Croatian higher education institutions offer more than 1,800 study programmes in all areas of study with more than 150 study programmes in foreign languages.
If you are interested in studying in English, you can check the List of Study Programmes in English, organised by level of study, and find the option that best suits you.
If you are interested in studying in other foreign languages, you can consult the List of Study Programmes in Other Foreign Languages.
You can also consult the list of all of the available study programmes in the Register of Study Programmes, which can be searched using various criteria.
Higher education in Croatia supports university and professional study programmes (binary system) at different qualification levels (5, 6, 7, and 8) that correspond to the European Qualifications Framework. University studies cover all three cycles whereas professional studies cover only the first two cycles.
Croatia has two types of higher education institutions: universities (sveučilišta) and polytechnics (veleučilišta).
Universities (sveučilišta) in Croatia are higher education institutions that organise and implement university studies in at least two scientific and/or art areas in a large number of fields and interdisciplinary studies. At each university, teaching and research is usually carried out by one of the following constituent units of the university: faculties (fakulteti); university departments (odjeli); art academies (umjetničke akademije); university institutes (sveučilišni instituti).
Polytechnics (veleučilišta) are institutions that organise and implement professional studies.
* Important note: Prospective students should be aware that polytechnics may instead use the term “University of Applied Sciences” as the title of their institution. This does not indicate an affiliation with any university.
Sources: Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia; Agency for Science and Higher Education