The University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics is one of the educational institutions of the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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, Serbia

Serbia

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. The building is located in the city center of Belgrade

Belgrade

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. The Belgrade's School of Economics is Serbia's leading educational institution in business end economics.

Initially established in 1937, the Faculty of Economics was the first center of higher education dedicated to the study of economics in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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. Its curriculum includes courses in economic analysis and policy; marketing; accounting, auditing and financial management; trade and commerce; finance, banking and insurance; tourism and hotel industry; statistics and informatics; management and international economics and foreign trade.

The school includes a library with over 120 thousand titles. The Faculty's Publication Center has grown into one of the leading Serbian publishers for economic literature. Its research center has implemented over 800 projects in the field of restructuring, assets valuation, privatisation, investment, etc, as well as over one hundred macroeconomic projects for governments and multilateral institutions.

Notable alumni and teaching staff

Some of the school's renowned students and professors include: Rushka Bergman

Rushka Bergman

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, Sonja Biserko

Sonja Biserko

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, Mirko Cvetković

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, Bojan Dimitrijević, Mlađan Dinkić, Diana Dragutinović

Diana Dragutinovic

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, Mitja Gaspari

Mitja Gaspari

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, Radovan Jelašić

Radovan Jelašic

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, Srgjan Kerim

Srgjan Kerim

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, Nikola Kljusev

Nikola Kljusev

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, Dragan Maršićanin

Dragan Maršicanin

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, Gordana Matković

Gordana Matkovic

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, Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic

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, Slobodan Milosavljević

Slobodan Milosavljevic

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, Miroslav Mišković

Miroslav Miškovic

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, Abdul Rahman Munif

Abdul Rahman Munif

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, Milorad Nedeljković

Milorad Nedeljkovic

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, Ivo Perišin

Ivo Perišin

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, Aleksandar Pravdić

Aleksandar Pravdic

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, Toplica Spasojević

Toplica Spasojevic

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, Srđan Srećković, Kori Udovički and Philip Zepter

Philip Zepter

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External links

• Official Website (in Serbian, English)