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For a general discussion of virtual education in this country see Yugosphere

Original Re.ViCa entry by Gertjan of ATiT

For entities in Croatia see Category:Croatia


Partners situated in Croatia

Croatia in a nutshell

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital (and largest city) is Zagreb. Croatia borders Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the southeast, Serbia and Montenegro to the east, and it has a sea border with Italy to the northwest.

The Croats arrived in the early seventh century in what is Croatia today. They organized the state into two dukedoms. The first king, Tomislav I was crowned in AD 925 and Croatia was elevated into a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for almost two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Petar Krešimir IV and Zvonimir. Via "Pacta conventa", Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1526, the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand from the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In 1918, Croatia declared independence from AustriaHungary and co-founded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Nazis invaded Yugoslavia and with the aid of the Ustaše, created the Independent State of Croatia. After the war, Croatia became a founding member of Second Yugoslavia. On 25 June 1991, Croatia declared independence and became a sovereign state.

Croatia is a high-income country as well as member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, NATO, the World Trade Organization, CEFTA, and is an elected member of the UN Security Council for the 2008–09 term. The country is also a candidate for membership of the European Union, and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean upon its establishment in 2008.

Croatia education policy

Croatia education system

Higher education

Universities in Croatia

  1. University Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek
  2. University of Dubrovnik
  3. Rochester Institute of Technology-American College of Management and Technology
  4. University of Pula
  5. Dubrovnik International University
  6. University of Rijeka
  7. University of Split
  8. University of Zadar
  9. University of Zagreb

Polytechnics in Croatia

Higher education reform

The Bologna Process

Administration and finance

Quality assurance

Croatia HEIs in the information society

Towards the information society

Information society strategy

Virtual Campuses in HE

Interesting Virtual Campus Initiatives

Interesting Programmes

Re.ViCa Case-study

Lessons learnt

References


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For OER policies and projects in Croatia see Croatia/OER