H.E. Dr. Csaba Demcsák, the newly appointed Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Croatia, visited the University of Rijeka Rectorate on Thursday, June 4th, 2020, where he was welcomed by Prof. Alen Ružić, M.D., Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Science and Arts, Prof. Ines Srdoč-Konestra, Ph.D., Dean of the UNIRI Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Ms. Nina Kolaković, Rector’s Office/IRO. Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. János D...

niversity of Rijeka, in collaboration with the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education and within the Croatian presidency over the Council of the European Union, is organizing HERItage video conference that will be held from June 15 to June 18 2020. on the Zoom platform.

Special tenders have been issued under the Horizon 2020 project, in the amount of 122 million euros, and are intended for research related to COVID-19. These tenders complement activities from previously published calls, and projects funded under new tenders should enable the rapid production of vital medical supplies and equipment needed for Coronavirus testing, treatment, and prevention, as well as develop medical technologies and digital tools to improve detection, surveillance and patien...

Every Thursday at 10 AM, the UNIRI Center for Advanced Studies of Southeast Europe organizes a webinar entitled Seminars with Guests, held via Zoom platform. The webinar gathers interesting and well-known speakers from the field of humanities, and the topics cover some of the key concepts that build us collectively and individually, especially in the context of contemporary (post) pandemic circumstances. The moderators are CAS SEE fellows, given that the project was created as a result of the isolation, i.e. digital transformation of activities within the fell...

Due to the current epidemiological situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures prescribed by the competent institutions, the Student Day Festival will be held in October. Despite the changed date, the recipe for fun remains the same - a fun week full of educational workshops, sports activities and good music, and many surprises for all our visitors. We have no doubt that the 11th Student Day Festival will be equally successful and full of life! Until then, stay responsible, stay home and take care of yourself and your lo...

Professors from the Faculty of Law at the University of Rijeka have been elected to leading positions in the Croatian Center of the European Law Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of European law, which is one of the leaders in the study of this legal discipline. The organization operates through its centers (so-called hubs), one of which is Croatian. Assoc. Prof. Emilia Mišćenić, Ph.D., was elected as the co-head of the Croatian hub, along with three other members of that body. ...

Esteemed colleagues, dear students, May is the month when we traditionally celebrate the Day of our University – Dies Academicus. Because stopping the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is currently our highest priority, our activities are, hence, tailored to epidemiological measures and guidelines. The ceremony, along with other special events, will not be held in mid-May, but when the conditions are right. We are convinced that, as during all previous ye...

Professor Felix M. Wensveen is the recipient of the prestigious award awarded by the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts (HAZU) for the highest scientific and artistic achievements in the Republic of Croatia for the year 2019. Prof. Wensveen received the award for the discovery of key immune-endocrine interactions and for the establishment of a research line in Rijeka which is currently world-leading in this field. Dr. Felix M. Wensveen (1982, Woerden, The Netherlands) is an Associate Professor at ...

On Monday, May 4th, 2020, the University of Rijeka organized an online conference of the International Scientific Council (ISC) of the University of Rijeka. The conference started at 5 PM, and during a two-hour discussion, the members of the ISC discussed 'Higher Education and Science in the Age of 'New Normality''. The moderator was Madam Rector Prof. Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Ph.D., with the assistance of Prof. Saša Zele...

Students Magdalena Kratofil, Natalia Debeljak, and Ivona Vidović from the UNIRI Department of Biotechnology wrote a seminar paper entitled "How to enhance the resilience of human society based on experience with COVID-19". The seminar paper was created as part of their obligations within the elective course "Sustainable Development". This paper is one of many high-quality student papers that address current sustainability topics. The summary of the paper also contai...

Since April 29, 2020, the University of Rijeka has been included in the Round University Ranking (RUR) by Clarivate Analytics, with 829 out of the total number of universities in the world. The Round University Ranking (RUR) is a world university ranking, which measures performance of 1100 leading world universities by 20 indicators across 4 key missions: teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability. The University of Rijeka has thus become the second largest Croatian uni...

We take this opportunity to congratulate our distinguished professors Igor Jurak, from the Department of Biotechnology, Tomislav Rukavina, from the Faculty of Medicine, as well as Neven Sučić from the Teaching Institute of Public Health. An interdisciplinary team of Croatian scientists has been able to determine the genome sequence of the COVID-19 virus and position Croatia alongside scientific forces such as the USA, Japan, and Italy. The first detailed genome analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 ...

A webinar "Pedagogical Support for Teachers and Trainers" will be held on April 29, organized by the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA). Teacher and trainers quality is the most important factor in the success of educational systems, and especially in this age of uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus, it is important to understand how to prepare teachers and trainers for the future. During the webinar, participants will discuss investing in the further pr...

The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) has conducted the largest research on the impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on student exchanges in Europe. By now, it is clear that the COVID-19 virus has had such an effect that it disrupts many aspects of our societies in Europe, and even worldwide. One group facing big problems is international students whose studies have in many cases been canceled, interrupted, or delayed, which was discussed during a webinar with the European Commission on March 20, 2020.

The University of Rijeka has issued a tender for the allocation of funds for the design and development of complete online courses that will be offered to all students of the University of Rijeka within the system of internal mobility, students in incoming mobility, and students of the YUFE network within the YUFE virtual campus system. All proposals are to be submitted by May 5, 2020 using the form. Total Fund: HRK 150,000.00Maximum amount per project: HRK 15,000.00

A writer, professor, and more recently a mountain climber who looks at the world with eyes wide open and marvels at it innocently, Prof. Nikola Petković is an inexhaustible source of topics, ideas, observations, and dilemmas such as issues of intellectual property, copyright in cyber reality, overcoming the limitations that new reality imposes on us as we try to adjust. Professor Petković tells us solidarity has proven to be one of the sure solutions. Professor Nikola Petković, Ph.D., is a full pr...

The European Commission has launched a unique initiative called pan-EU Hackathon #EUvsVirus to find solutions related to Coronavirus. The Hackathon will be organized online on April 24 - 26, 2020, with entries possible until Sunday, April 19. You can sign up through the pan-EU Hackathon website. Within the 48-hour Hackathon, the goal of this initiative is to jointly develop inno...

Three weeks ago, Professor Alan Šustić, Ph.D., was appointed Head of the COVID-19 Viral Infection Respiratory Center. He and his team have continued to invest maximum professional and human effort in this unprecedented and until the recently unimaginable situation in a global society. Hence, they adapt to the new situation the best they can. Alan Šustić is a professor with tenure, and more widely known as a doctor with two specializations – anesthesiology and intensive care, as well as those i...

We are happy to announce that we are introducing a new section, Our People, on our official website. The section represents individuals in our university community whose work, especially now in the new circumstances of seeking to prevent the spread of COVID-19, is significant and important to the community, our safety, maintenance and functioning of the system. The dedication and effort of such individuals often remain "under the r...

The current COVID-19 crisis activated many initiatives worldwide to support and help those who are in need mostly fragmented on a regional scale. Hence, the Enterprise Europe Network launched a new platform - 'Care & Industry together against CORONA'. The ‘Care & Industry together against CORONA’ platform aims to bring together all the different actors in Europe to:

The LIFE Program is a European Union financial instrument intended to co-finance projects in the fields of environmental, nature and climate activities. As part of the Environment and Climate Action sub-programs, a total of 10 new tenders have been opened. More about deadlines and the tenders for the Environment sub-program can be found at the following link, and

The Croatian Ministry of Science and Education published Guidelines for Assessment and Grading in a Virtual Environment (for teachers, professors, but also for parents/legal guardians and students). The recommendations, initially intended for high school students, can also be applied with appropriate adjustments in higher education, so the document also contains a private section on recommendations in higher education.

Famous Croatian scientist Prof. Danica Kragić Jensfelt, Ph.D., professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and a member of the International Scientific Council of the University of Rijeka, has won a kind of "scientific Oscar" for 2019. Her project Bimanual Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects has been selected as one of 82 projects in the field of physical sciences and engineering to be funded by the European Research Council (ERC).

In order to provide a targeted response to the global outbreak caused by COVID-19, the CEI is glad to launch the COVID-19 Extraordinary Call for Proposals 2020. The call purposely aims at addressing quickly the specific needs of communities in CEI Member States. A total budget of EUR 600.000 - supported by all CEI Member States through the CEI Cooperation Fund and by Italy through the Know-how Exchange Programme under the CEI Fund at the EBRD - will be allocated for granting proposa...

The European IP Helpdesk organizes a series of webinars related to Intellectual Property (IP) in EU projects, with a particular focus on Horizon 2020 funded projects. Webinars are free of charge for all participants and are held in English, and the list of webinars to be held during April and May this year is as follows (click on the title for more information): 01/04/2020

The University of Rijeka Student Union supports and hence joined the National Initiative (HSZ) for the creation of protection visors with the help of 3D printers for medical staff, initiated by Slaven Damjanović, a student from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Split. On behalf of the University of Rijeka, the project is coordinated by students Luka Delak (Faculty of Medicine) Luka Vukonić (Fa...

Prompted by the current situation concerning the Coronavirus pandemic, Prof. Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Ph.D., from the UNIRI Faculty of Teacher Education, translated the booklet "Something Strange Happened in My City" into Croatian. The booklet can serve as a guide for children and their parents, as well as educators and teachers, and facilitate clarification for children of this sudden situation.

The Agency for Mobility and EU Programs has posted on its website recommendations for students and higher education institutions in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic. The links below provide recommendations for planned mobility, guidance on how to act in case of a force majeure, answers to frequently asked questions, and other relevant information on mobility during this period. Erasmus+ mobility users and those who have planned mobility are encouraged to reg...

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims to provide researchers with a secure environment for storing, analyzing and reusing data for research, innovation and educational purposes, regardless of the discipline in which they operate. Through the EOSC, the European Union wants to take a leading role in the management of research data and to ensure that European scientists can reap the full benefits of data-driven science. The EOSC Secretariat has issued a brief

The Organizing Committee of the 9th International Conference on Industrial Heritage informs all participants that due to the current situation, and primarily because of the health of all participants, the conference scheduled for May 22 and 23, 2020 is postponed. The Organizing Committee will inform the participants, as well as the public, about the new date of the conference. Thank you for your understanding!Stay well and stay...