Megatrend University
Универзитет Мегатренд
Univerzitet Megatrend
Former names
University John Naisbitt (2015–17)
TypePrivate
Established1989; 35 years ago (1989)
RectorMića Jovanović[1]
Academic staff
208 (2022–23)[2]
Students396 (2022–23)[2]
Undergraduates387 (2022–23)[2]
Postgraduates9 (2022–23)[2]
0 (2022–23)[2]
Location
Belgrade
,
Serbia

44°49′52.6″N 20°24′56.3″E / 44.831278°N 20.415639°E / 44.831278; 20.415639
CampusUrban
Websitewww.megatrend.edu.rs

Megatrend University (Serbian: Универзитет Мегатренд, romanized: Univerzitet Megatrend) is a private university located in New Belgrade, the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 as the Megatrend Business School, which later became Megatrend University.[3]

In 2015, the Council of Megatrend University changed the name of the institution to University John Naisbitt. The name was changed back to Megatrend University in 2017. As of 2022–23 school year, Megatrend has a total of 396 enrolled students.[2]

The university has a negative reputation in Serbia for series of controversies, including claims that it is a diploma mill, that it falsely advertised an international university network that does not exist, that its list of lecturers is false, and that it exaggerates its enrollment and other statistics.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Kadrovske promene na Megatrend univerzitetu, Mića Jovanović novi rektor". Danas. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Високо образовање 2022/2023" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Megatrend Univerzitet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  4. ^ Brownell, Ginnane (13 December 2013). "A Testing Time for Private Schools in Eastern Europe". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ Miletić, Natalija (13 June 2014). "Megatrendovi Potemkinovi univerziteti". dw.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ^ Miletić, Natalija (24 September 2019). "Megatrendova perionica diploma". dw.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ^ Santovac, Adam (26 November 2019). "Stefanović studirao "na fakultetu bez profesora", Megatrend mu priznao diplomu". n1info.com (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.