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Megatrend University Мегатренд универзитет / Megatrend univerzitet 
Established 1989 Type Private President Walter Schwimmer Rector Prof. Mića Jovanović, PhD Admin. staff 500 Students 26,000 Location Belgrade, Serbia Website www.megatrend.edu.rs The Megatrend University (Serbian: Мегатренд универзитет / Megatrend univerzitet) is a private university located in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 and is organized into 19 institutions.
Since its founding, the University has educated more than 12,000 bachelors, around 120 magisters, 20 masters (since 2007), and 60 doctors.[1]
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History and profile
The very first institute of the university was Belgrade's Megatrend Business School which was established 1989, and later on was the founder of all other institutes which comprise the present Megatrend University.
During 1991, Megatrend Business School, together with the Technical Faculty of Bor carried out the project of management graduate studies introduction. This project which was the first one of this type in South-East Europe, was financially supported by the European Union TEMPUS Fund which was specifically intended for the development of business education. This success has caused further expanding of Megatrend educational network.
In the previous educational system, institutes were missing that could provide the similar kind of knowledge. Most notable is the Faculty of Geo-economy the first institute of this kind in this part of the world.
In February 1997, Megatrend Business School has stipulated the agreement of collaboration with L`Ecole Superieure de Commerce from Grenoble, France. This agreement allowed students to be transferred directly from each of the schools - members of university to the corresponding school in France.
Similar agreements were stipulated with "Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli" from Italy, with Berlin University of Applied Sciences from Germany, then, with Yanbian University of Science and Technology from China, Bournemouth University from United Kingdom, Academy Eliteâ from Moscow, European School of Business, Rome, Italy and Faculty of Economics, Donetsk National University, Ukraine.
Megatrend University is a member of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA), which runs yearly conferences in Europe and Asia to discuss economic and management issues as well as promoting research and publishing.
Organization
These are the 19 institutions in 7 cities:
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- Megatrend School of Agriculture
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- Faculty of Business Studies
- Faculty of International Economics (previously Faculty of Geo-Economy)
- Megatrend Business School
- Faculty of culture and media
- Faculty of Arts and Design
- Faculty of State Administration
- The Institute for New Technologies
- Megatrend Virtual University
- High Basketball Academy "Borislav Stanković"
- Faculty of Computer Sciences
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- Institut of Management “Bozinoff”
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- Faculty for Business Studies
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- Faculty of Bio-Farming
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- Faculty of management
- School of Management
- Megatrend School of Agriculture
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- Faculty of Management
- School of Management
Notable alumni
- Jelena Janković, Tennis player
See also
References
- ^ http://www.megatrend.edu.rs/ Information is published on home page.
External links
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