FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLV.	ZAGREB, 27 JUNE, 2008		NUMBER: 8.1.6.
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GRADUATES ON PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY STUDY IN 2007

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 2007, there were 20 969 students who graduated from institutions of higher education, which was by 7.2% more than in the previous year. Out of the total number of graduated students, 61.6% were full-time and 38.4% part-time ones. Out of the full-time students, 65.5% were supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, while the rest of 34.5% self-financed themselves. The share of female students who graduated in 2007 was 58.1%, which was by 1.2% less than in the previous year.

Out of the total number of students who graduated in 2007, 15.3% graduated from polytechnics, 6.0% from schools of professional higher education, 77.3% from faculties (out of that, 33.7% from professional studies and 66.3% from university studies) and 1.4% from art academies.

Regarding their age, 1.2% of students who graduated in 2007 were under 21 years of age, 32.9% were in the 21 – 23 age group, 34.9% were in the 24 – 26 age group, 12.4% were in the 27 − 29 age group and 18.6% were in the 30-and-over age group.

Out of the total number of students, 96.1% of them graduated according to the “old” programme and 3.9% according to the Bologna process.

The largest number of students, 51.9% of them, graduated from an undergraduate university study, followed by 44.2% who graduated from an undergraduate professional study, 2.8% from a professional study according to the Bologna process, 0.9% from an undergraduate university study and 0.2% from a specialist professional graduate study.

1.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY GROUPS OF INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF STUDY AND GENDER, 2007

	Gender	Total	Polytechnics	Schools of professional higher education	Faculties				Academies  of art
					Total		Professional study	University study
Institutions of higher education ― total	All	20 969	3 215	1 258	16 208	5 456		10 752	288
	Female	12 180	1 435	572	9 998	3 630		6 368	113
	students
According to “old” programme	All	20 146	3 062	914	15 882	5 326		10 556	288
	Female	11 698	1 395	340	9 788	3 530		6 258	113
	students
Undergraduate professional study	All	9 270	3 062	882	5 326	5 326		-	-
	Female	5 251	1 395	326	3 530	3 530		-	-
	students
Undergraduate university study	All	10 876	-	32	10 556	-		10 556	288
	Female	6 447	-	14	6 258	-		6 258	113
	students
According to Bologna process	All	823	153	344	326	130		196	-
	Female	482	40	232	210	100		110	-
	students
Professional study	All	577	115	336	126	126		-	-
	Female	358	32	228	98	98		-	-
	students
Specialist professional graduate	All	50	38	8	4	4		-	-
study	Female	14	8	4	2	2		-	-
	students
Undergraduate university study	All	196	-	-	196	-		196	-
	Female	110	-	-	110	-		110	-
	students
Graduate university study	All	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
	Female	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
	students
Integrated undergraduate and	All	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
graduate study	Female	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
	students

2. STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION, AGE AND GENDER, 2007

		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	20 969	244	6 891	7 330	2 602	1 171	762	628	1 341
	Male students	8 789	56	2 380	3 177	1 221	563	400	312	680
	Female students	12 180	188	4 511	4 153	1 381	608	362	316	661
Polytechnics (ISCED 5B)	Total	3 215	32	983	687	358	274	221	191	469
	Male students	1 780	9	473	398	203	180	147	112	258
	Female students	1 435	23	510	289	155	94	74	79	211
Schools of professional higher education (ISCED 5B)	Total	1 258	12	397	259	127	87	105	64	207
	Male students	686	5	152	143	77	55	63	47	144
	Female students	572	7	245	116	50	32	42	17	63
Faculties	Total	16 208	195	5 410	6 278	2 079	787	430	367	662
	Male students	6 210	41	1 728	2 584	922	321	189	149	276
	Female students	9 998	154	3 682	3 694	1 157	466	241	218	386
Professional study (ISCED 5B)	Total	5 456	194	2 154	1 373	521	332	256	234	392
	Male students	1 826	41	625	534	203	124	95	76	128
	Female students	3 630	153	1 529	839	318	208	161	158	264
University study (ISCED 5A)	Total	10 752	1	3 256	4 905	1 558	455	174	133	270
	Male students	4 384	-	1 103	2 050	719	197	94	73	148
	Female students	6 368	1	2 153	2 855	839	258	80	60	122
Art academies (ISCED 5A)	Total	288	5	101	106	38	23	6	6	3
	Male students	113	1	27	52	19	7	1	4	2
	Female students	175	4	74	54	19	16	5	2	1

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND GENDER, 2007

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry  support	Self-financing
Institutions of higher education	20 969	8 789	12 180	12 924	8 467	4 457	8 045
Polytechnics	3 215	1 780	1 435	1 369	643	726	1 846
Polytechnic in Karlovac	204	134	70	87	64	23	117
Polytechnic in Požega	217	75	142	118	63	55	99
Polytechnic in Rijeka	232	92	140	57	33	24	175
Polytechnic in Šibenik	152	43	109	91	48	43	61
Polytechnic in Varaždin	9	9		8	5	3	1
Polytechnic in Velika Gorica	78	72	6	25	-	25	53
Polytechnic in Vukovar	1	1		1	-	1	-
Polytechnic Vern in Zagreb	147	68	79	147	5	142	-
Social Polytechnic in Zagreb	286	177	109	58	23	35	228
Technical Polytechnic in Zagreb	1 167	981	186	392	227	165	775
Health Service Polytechnic in Zagreb	722	128	594	385	175	210	337
Schools of professional higher education	1 258	686	572	520	75	445	738
Technical School of Professional Higher Education, Pula	32	29	3	11	-	11	21
School of Professional Higher Education in  Safety, Zagreb	250	202	48	23	1	22	227
School of Professional Higher Education in Agriculture, Križevci	55	32	23	23	19	4	32
American College of Management and Technology, Dubrovnik	168	78	90	168	-	168	-
Business School, Višnjan	31	9	22	17		17	14
Zagreb School of Management, Zagreb	117	36	81	62	2	60	55
School of Professional Higher Education for Business and Management, Zaprešić	174	52	122	54	3	51	120
Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Zagreb	87	29	58	84	-	84	3
Business School Libertas, Zagreb	104	43	61	26	-	26	78
Police School of Professional Higher Education, Zagreb	240	176	64	52	50	2	188
Faculties	16 208	6 210	9 998	10 747	7 504	3 243	5 461
Professional study	5 456	1 826	3 630	2 374	1 364	1 010	3 082
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Osijek	36	25	11	25	18	7	11
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka	30	25	5	26	15	11	4
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Split	30	27	3	30	16	14	-
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slavonski Brod	13	11	2	7	5	2	6
Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka	46	44	2	39	33	6	7
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval       Architecture, Split	91	85	6	91	32	59	-
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering,       Varaždin	13	11	2	7	7	-	6

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND GENDER, 2007

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Osijek	60	59	1	59	46	13	1
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Split	27	6	21	27	16	11	-
Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb	73	10	63	73	55	18	-
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka	109	98	11	78	70	8	31
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Split	159	146	13	61	48	13	98
Faculty of Medicine, Osijek	46	2	44	9	5	4	37
Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka	125	24	101	88	55	33	37
Faculty of Medicine, Split	95	29	66	95	6	89	-
Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek	38	23	15	16	16	-	22
Faculty of Economics, Osijek	297	86	211	73	42	31	224
Faculty of Economics, Rijeka	80	19	61	8	3	5	72
Faculty of Economics, Split	318	84	234	89	37	52	229
Faculty of Economics, Zagreb	491	161	330	115	49	66	376
Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Pula	32	7	25	6	6	-	26
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija	147	68	79	33	11	22	114
Faculty of Organisation and  Informatics, Varaždin	111	80	31	19	1	18	92
Faculty of Law, Osijek	49	16	33	34	25	9	15
Faculty of Law, Split	85	29	56	26	15	11	59
Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka	1	-	1	1	1	-	-
Faculty of Philosophy, Split	82	1	81	49	23	26	33
Faculty of Teacher Education, Osijek	137	6	131	121	59	62	16
Faculty of Teacher Education, Rijeka	112	11	101	81	56	25	31
Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb	827	43	784	534	389	145	293
Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb	33	29	4	1	-	1	32
University Department for Professional Courses of Study, Split	1 138	412	726	190	30	160	948
Professional Department of University of Dubrovnik	277	136	141	81	53	28	196
Professional Department of University of Pula	103	7	96	69	49	20	34
Professional Department of University of Zadar	132	1	131	103	62	41	29
Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb ― Institute for Theological Culture of Laymen	13	5	8	10	10	-	3
University study	10 752	4 384	6 368	8 373	6 140	2 233	2 379
Faculty of  Science,  Department of Mathematics, Zagreb	122	37	85	122	104	18	-
Faculty of  Science, Zagreb	357	114	243	357	330	27	-
Biology  Department  of the University of Osijek	38	7	31	38	34	4	-
Physics  Department  of the University of Osijek	14	11	3	14	11	3	-
Mathematics  Department  of the University of Osijek	66	17	49	66	59	7	-
Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb	125	41	84	125	100	25	-

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND GENDER, 2007

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Osijek	41	32	9	41	39	2	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rijeka	71	44	27	71	51	20	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb	111	69	42	111	52	59	-
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Split	39	17	22	39	27	12	-
Faculty of Geodesy, Zagreb	46	19	27	40	37	3	6
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, Varaždin	25	20	5	25	25	-	-
Faculty of Graphic Arts, Zagreb	76	32	44	73	65	8	3
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,  Slavonski Brod	43	39	4	27	26	1	16
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb	157	130	27	157	152	5	-
Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka	88	82	6	88	73	15	-
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,  Mechanical Engineering and Naval  Architecture, Split	182	157	25	182	112	70	-
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Osijek	77	71	6	76	74	2	1
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb	456	377	79	456	353	103	-
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Zagreb	579	462	117	293	171	122	286
Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum  Engineering, Zagreb	50	34	16	50	42	8	-
Faculty of Metallurgy, Sisak	6	1	5	6	6	-	-
Faculty  of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb	55	19	36	55	53	2	-
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Split	14	2	12	14	12	2	-
Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb	27	3	24	27	25	2	-
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Rijeka	47	32	15	39	35	4	8
Faculty of Maritime Studies, Split	12	9	3	12	10	2	-
University Department for Maritime Studies, Split	33	18	15	33	29	4	-
Faculty of Medicine, Osijek	50	18	32	50	39	11	-
Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka	118	33	85	118	75	43	-
Faculty of Medicine, Split	51	22	29	51	49	2	-
Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb	248	109	139	248	213	35	-
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Zagreb	99	33	66	99	56	43	-
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb	123	20	103	123	80	43	-
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb	92	48	44	92	61	31	-
Faculty of Food Technology, Osijek	53	17	36	53	51	2	-
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb	160	28	132	160	145	15	-
Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek	55	36	19	45	40	5	10
Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb	226	78	148	226	201	25	-
Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb	117	89	28	117	86	31	-

3.   STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BY NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION, MODE
      OF STUDY AND GENDER, 2007

 (continued)

	Total			Mode of study
	Total	Male students	Female students	Full-time			Part-time
				Total	Ministry support	Self-financing
Faculty of Economics, Osijek	316	101	215	186	105	81	130
Faculty of Economics, Rijeka	345	92	253	219	123	96	126
Faculty of Economics, Split	260	102	158	120	70	50	140
Faculty of Economics, Zagreb	1 002	315	687	656	308	348	346
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija	397	112	285	163	68	95	234
Faculty of Organisation and Informatics, Varaždin	100	70	30	68	53	15	32
Faculty of Law, Osijek	263	104	159	78	62	16	185
Faculty of Law, Rijeka	140	41	99	95	72	23	45
Faculty of Law, Split	221	105	116	73	49	24	148
Faculty of Law, Zagreb	619	165	454	304	237	67	315
Faculty of Political Sciences, Zagreb	345	122	223	201	101	100	144
Faculty of Philosophy, Osijek	150	24	126	141	95	46	9
Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka	194	36	158	194	151	43	-
Faculty of Philosophy, Split	126	3	123	103	69	34	23
Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb	497	77	420	468	357	111	29
Croatian Studies, Zagreb	201	58	143	201	151	50	-
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and  Kinesiology, Split	101	46	55	101	90	11	-
University Departments of the University of Dubrovnik	191	76	115	127	98	29	64
University Departments of the University of Pula	176	44	132	133	113	20	43
University Departments of the University of Zadar	299	56	243	277	231	46	22
Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Zagreb	106	8	98	103	64	39	3
Faculty of  Kinesiology, Zagreb	124	80	44	124	70	54	-
Catholic Theological Faculty, Đakovo	27	16	11	27	27	-	-
Catholic Theological Faculty, Split	18	9	9	18	16	2	-
Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb and Departments	90	61	29	90	85	5	-
Institutes of the Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb	44	10	34	36	35	1	8
Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, Zagreb	45	18	27	42	37	5	3
Institute of Philosophy and Theology of the Society of Jesus. Zagreb	6	6	-	6	-	6	-
Art academies	288	113	175	288	245	43	-
Academy of Music, Zagreb	106	46	60	106	80	26	-
Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb	60	31	29	60	56	4	-
Academy of Fine Arts and Music, Split	14	6	8	14	12	2	-
Academy of Fine Arts and Music, Osijek	39	14	25	39	35	4	-
Academy of Dramatic Arts, Zagreb	22	11	11	22	22	-	-
Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka	47	5	42	47	40	7	-

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 2007. 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, academies of art and departments.

University comprises the following: faculties, academies of art, 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 professwional 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).

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