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You need to complete an application for the issuance of a new electronic student card, available from the Student Records Office, and pay EUR 6.64 to the Faculty’s IBAN: HR 8623600001101586015, using your OIB (Personal Identification Number) as the payment reference.

Your new Student Identity Card (X-Card) will be available for collection in approximately ten days. In the meantime, you may use a temporary card.

Student rights commence on 1 October, which marks the beginning of the academic year.

You can request an electronically signed certificate via Studomat. The certificate will then be sent to your student email address.

Students log in to Studomat using their AAI@EduHr credentials, which they receive upon enrolment. The same credentials are used to access Office 365 and the student email account.

The deadlines are determined by the Faculty Council for each academic year.  

The deadlines are determined by the Faculty Council for each academic year.

Once the supervisor has approved the final version of the undergraduate thesis and completed the Undergraduate Thesis Report (Turnitin), the SUPERVISOR must email the following documents to the Student Records Office and the Library:

• The approved version of the thesis in PDF/A format. The entire thesis must be submitted as a single file for Library purposes. The applicable Regulations on Undergraduate Theses already specify that students are required to submit the thesis in this format.
• The Undergraduate Thesis Topic Application. If the supervisor has not previously signed the Thesis Topic Application, the form does not need to be signed and scanned provided that it is sent from the supervisor’s official Faculty email address, in the format name.surname@efri.uniri.hr.
• The Undergraduate Thesis Report.

All documents and information must be submitted in a single email to the Student Records Office and the Library.

The Student Records Office verifies whether the student has fulfilled all prescribed requirements and obtained at least 176 ECTS credits. If not, the supervisor and the student are informed that the completion procedure cannot proceed until all requirements have been met.

The Student Records Office sends the student, by email, the forms that need to be completed, together with other information relevant to the completion of the undergraduate study programme, including payment details and surveys.

The Library informs the Student Records Office whether all borrowed books have been returned, replacing the previous requirement for a separate Library Confirmation. The Library also verifies whether the thesis has been properly prepared for deposit in the Digital Repository. If the thesis is not properly prepared, the student is informed of the required amendments, for example if the declaration at the end of the thesis, abstract or keywords are missing. Once the student has submitted all required documents, the Student Records Office issues the Certificate of Completion of Studies.

The graduation ceremony for students who complete their studies during a given academic year, from 1 October to 30 September of the following year, is held during the following academic year.

Enrolment begins in September, and the timetable will be published on the Faculty website.

To enrol in the next year of study, students must first complete enrolment via Studomat and then confirm their enrolment via:

https://isvuri.efri.uniri.hr/digupisi

Students must also submit proof of payment of the enrolment fee and tuition fee.

Za ispis s Fakulteta potrebno je ispuniti obrazac ispisa,  te uplatiti 19,91 EUR na IBAN Fakulteta HR8623600001101586015, poziv na br OIB studenta. Sve to možete poslati poštom na Evidenciju To withdraw from the Faculty, you must complete the withdrawal form and pay EUR 19.91 to the Faculty’s IBAN: HR 8623600001101586015

The student’s OIB should be entered as the payment reference.

The documentation may be sent by post to:
Student Records Office
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka
Ivana Filipovića 4
51000 Rijeka

A Transcript of Records is issued together with the withdrawal certificate.

1. Once the supervisor has approved the final version of the Master’s thesis and completed the Master’s Thesis Report (Turnitin), the SUPERVISOR must email the following documents to the Student Records Office and the Library:
   • The approved version of the thesis in PDF/A format. The entire thesis must be submitted as a single file for Library review and distribution to the members of the Defence Committee. The applicable Regulations on Master’s Theses already specify that students are required to submit the thesis in this format.
   • A statement in the email confirming: “Approved for defence.”The Master’s Thesis Topic Application. If the supervisor has not previously signed the Thesis Topic Application, the form does not need to be signed and scanned provided that it is sent from the supervisor’s official Faculty email address.
   • The Master’s Thesis Report.

All documents and information must be submitted in a single email to the relevant email addresses.

3. The Student Records Office verifies whether the student has fulfilled all prescribed requirements and obtained at least 90 or 105 ECTS credits, depending on the study programme. If the requirements have not been met, the supervisor and the student are informed that the defence cannot take place until all requirements have been fulfilled.
4. The Library informs the supervisor and the Student Records Office about the outcome of the thesis review and whether the thesis has been adequately prepared for deposit in the Digital Repository. If amendments are required, the student is informed accordingly, for example where the declaration at the end of the thesis, abstract or keywords are missing.
5. The Library also verifies whether all borrowed books have been returned and informs the Student Records Office accordingly.
6. Based on the Library’s feedback regarding the thesis review, the Student Records Office informs the supervisor that the Thesis Defence Scheduling Form may be completed. As a rule, the defence is held within seven days of being scheduled.
7. Upon receipt of the Minutes of the Thesis Defence, the Student Records Office sends the student, by email, the forms that need to be completed, together with other information required to complete the graduate study programme, including payment details and surveys.
8. Once the student has submitted all required documents, the Student Records Office issues the Certificate of Completion of Studies.

For the University Specialist Study Programme Controlling and the University Specialist Study Programme Business Performance Management, the deadline for completing the programme is three years from the date of enrolment. For all other university specialist study programmes, the deadline is two years from the date of enrolment.

Classes within university specialist study programmes are generally held:

• on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• on Fridays from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

A Transcript of Records can be obtained from the Postgraduate Studies Office.
 

At the student’s request and upon submission of supporting documentation, such as medical documentation, the Committee of the relevant university specialist study programme may approve the suspension of study obligations.

If I request suspension of study obligations for health reasons, which documents do I need to submit?

Students must submit:

• all medical documentation issued or certified during the period to which the request relates; copies are acceptable;
• an original certificate from a general practitioner specifying the exact period during which the student was unable to fulfil study obligations and the reason for the inability to do so. The stated reason must be consistent with the accompanying medical documentation.

Student status may be extended for an additional year by submitting a formal request and paying the applicable fee for the extension of student status.
 

You can request an AAI@EduHr electronic identity from the Postgraduate Studies Office.
 

Upon completion of the programme, participants acquire the academic title of specialist, with an indication of the relevant field, for example:

• Specialist in Energy Sector Economics – MBA
• Specialist in Finance
• Specialist in Public Sector Management

The Croatian abbreviation spec. oec. is written after the holder’s first and last name. 

Yes. It is equivalent to a degree obtained through a conventional on-campus study programme.

The programmes are identical, carry the same number of ECTS credits and are taught by the same academic staff.

For BACHELOR programmes, applicants must have their secondary-school qualification recognised and apply through the central application system.

Further information is available at: this link.

For MASTER programmes, applicants must have their previous higher education qualification recognised and apply through the central application system.

Further information is available at: this link.

Classes are delivered via online platforms. Students only need a personal computer, Internet access, headphones and a camera.

Examinations are also conducted ONLINE under controlled conditions.

The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, is a public higher education institution that regularly undergoes national and international accreditation procedures.

The International Business Bachelor’s programme has been recognised by the international accreditation body EFMD and awarded EPAS accreditation.

At the time referred to in the original information, only 115 study programmes at higher education institutions in the fields of management, economics and business economics worldwide held this accreditation.

Receiving the prestigious EPAS accreditation placed the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, among the top 10% of economics faculties and business schools worldwide.

Please email us a copy of your diploma. The relevant University service will check its acceptability, usually within a few days.

This assessment applies only to eligibility for admission to the doctoral programme at our University and does not constitute formal recognition of your foreign qualification.

Any further administrative procedures related to your diploma may be completed at a later stage, after you have enrolled in the doctoral programme.

Depending on your research topic, we can help you establish contact with a suitable supervisor from among our academic staff or from outside the Faculty, even before enrolment.

Supervisors from foreign universities are highly encouraged, provided that they meet the requirements for supervisors stipulated by our doctoral programme, as defined in Article 13 of the Regulations. In such cases, you must also have a co-supervisor from our Faculty.

We have reduced the number of courses in the doctoral programme from ten to six:

• three courses in the first year;
• three courses in the second year.

Half of these courses are elective: one in the first year and two in the second year.

The number of weekends you need to spend at the Faculty during the first year varies between five and ten weekends, with classes generally held on Friday afternoons and Saturdays.

The courses are available at: Doctoral Programme in Economics and Business Economics – EFRI

A study period abroad is compulsory for full-time doctoral students, but it is also strongly encouraged for other students.

The Faculty provides support and practical assistance in organising study periods abroad through the Erasmus programme or similar mobility schemes, such as CEEPUS.

In such cases, the study period abroad may be fully funded through Erasmus, CEEPUS or another relevant programme.

During the mobility period, students are expected to attend selected courses and/or work on their doctoral dissertation.

If your stay at a foreign institution is supervised by an academic from that institution, that person may subsequently become a member of your doctoral dissertation defence committee.

Further information is available in Articles 16 and 22 of the Regulations.

The Faculty regularly publishes calls for co-financing participation in conferences and workshops, as well as the publication of papers in academic journals, for doctoral students.

These activities may also be financed through research projects led by the supervisor or projects in which the supervisor participates as a member of the research team.

If such project funding is not available, the Faculty subsidises doctoral students’ research activities up to a specified amount.

This is not a problem. You may switch to the traditional monograph-format dissertation at any time.

Yes. We have already organised dissertation defences of this kind.

The defence can simply be organised via videoconference, allowing international professors to participate remotely.