Universities in Croatia for international students

Algebra University is the largest private education organization in the Republic of Croatia and the region's leading IT, computing, and applied sciences institution and has offices in more than 20 cities in Croatia. Established in 1998, Algebra currently has more than 150 full-time employees and more than 400 associate professionals. Algebra annually provides lifelong learning education to about 15,000 students through a variety of seminars and short-term educational programs and recruit more than 550 freshmen each year into its undergraduate and graduate education.

Zagreb School of Economics and Management is a private, non-profit educational institution. It is Croatia’s best business school according to Eduniversal’s global ranking. For many years, ZSEM has been educating Croatia’s future economic and business experts and has become a center for thought and discussion on contemporary economic and business issues in Croatia and the wider CE region. With more than 1,000 students and more than 2,800 alumni, ZSEM’s community is continuously growing. If you’re looking for a unique global educational experience, ZSEM is the right place for your undergraduate and graduate studies.

Established in 1990, VERN University is a private business school. Its educational activities started in 1994 as a one-year program. With the blessing of the former Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia VERN' University of Applied Sciences was established in 2000 and in 2007 it became the first Croatian business university of applied sciences. In the following years of 2009 and 2011 VERN' University merged with Zagreb School of Management as well as the School of Journalism, which enabled it to develop into an integrated, innovative, European university. 

The University of Zagreb is the biggest and the oldest university in Croatia as well as in South-Eastern Europe. The university was founded in 1669 by King Leopold I who issued a decree granting the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy. As a comprehensive public Central European university, University of Zagreb offers education and research and in all scientific fields (arts, biomedicine, biotechnology, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences) and a broad spectrum of courses at all study levels, from undergraduate to postgraduate.

Founded in 2006, RRiF College for Financial Management is a private higher-education institution. It offers a three-year professional study  Accounting and Finance  and a two-year specialist professional graduate study  Corporate Finance . The study programs are focused on educating professionals who will immediately after completing their study independently perform tasks in the fields of financial management, financial accounting and reporting, taxation and managerial accounting as well as the managerial activities at the level of middle management or the higher management in corporations.

Choose modern programs set in Croatia with practice from the first year. The goal of this way of training is to provide students the opportunity to network with employers which enables them secure employment and return on investment in their education or their future. 

The University of Dubrovnik is the “youngest university in Croatia. It was established in 2003. on the foundations of a very long tradition which goes back to the 17th century, but also on decades of modern higher education. By its programs, its organisation and its technical equipment, the University of Dubrovnik can be stands among very modern educational institutions. 

University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić was founded 14 years ago, is today the biggest private institution of higher education in Croatia with 5000 graduated students. All study programs of the University are original and unique, and they were set up by top experts and scientists from the field of economics. Studying at Baltazar means attending high-quality programmes which allows students to be creative and active during their studies.

RIT Croatia, formerly known as the American College of Management and Technology (ACMT) was established in Croatia in 1997 when the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia initiated the establishment of private higher education institutions. RIT Croatia is a global campus of an American university, Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT Croatia has two modern campuses, one in Zagreb, the capital and biggest metropolitan area, and one in Dubrovnik, one the most beautiful historical cities on the Adriatic coast.

The idea of starting a Catholic university in Croatia has existed since the independent Croatian state existed. Students of the Croatian Catholic University participate in the spiritual life of the university, volunteer, play various sports, have several choirs, and participate in scientific projects with their professors.

PAR  was founded in 2007 with the idea of developing top-quality educational programs and business consulting based on many years of experience, a realistic assessment of the needs of the economy, and continuous monitoring of professional scientific innovations and trends. The PAR College of Business  was founded in 2011, and since 2012 it has been conducting undergraduate professional studies in  Business Management  with the aim of educating young, modern and entrepreneurially oriented personnel and in response to the needs of future students who want a different education. Since 2020, he has also been conducting a specialist graduate professional study in Business Management with three offered courses: Management of small and medium-sized enterprises, Financial Management and Management in Sports. To date, the PAR Business School operates as  the first and only private higher education institution in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County  that conducts study programs with a well-balanced ratio of theory and  organized professional practice  throughout the year.

The University of Zadar is one of the oldest in Europe and the largest integrated University in the Republic of Croatia. The University of Zadar is home to approximately 6,000 students.It offers a wide range of study programmes at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels, together with two studies that are conducted as integrated undergraduate and graduate studies.

FET study programs are adapted to the modern needs of the market and aligned with the programs offered at foreign universities. Through cooperation with leading tourism and ICT companies, solving real business problems and a personalized approach to teaching, we encourage your creativity, innovation, critical thinking, team and entrepreneurial spirit.

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula was founded on the 11th of October, 2006, and it was registered with the Commercial Court Registry in Pazin on the 21st of December 2006, as a legal successor of the "Dr. Mijo Mirković" Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Faculty of Philosophy in Pula and Higer Teacher Education and Training School in Pula.

Libertas International University is the oldest private university in Croatia. The university developed from the Libertas Business School in Zagreb and the DIU Libertas International University in Zagreb and Dubrovnik as two higher education institutions that in 2016 grew into the current university institution. Libertas International University today consists of four faculties and a Business School.