On a field trip with their course lecturer, Damir Ribić, PhD, Entrepreneurship and Information Management students visited the Virovitica Business Incubator. Director Neda Martić and Saša Andrović presented the incubator’s support for new entrepreneurs, and tenant business owners Petra Valečić, Sanja Mijac and Slavko Piljek shared how they started and grew their businesses. Ena Kratofil,…
Luka Bogatić is representing Virovitica University of Applied Sciences at UniSport Finals 2026 in Poreč (28–31 May), organised by the Croatian Academic Sports Federation (HASS) and bringing together more than 1,500 participants from 23 higher education institutions in 14 sports. He competes in sand wrestling on 29 May and Greco-Roman wrestling on 30 May, both…
A workshop was held at Virovitica University of Applied Sciences as part of the international project “Fostering Responsible Consumption in Youth”, which aims to promote responsible consumption and sustainable development and to involve young people actively in creating a more sustainable future. The project brings together partners from Portugal, Estonia and Croatia with the goal…
Through its Centre for Lifelong Learning, Virovitica University of Applied Sciences held a financial literacy workshop at Ivan Goran Kovačić Primary School in Zdenci, led by Martina Jukić, MSc in Economics. Through games, conversation and exercises, the highly engaged pupils learned the basics of financial literacy, the importance of saving and responsible money management. The…
On Saturday, 23 May 2026, Virovitica University of Applied Sciences hosted the first training session of the second project year of Get into STEM and Educate Yourself! – Phase II. The one-day workshop, Basics of IoT Systems (Osnove IoT sustava), aimed to present the key functional components of IoT systems built on a selected IoT…
On 25 May 2026, the Centre for Lifelong Learning held the final lecture in this year’s non-formal lifelong learning cycle “Let’s Inspire Generations through Synergy” (Inspirirajmo generacije sinergijom) for pupils in years 5 to 8 at Suhopolje Primary School. Mladena Bedeković, PhD, professor of professional studies, spoke on digital financial literacy, virtual payments, cryptocurrencies and…
On 25 May 2026, a ceremony was held on the premises of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences to sign the agreement on continuing the Virovitica Model, a unique example of cooperation in Croatia. Under this model, Virovitica-Podravina County and the towns and municipalities of the county jointly co-finance the work of the University. The model…
On Friday, 22 May 2026, employees of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences gathered in the student lounge for the guest lecture “Commitment to Meaningful Work” (Posvećenost smislenom poslu). It was given by psychologist Sandra Matošin Borbaš, head of the Family Centre of Virovitica-Podravina County, and organised by the Learning and Teaching Support Centre and the…
From 18 to 22 May 2026, Danijela Vakanjac and Martina Jukić, representatives of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, took part in the 3rd International Week, held at the University of Sarajevo and its School of Economics and Business. The event brought together numerous representatives of higher education institutions from across Europe to exchange knowledge, experience…
Virovitica is getting its first cloud computing community, AWS User Group Virovitica, a non-profit network of IT engineers and experts supported by the Virovitica IT Society (Društvo informatičara Virovitice, DIV). The founding meeting will take place on 26 May 2026 in the student lounge of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, which provides the space through…