Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philosophy

Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду
Type	Public
Established	1838
Dean	Vesna Dimitrijević
Academic staff	255
Students	6000
Location	Belgrade , Serbia 44.817952°N 20.457909°E / 44.817952; 20.457909
Campus	Urban
Website	www.f.bg.ac.rs

The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy (Serbian: Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду), founded in the early 19th century within the Belgrade Higher School, is the oldest and most prominent institution of higher education in Serbia and among the oldest in the South-Eastern Europe. It employs 255 teaching staff and has approximately 6000 undergraduate and graduate students within ten departments: Department of Philosophy, Department of Classics, Department of History, Department of Art History, Department of Archeology, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Department of Psychology, Department of Andragogy and Department of Pedagogy.

Notable alumni

• Mira Adanja-Polak, Freelance producer, journalist and presenter
• Mehdi Bardhi, Founder of the Institute of Albanology in Priština
• Gani Bobi, Albanian philosopher and sociologist
• Milan Budimir, Serbian classical scholar
• Miodrag Bulatović, Montenegrin Serb novelist and playwright
• Branko Ćopić, Bosnian and Yugoslav writer
• Zija Dizdarević, Bosnian prose writer
• Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (2001–2003)
• Raјko Đurić, Serbian Romani writer
• Jelena Genčić, Serbian tennis coach
• Trivo Inđić, Advisor to the Serbian President (2004–2012)
• Žarko Korać, Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia (2001-2004)
• Desanka Kovačević-Kojić, Serbian historian
• Sonja Licht, President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (2003–present)
• Sima Lozanić, first Rector of the University of Belgrade
• Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet
• Miroslav Marcovich, philologist and university professor
• Simo Elaković, Serbian philosopher and economist
• Mihailo Marković, Serbian philosopher
• Dragoljub Mićunović, Serbian politician and philosopher
• Nikola Milošević, Serbian writer and political philosopher
• Dragoslav Mitrinović, Serbian mathematician
• Vasko Popa, Serbian poet of Romanian descent
• Nebojša Radmanović, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008–2009)
• Šerbo Rastoder, Montenegrin Bosniak philosopher and historian
• Vladislav F. Ribnikar, founder of Politika, the oldest Serbian newspaper
• Veljko Rus, Slovenian philosopher and politician
• Bogoljub Šijaković, Serbian Minister of Religion (2008–2012)
• Boris Tadić, President of Serbia (2004–2012)
• Ljubomir Tadić, one of the founders of the Democratic Party in Serbia

External links

• Official Website (in Serbian, English)