FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 26 JUNE, 2009		NUMBER: 8.1.6.
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GRADUATES ON PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY STUDY IN 2008

This first release reports on students who graduated from institutions of higher education in the Republic of Croatia either according to the "old" programme (professional and university undergraduate study) or the Bologna process (professional and specialist professional graduate study, undergraduate, graduate and integrated undergraduate and graduate university study).

During 2008, there were 25 573 students who graduated from institutions of higher education, which was by 22% more than in the previous year. Out of the total number of graduated students, 69.6% were full-time and 30.4% part-time ones. Out of the full-time students, 66.7% were supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, while the rest of 33.3% self-financed themselves. The share of female students who graduated in 2008 was 58.7%, which was by 0.6% more than in the previous year.

Out of the total number of students who graduated in 2008, 13.5% graduated from polytechnics, 5.4% from schools of professional higher education, 79.7% from faculties (out of that, 26.6% from professional studies and 73.4% from university studies) and 1.4% from art academies.

Regarding their age, 4.3% of students who graduated in 2008 were under 21 years of age, 39.6% were in the 21 – 23 age group, 30.6% were in the 24 – 26 age group, 11.0% were in the 27 − 29 age group and 14.5% were in the 30-and-over age group.

Out of the total number of students, 72.9% of them graduated according to the “old” programme and 27.1% according to the Bologna process.

According to the Bologna process, the largest number of students, 55.7% of them, graduated from an undergraduate university study, followed by 39.9% who graduated from a professional study, 3.6% from a specialist professional graduate study and 0.8% from a graduate university study.

1.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY GROUPS OF INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF STUDY AND SEX, 2008

	Sex	Total	Polytechnics	Schools of professional higher education	Faculties				Art academies
					Total		Professional study	University study
Institutions of higher education ― total	All	25 573	1 333	3 447	20 427	5 429		14 998	366
	Female students	15 014	626	1 637	12 527	3 538		8 989	142
According to “old” programme	All	18 633	630	2 376	15 334	4 187		11 147	293
	Female students	10 853	205	1 125	9 346	2 643		6 703	116
Undergraduate professional study	All	7 084	609	2 376	4 099	4 099		-	-
	Female students	3 885	200	1 125	2 560	2 560		-	-
Undergraduate university study	All	11 549	21	-	11 235	88		11 147	293
	Female students	6 968	5	-	6 786	83		6 703	116
According to Bologna process	All	6 940	703	1 071	5 093	1 242		3 851	73
	Female students	4 161	421	512	3 181	895		2 286	26
Professional study	All	2 769	640	895	1 234	1 234		-	-
	Female students	1 698	385	422	891	891		-	-
Specialist professional graduate	All	247	63	176	8	8		-	-
study	Female students	130	36	90	4	4		-	-
Undergraduate university study	All	3 866	-	-	3 793	-		3 793	73
	Female students	2 307	-	-	2 260	-		2 260	26
Graduate university study	All	58	-	-	58	-		58	-
	Female students	26	-	-	26	-		26	-
Integrated undergraduate and	All	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
graduate study	Female students	-	-	-	-	-		-	-

2.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION, AGE AND SEX, 2008

		Total	Age
			Up to 21	21 – 23	24 – 26	27 – 29	30 – 32	33 – 35	36 – 38	39  and over
Institutions of higher education	Total	25 573	1 114	10 129	7 822	2 807	1 158	755	551	1 237
	Male students	10 559	381	3 682	3 411	1 308	545	377	249	606
	Female students	15 014	733	6 447	4 411	1 499	613	378	302	631
Polytechnics (ISCED 5B)	Total	3 447	87	1 190	744	423	252	228	168	355
	Male students	1 810	46	596	447	217	132	124	86	162
	Female students	1 637	41	594	297	206	120	104	82	193
Schools of professional higher education (ISCED 5B)	Total	1 371	21	465	266	152	118	84	77	188
	Male students	729	8	206	156	87	61	52	44	115
	Female students	642	13	259	110	65	57	32	33	73
Faculties	Total	20 389	996	8 322	6 686	2 186	773	435	301	690
	Male students	7 878	325	2 830	2 756	987	340	197	115	328
	Female students	12 511	671	5 492	3 930	1 199	433	238	186	362
Professional study (ISCED 5B)	Total	5 429	236	2 087	1 421	582	300	226	172	405
	Male students	1 891	56	604	546	238	116	90	62	179
	Female students	3 538	180	1 483	875	344	184	136	110	226
University study (ISCED 5A)	Total	14 960	760	6 235	5 265	1 604	473	209	129	285
	Male students	5 987	269	2 226	2 210	749	224	107	53	149
	Female students	8 973	491	4 009	3 055	855	249	102	76	136
Art academies (ISCED 5A)	Total	366	10	152	126	46	15	8	5	4
	Male students	142	2	50	52	17	12	4	4	1
	Female students	224	8	102	74	29	3	4	1	3

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND SEX, 2008

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry  support	Self-financing
Institutions of higher education	25 573	10 559	15 014	17 793	11 869	5 924	7 780
Polytechnics	3 447	1 810	1 637	1 793	863	930	1 654
Polytechnic in Karlovac	191	122	69	85	61	24	106
Polytechnic in Knin	42	5	37	24	21	3	18
Polytechnic in Požega	204	61	143	96	59	37	108
Polytechnic in Rijeka	349	124	225	82	45	37	267
Polytechnic in Šibenik	195	68	127	113	61	52	82
Polytechnic in Varaždin	48	42	6	35	25	10	13
Polytechnic in Velika Gorica	78	68	10	29	-	29	49
Polytechnic in Vukovar	39	10	29	39	38	1	-
Polytechnic Vern in Zagreb	195	91	104	175	-	175	20
Social Polytechnic in Zagreb	265	116	149	83	45	38	182
Technical Polytechnic in Zagreb	1 113	960	153	579	294	285	534
Health Service Polytechnic in Zagreb	728	143	585	453	214	239	275
Schools of professional higher education	1 371	729	642	622	81	541	749
Technical School of Professional Higher Education, Pula	49	43	6	14	-	14	35
School of Professional Higher Education in  Safety, Zagreb	175	131	44	16	1	15	159
School of Professional Higher Education in Agriculture, Križevci	87	52	35	53	40	13	34
American College of Management and Technology, Dubrovnik	118	56	62	118	3	115	-
Business School, Višnjan	17	11	6	7	-	7	10
Zagreb School of Management, Zagreb	96	34	62	46	2	44	50
School of Professional Higher Education for Business and Management, Zaprešić	311	104	207	100	-	100	211
Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Zagreb	124	62	62	109	10	99	15
College of Market Communications Agora, Zagreb	19	11	8	19	-	19	-
Business School Libertas, Zagreb	140	62	78	67	-	67	73
Utilus Business School, Zagreb	8	3	5	8	-	8	-
International Graduate Business School, Zagreb	18	7	11	18	-	18	-
Police School of Professional Higher Education, Zagreb	171	131	40	27	25	2	144
Evangelical Theological  Seminary, Osijek	38	22	16	20	-	20	18
Faculties	20 389	7 878	12 511	15 012	10 612	4 400	5 377
Professional study	5 429	1891	3 538	2 495	1 447	1 048	2 934
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Osijek	43	32	11	23	20	3	20
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka	49	36	13	35	25	10	14
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Split	49	46	3	48	26	22	1
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slavonski Brod	10	9	1	4	3	1	6

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND SEX, 2008

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka	63	63	-	50	39	11	13
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval       Architecture, Split	73	69	4	73	27	46	-
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering,       Varaždin	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Osijek	85	81	4	79	46	33	6
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Split	10	2	8	10	7	3	-
Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb	104	9	95	104	87	17	-
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka	90	83	7	49	35	14	41
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Split	222	196	26	99	74	25	123
Faculty of Medicine, Osijek	34	1	33	33	11	22	1
Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka	132	39	93	103	77	26	29
Faculty of Medicine, Split	102	14	88	102	21	81	-
Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek	53	39	14	20	20	-	33
Faculty of Economics, Osijek	395	99	296	96	48	48	299
Faculty of Economics, Rijeka	44	11	33	2	1	1	42
Faculty of Economics, Split	374	83	291	124	53	71	250
Faculty of Economics, Zagreb	499	144	355	168	67	101	331
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija	171	77	94	61	35	26	110
Faculty of Organisation and  Informatics, Varaždin	110	78	32	13	-	13	97
Faculty of Law, Osijek	62	18	44	30	20	10	32
Faculty of Law, Rijeka	3	2	1	2	2	-	1
Faculty of Law, Split	102	25	77	20	12	8	82
Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Faculty of Philosophy, Split	64	2	62	46	32	14	18
Faculty of Teacher Education, Osijek	185	6	179	183	105	78	2
Faculty of Teacher Education, Rijeka	154	12	142	106	77	29	48
Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb	724	52	672	465	317	148	259
Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb	45	38	7	2	-	2	43
University Department for Professional Courses of Study, Split	873	358	515	135	24	111	738
Professional Department of University of Dubrovnik	269	130	139	62	43	19	207
Professional Department of University of Pula	104	20	84	54	35	19	50
Professional Department of University of Zadar	106	6	100	78	42	36	28
Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb ― Institute for Theological Culture of Laymen	24	9	15	16	16	-	8
University study	14 960	5 987	8 973	12 517	9 165	3 352	2 443
Faculty of  Science,  Department of Mathematics, Zagreb	296	92	204	296	272	24	-
Faculty of  Science, Zagreb	497	141	356	497	473	24	-
Faculty of  Science, Split	77	17	60	77	70	7	-
Biology  Department  of the University of Osijek	49	5	44	49	44	5	-
Physics  Department  of the University of Osijek	13	9	4	13	7	6	-
Mathematics  Department  of the University of Osijek	70	13	57	70	53	17	-

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND SEX, 2008

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Physics  Department  of the University of Rijeka	2	-	2	2	2	-	-
Informatics Department  of the University of Rijeka	9	3	6	9	7	2	-
Mathematics  Department  of the University of Rijeka	2	0	2	2	2	-	-
Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb	66	20	46	66	41	25	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Osijek	51	35	16	51	43	8	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka	68	42	26	68	51	17	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb	233	164	69	233	145	88	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Split	65	30	35	65	50	15	-
Faculty of Geodesy, Zagreb	119	73	46	107	101	6	12
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, Varaždin	38	22	16	38	36	2	-
Faculty of Graphic Arts, Zagreb	103	30	73	101	84	17	2
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,  Slavonski Brod	33	25	8	30	30	-	3
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb	317	279	38	317	302	15	-
Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka	139	122	17	139	98	41	-
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,  Mechanical Engineering and Naval  Architecture, Split	304	249	55	304	220	84	-
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Osijek	218	201	17	212	191	21	6
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb	875	727	148	875	675	200	-
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Zagreb	575	475	100	305	176	129	270
Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum  Engineering, Zagreb	59	39	20	59	57	2	-
Faculty of Metallurgy, Sisak	9	3	6	9	9	-	-
Faculty  of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb	106	23	83	106	100	6	-
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Split	20	4	16	20	19	1	-
Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb	49	6	43	49	46	3	-
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka	65	46	19	52	44	8	13
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Split	21	18	3	21	21	-	-
University Department for Maritime Studies, Split	23	5	18	23	20	3	-
Faculty of Medicine, Osijek	44	15	29	44	33	11	-
Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka	155	51	104	155	105	50	-
Faculty of Medicine, Split	40	13	27	40	34	6	-
Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb	233	82	151	233	195	38	-
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Zagreb	113	29	84	113	66	47	-
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb	124	20	104	124	83	41	-
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb	119	71	48	119	73	46	-
Faculty of Food Technology, Osijek	82	16	66	82	82	-	-
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb	149	18	131	149	132	17	-
Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek	105	51	54	89	87	2	16
Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb	308	90	218	308	275	33	-
Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb	94	68	26	94	69	25	-

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND SEX, 2008

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Faculty of Economics, Osijek	576	184	392	394	224	170	182
Faculty of Economics, Rijeka	349	87	262	209	113	96	140
Faculty of Economics, Split	558	170	388	399	210	189	159
Faculty of Economics, Zagreb	1 231	405	826	889	354	535	342
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija	470	135	335	195	88	107	275
Faculty of Organisation and Informatics, Varaždin	214	161	53	163	122	41	51
Faculty of Law, Osijek	276	103	173	90	76	14	186
Faculty of Law, Rijeka	146	43	103	92	66	26	54
Faculty of Law, Split	169	60	109	53	44	9	116
Faculty of Law, Zagreb	577	144	433	277	221	56	300
Faculty of Political Sciences, Zagreb	429	118	311	298	134	164	131
Faculty of Philosophy, Osijek	443	79	364	437	333	104	6
Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka	332	69	263	332	256	76	-
Faculty of Philosophy, Split	192	15	177	166	120	46	26
Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb	1162	223	939	1113	822	291	49
Croatian Studies, Zagreb	205	55	150	205	158	47	-
Faculty of Kinesiology, Split	141	84	57	141	118	23	-
Faculty of  Kinesiology, Zagreb	134	83	51	134	92	42	-
University Departments of the University of Dubrovnik	305	112	193	266	218	48	39
University Departments of the University of Pula	180	52	128	156	133	23	24
University Departments of the University of Zadar	288	46	242	269	205	64	19
Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Zagreb	211	10	201	208	156	52	3
Catholic Theological Faculty, Đakovo	23	9	14	23	22	1	-
Catholic Theological Faculty, Split	32	17	15	32	29	3	-
Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb and Departments	74	40	34	74	70	4	-
Institutes of the Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb	41	9	32	37	32	5	4
Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, Zagreb	45	17	28	38	26	12	7
Institute of Philosophy and Theology of the Society of Jesus. Zagreb	10	9	1	10	-	10	-
Faculty of Theology, Maruševec – Adventist	10	6	4	2	-	2	8
Art academies	366	142	224	366	313	53	-
Academy of Music, Zagreb	108	45	63	108	89	19	-
Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb	81	29	52	81	69	12	-
Academy of Fine Arts and Music, Split	24	7	17	24	21	3	-
Academy of Fine Arts and Music, Osijek	79	30	49	79	71	8	-
Academy of Dramatic Arts, Zagreb	50	24	26	50	48	2	-
Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka	24	7	17	24	15	9	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and method of data collection

Data are the result of the annual data processing on students graduated from institutions of higher education in the Republic of Croatia in 2008. They are collected through the questionnaire entitled Statistical Sheet for Students Graduated from Professional and University Study (ŠV-50 form), which is filled in by students graduated from undergraduate professional or university studies.

Coverage and comparability

The statistical survey covers all students who graduated from the institutions of higher education on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. It includes both students who graduated according to the “old” programme and those who graduated according to the Bologna process. Data are comparable to those from previous years.

Definitions and explanations

Students are persons enrolled in institutions of higher education. There are full-time and part-time students. A full-time student studies on regular basis either with the support of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports or by paying for the study himself. A part-time student studies on a part-time basis supported either by himself or by his employer.

Institutions of higher education are university and faculty and academy of art as its component parts, polytechnic and school of higher education.

Institutions of higher education can be public and private.

University is an institution that establishes and conducts university and interdisciplinary studies in at least two areas of scientific or artistic activity in a number of fields, as an autonomous and integrated process, indirectly or through its faculties, art academies and departments.

University comprises the following: faculties, art academies, departments and institutes and other units according to law.

Professional courses can also be taught at universities and their units.

Faculty is an institution of higher education, a component part of a university, where university studies are organised and conducted, and where scientific and professional work in one or more scientific or professional fields are developed. Professional studies can also be conducted there.

Academy of art is an institution of higher education, a component part of a university, where artistic studies are organised and conducted, and where top artistic endeavours and scientific activity in the field of art are nourished. Professional studies can also be conducted there.

University department is a component part of a university where university courses are taught and where scientific, artistic or professional work in a particular field of science or an interdisciplinary area is developed.

Polytechnic and School of professional higher education are institutions that establish and conduct professional courses. Polytechnic is a school of higher education that conducts at least three different courses in at least three different fields and cannot have schools of professional higher education as its component parts.

University studies prepare students for performing work in science and higher education, in business, public sector and society in general and also prepares them for development and application of scientific and professional findings. University studies are organised and conducted at universities.

University education comprises undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate study. In accordance to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), 60 ECTS credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year.

Undergraduate university study, which normally lasts for three to four years and students earn 180-240 ECTS credits, enables students to continue their studies at graduate university study or specialist professional graduate study or enter the labour market. Upon completion, students are awarded an academic title of baccalaureus or baccalaurea (prvostupnik or prvostupnica) with a reference to a specialisation. Exceptionally, upon completion of the undergraduate study in engineering, students are awarded an academic title of  baccalaureus or baccalaurea (prvostupnik or prvostupnica) in engineering with a reference to a specialisation (the Act on Academic and Professional Titles and the Academic Degree, NN, No. 107/07).

Graduate university study normally lasts for one to two years and students earn 60-120 ECTS credits. A total number of credits earned at undergraduate and graduate study is at least 300 ECTS credits.

Upon completion of undergraduate and graduate university study or integrated undergraduate and graduate university study, after which students earn at least 300 ECTS credits, students are awarded an academic title of Master with a reference to a specialisation. Exceptionally, upon completion of undergraduate and graduate study or integrated undergraduate and graduate study in engineering, students are awarded an academic title of master in engineering with the reference to a specialisation and upon completion of graduate university study of medicine, dental medicine or veterinary medicine, students are awarded an academic title of doctor, with the reference to a specialisation (the Act on Academic and Professional Titles and the Academic Degree, NN, No. 107/07).

Professional studies provide students with an adequate level of knowledge and skills that enable performance of professional occupations and prepares them for direct entry into labour market. Professional studies are conducted at schools of professional higher education or at polytechnics according to the Act on scientific activity and higher education (NN, Nos. 123/03 and 105/04).

Professional study lasts two to three years and students earn 120-180 ECTS credits. Exceptionally, professional study may last up to four years and students earn up to 240 ECTS credits.

Upon completion of professional study lasting shorter than three years and with less than 180 ECTS credits, students are awarded a relevant professional title pursuant to a special law. Upon completion of professional study lasting at least three years and with 180 ECTS credits or more, students are awarded a professional title of professional baccalaureus or baccalaurea (prvostupnik or prvostupnica) with a reference to a specialisation. Exceptionally, upon completion of the professional study in engineering, students are awarded an academic title of baccalaureus or baccalaurea (prvostupnik or prvostupnica) in engineering with a reference to a specialisation (the Act on Academic and Professional Titles and the Academic Degree, NN, No. 107/07).

Polytechnics or schools of professional higher education can organise a specialist graduate professional study lasting one to two years for persons who completed a professional study or an undergraduate university study.

Upon completion of specialist graduate professional study lasting one to two years and with 60 to 120 ECTS credits, students are awarded an academic title of professional specialist with a reference to a specialisation or a part of specialisation, depending on the programme. Exceptionally, upon completion of specialist graduate professional study in engineering, students are awarded an academic title of professional specialist in engineering with the reference to a specialisation or part of specialisation, depending on the programme, and upon completion of specialist graduate professional study of medicine, dental medicine or veterinary medicine, students are awarded an academic title of graduated, with the reference to a specialisation or part of specialisation, depending on the programme (the Act on Academic and Professional Titles and the Academic Degree, NN, No. 107/07).

Abbreviations

ECTS      European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

ISCED International Standard Classification of Education

NN           Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of
                 Croatia

Symbols

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