Educacion En Serbia

Education in Serbia is regulated by the Ministry of Science and Education. Education starts in either pre-schools or elementary schools. Children enroll in elementaryschools at the age of seven, and remain there for eight years. After compulsory education students have the opportunity to either attend a high school for another fouryears, specialist school, for 2 to 4 years, or to enroll in vocational training, for 2 to 3 years. Following the completion of high school or a specialist school,students have the opportunity to attend university.

The largest public universities in Serbia are:

University of Belgrade
University of Kragujevac
University of NišUniversity of Novi Sad
University of Pristina
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and currently the largest university in Serbia. Established in 1808, it has 31faculties, and since its inception, has trained an estimated 330,000 graduates. Other universities with a significant number of faculty and alumni are those of NoviSad (founded 1960), Kragujevac (founded 1976) and Niš (founded 1965).

The roots[citation needed] of the Serbian education system date back to the 11th and 12thcenturies when the first Catholic colleges were founded in Titel and Bač. With the establishment of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Kingdom in 1217, education wasmostly conducted through the monasteries of Sopoćani, Studenica, and Patriarchate of Peć. The oldest college faculty within the current borders dates back to 1778;founded in the city of Sombor, then Habsburg Empire, it was known under the name Norma and was the oldest Slavic Teacher's college in Southern Europe.[citation needed]