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| Logo of the Megatrend University | |
| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1989 |
| President | Walter Schwimmer |
| Rector | Prof. Mića Jovanović, PhD |
| Students | 26,000 |
| Location | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Website | www.megatrend.edu.rs |
The Megatrend University (Serbian: Мегатренд универзитет / Megatrend univerzitet) is a private university located in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 and is organized into 19 institutions.
Since its founding, the University has educated more than 12,000 bachelors, around 120 magisters, 20 masters (since 2007.), and 60 doctors.
History and profile
The very first institute of the university was Belgrade's Megatrend Business School which was established 1989, and later on was the founder of all other institutes which comprise the present Megatrend University.
During 1991, Megatrend Business School, together with the Technical Faculty of Bor carried out the project of management graduate studies introduction. This project which was the first one of this type in South-East Europe, was financially supported by the European Union TEMPUS Fund which was specifically intended for the development of business education. This success has caused further expanding of Megatrend educational network.
In the previous educational system, institutes were missing that could provide the similar kind of knowledge. Most notable is the Faculty of Geo-economy the first institute of this kind in this part of the world.
In February 1997, Megatrend Business School has stipulated the agreement of collaboration with L`Ecole Superieure de Commerce from Grenoble, France. This agreement allowed students to be transferred directly from each of the schools - members of university to the corresponding school in France.
Similar agreements were stipulated with "Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli" from Italy, with Berlin University of Applied Sciences from Germany, then, with Yanbian University of Science and Technology from China, Bournemouth University from United Kingdom, Academy Eliteâ from Moscow, European School of Business, Rome, Italy and Faculty of Economics, Donetsk National University, Ukraine.
In autumn 1999, Megatrend University of Applied Sciences has become a valid member of global university network NEWS (North-East-West-South), whose members are the universities from all over the world. Also, all institutes of Megatrend University are the members of EAMSA (Euro-Asia Management Studies Association), the sole international association for management studies.
In January 2003 Megatrend University became a member of the Universities’ Community of Serbia.
Megatrend University has domestic and international awards among which is the quality award by American Quality Association – AQA, as well as European Quality Award, both awarded in 2008. In March 2010 Megatrend University was also awarded the prestigeous ’Vuk Karadzic“ Award for its lasting contribution to science, education and culture in Serbia. Faculty of Management in Zajecar of Megatrend University was selected among the top 500 business schools in the world by the International Scientific Committee of the ED Universal Official Selection System in November 2009. Eduniversal is an organization that provides global accreditation to high education institutions in the world.
Organization
These are the 19 institutions in 7 cities:
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Notable alumni
- Jelena Janković, Tennis player
- Marija Šerifović, Singer, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- Igor Rakočević, Basketball player.
See also
References
- http://www.megatrend.edu.rs/ Information is published on home page.
- Eduniversal ranking from 400-500 (1 palm)
External links
- Template:Sr icon Template:En icon Template:Fr icon Megatrend University Website
- Template:Sr icon Faculty of Management, Zaječar
- Faculty of Geo-Economy, Belgrade
- Template:Sr icon Megatrend Virtual University
- Template:Sr icon The Faculty of Management, Valjevo
- Template:Sr icon Megatrend Newsletter
- Megatrend Review
- Template:Sr icon Megatrend University Television - TV Metropolis
- Forum of the Megatrend University Students
- Megastudent - Megatrend University students portal
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