At Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, new heads of departments have been appointed, with their terms starting on October 1, 2025. According to the University Statute, department heads serve three-year terms, meaning the new heads will lead their departments until the end of September 2028. The Department of Economics will be led by Dr. Anita…
Our staff members, Željka Kadlec and Martina Jukić, spent seven incredibly enriching and inspiring days from July 13 to 19, 2025, at Trinity College in Dublin, as part of the Erasmus+ mobility programme. They participated in an intensive professional development course conducted in English, with a focus on the application of well-being and mindfulness in education. The programme covered topics such as…
On July 9, 2025, Virovitica University of Applied Sciences hosted an Erasmus+ dissemination event for its staff. During the event, employees shared their experiences from recently completed mobilities within the Erasmus+ programme during this semester. Key activities and impressions were presented from visits to partner institutions in Sarajevo, Mostar, Karlsruhe, and Naples, with special emphasis on the importance of internationalisation, strengthening inter-institutional…
From 16 to 20 June 2025, another Erasmus+ staff mobility for training purposes was carried out at the University of Mostar, at the Faculty of Science and Education and the Faculty of Economics. As part of this mobility, the Dean of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Dejan Tubić, PhD, conducted a series of activities in accordance with the…
On Thursday, 29 May 2025, undergraduate students of Rural Tourism Management and graduate students of Destination Management visited the Đurđevac destination area and the Karlovčan Family Ethno Houses Excursion Site in Brodić. The purpose of the field trip was to introduce students to the approach of creating a recognisable tourism product, as well as to showcase successful examples of cultural and natural heritage interpretation and agritourism…
Under the ERASMUS+ mobility programme for teaching staff, the Virovitica University of Applied Sciences hosted a colleague, Robin Kunju Mol Raj, from the Vysoká škola technická an ekonomická Českých Budějovice University in the Czech Republic from May 12 to 16. With a focus on Python in data analysis, colleague Robin Kunju Mol Raj taught in…
On Monday, May 8, a new agreement was formally signed at the Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, marking the continuation of a unique concept in Croatian higher education – the Virovitica Model. For 16 years, this model has successfully united Virovitica-Podravina County with its cities and municipalities in a shared vision of investing in education,…
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, an Erasmus+ Info Day was held in the Student Room at Virovitica University of Applied Sciences, dedicated to informing students about the opportunities offered through the Erasmus+ mobility programme. A special focus was placed on the personal experiences of our graduate students Vanda Skendrović, Anja Đukić, Nikolina Markanović, Matko Kapusta,…
As part of field instruction for the courses Integrated Management Systems and Integrated Management Systems in Tourism, second-year graduate students in the Management program—specializations in Small and Medium Enterprise Management and Destination Management—visited the company RASCO d.o.o. in Kalinovac on April 29, 2025. They were accompanied by lecturer Danijela Vakanjac, mag. oec., v.pred., and assistant Andrea Pavić, univ. mag. oec. RASCO is one…
As part of the Erasmus+ mobility programme, project KA171, Danijela Vakanjac, Head of the Centre for International Cooperation, and Martina Jukić, a member of the Centre, visited the partner institution, the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the visit was to strengthen cooperation between the institutions and to develop concrete steps for…