Универзитет у Бањој Луци Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci | |||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Public university | ||||||||||||||||
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| Established | 7 November 1975[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Founder | Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
Parent institution | University of Sarajevo | ||||||||||||||||
Religious affiliation | secular institution | ||||||||||||||||
| Budget | €17.81 million (2015)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rector | Radoslav Gajanin | ||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 811[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 559[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Students | 11,186 (2018–19)[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | , Republika Srpska , Bosnia and Herzegovina 44°46′30″N 17°12′42″E / 44.7749504°N 17.2117138°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Blue and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliations | EUA Magna Charta Universitatum EMUNI AUF | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | unibl | ||||||||||||||||
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| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[6] | 301-350 (2022) |
The University of Banja Luka (Serbian: Универзитет у Бањој Луци, romanized: Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci, Bosnian: Univerzitet u Banjoj Luci, Croatian: Sveučilište u Banjoj Luci, Latin: Universitas Studiorum Bania Lucensis) is the second-oldest university in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A public university, it is the flagship institution of higher education in Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2018–19 school year, there are 11,186 enrolled students.[4]
The university grew out of faculties established in Banja Luka after the end of the World War II either as independent schools or branches of the University of Sarajevo. The University of Banja Luka maintains close ties with educational institutions in neighboring countries of the former Yugoslavia, especially those in the Republic of Serbia.
The QS World University Rankings placed the University of Banja Luka in the 251–300 range in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia in 2019.[7] In 2018, Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked it as the Bosnia’s second best university among the 59 ranked institutions of tertiary education from the country.[8] In the 2015 fiscal year, the Government of Republika Srpska ensured 34,897,600 BAMs for the university's budget constituting its primary source of funding for standard running costs.
- ^ a b О Универзитету. unibl.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Равномјерна подршка јавним универзитетима". Government of Republika Srpska. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ University of Banja Luka – About the University Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "ENROLLED STUDENTS" (PDF). rzs.rs.ba. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "EURAXESS Centre-University of Banja Luka". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings-University of Banja Luka". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities-Bosnia and Herzegovina". Retrieved 13 January 2019.