University of Novi Sad

The faculties and institutes of the University of Novi Sad are situated in four historic cities of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the north of the Republic of Serbia. The seat of the University is in Novi Sad, with the central campus situated on the bank of the river Danube, in the vicinity of Petrovaradin Fortress (built in the 18th century), and the old city center.

As of 2018–19 school year, a total of nine faculties are located in Novi Sad, three in Subotica and one each in Sombor and Zrenjanin. The faculties of the University of Kragujevac with data about location, academic staff and number of students as of 2018–19 school year:[2]

The University of Novi Sad has a well-developed research infrastructure and great potential for innovation. The Central Library and the Faculties' and Institute libraries offer a rich array of publications that cover all relevant scientific areas and enable access to large electronic databases. Resulting from a special agreement on cooperation, researchers, professors and students have access to the Matica Srpska Library,[6] the oldest Serbian scientific and cultural institution, founded in 1826, which offers more than three million publications.

The University encompasses around 250 laboratories.[7] Of special significance to the strengthening of inventiveness is the Technology Park of the University of Novi Sad. With the support of the Faculty of Technical Sciences, around 140 start-up and spin-off companies have been founded,[8] mainly in the IT sector, employing young engineers who graduated from the University of Novi Sad. Some of these companies implement projects for large international corporations and have contributed to Novi Sad becoming recognized internationally as a "Software Valley". Project teams and prominent researchers from the University of Novi Sad have been the recipients of numerous international and national awards for the best technical innovations. There are several accredited centers of excellence at the University of Novi Sad. The BioSense Institute, formed within the Faculty of Technical Sciences, was proclaimed by the European Union as one of the thirty research institutions in Europe with the greatest potential in the field of bio-technologies. Its project ANTARES was the best ranked in Europe in 2016 within the program Horizon 2020.

Students of the University of Novi Sad achieve impressive results in a number of fields. The teams of the Faculty of Law have been among the best in Europe for decades. In 2009, they won the first place in the moot court competition, which was organized by the University of Leiden at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. They have accomplished similar success, on a global scale in 2016. The students from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, which continue the tradition of the famous Yugoslav School of Robotics, have also been among the best in Europe. They won the second and the third places in Paris in 2016 at the contest organized by EUROBOT. The students of the Academy of Arts and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education acquire numerous awards at national and international competitions.

The Academic Culture and Art Society of the University of Novi Sad "Sonja Marinković" is known for its successful performances at festivals in the country and abroad. Its Accordion Orchestra won the 1st prize at the World Music Competition in Innsbruck (Austria) in 2013 and is considered to be one of the best in Europe.

Students of the University of Novi Sad have at their disposal specialized services that provide healthcare, accommodation and food. Medical services are provided by the "Institute for Student Healthcare", which comprises units for specialist medical care, counseling and laboratory diagnostics. The accommodation and food is provided by the "Student Center". The level of services that are provided is in accordance with the standards adopted in developed European countries.