Currently, studying in English language at our Faculty is offered on per-module basis to students arriving through mobility schemes (Erasmus+, CEEPUS, bilateral agreements and freemovers). More information about courses offered, documentation and administrative procedures, can be found below.
COURSES CATALOGUE for a.y. 2021/2022
Courses offered to incoming students following lectures in English language on both undergraduate and graduate level are listed below. All courses are delivered entirely in English language. Catalogue is subject to annual change (due to teachers' academic workload and maternity leave cases, number of students registered for the courses, etc). Students can select both levels courses if it is in accordance with their home institution rules. Students are allowed to make changes in Learning Agreement after arrival, i.e. within the first two weeks.
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
winter/autumn semester
spring/summer semester
GRADUATE LEVEL
winter/autumn semester
spring/summer semester
Students can also select following semestral courses delivered at the Faculty of Philosophy for UG and G students:
- Croatian Language for Foreigners 1 (5 ECTS) - basic user - delivered in both semesters
- Croatian Language for Foreigners 2 (5 ECTS) - independet user - delivered in both semesters
- Croatian Language for Foreigners 3 (5 ECTS) - proficient user - delivered in both semesters
- Croatian Culture and Civilization I (5 ECTS) - delivered only in first semester
- Croatian Culture and Civilization II (5 ECTS) - delivered only in second semester
Plan and programme of these courses are available here.
Students following lectures in Croatian language can select courses here.
Receiving instituion details to be filled in Learning Agreement:
Name: University of Split
Faculty: Economics, Business and Tourism
Address: Cvite Fiskovića 5, 21000 Split
Erasmus code: HR SPLIT01
Contact person (Administrative Coordinator): Danijela Coppola, ERASMUS+ Coordinator, T: +385 21 430 706, email: dcoppola@efst.hr
Responsible person (Academic Coordinator): prof. Ante Rozga, ECTS Coordinator, T: +385 21 430 649, email: rozga@efst.hr
- ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2020/2021
Winter semester: October 05, 2020 - January 22, 2021
Winter examination period: February 01, 2021 - February 26, 2021
Summer semester: March 01, 2021 - June 04, 2021
Summer examination period: June 21, 2021 - July 19, 2021
Academic calendar 2021/2022 will be similar to the current one. For the students with exams passed during midterms (see below section "teaching and examining"), the earliest departure in a/w semester is end January and in s/s semester is the second half of June.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. Welcome day is organised at the first day of the semester.
2. Students should respect scheduled examination period. Individual examination schedule with professor is not possible.
3. Nevertheless dates of arrival and departure students insert in his/her application documents and official semester’s start and end dates in the host institution Letter of Acceptance, the dates which will be inserted in his/her Confirmation of arrival and departure and on which basis home institution will calculate grant amount are:
- date of arrival is the first day the student has been present at the host institution for academic reasons, e.g. first course or welcoming event organised by the host institution,
- date of departure is the is the last day the student has been present at the host institution for academic reasons, e.g. last exam passed.
Students are strongly invited to respect this Programme rule and make this note to home coordinator before signing grant agreement with home institution.
Holidays 2020/2021:
November 1 - All Saint’s Day
November 18 - Remembrance Day for all victims of the Homeland War
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 - Boxing Day (St. Stephen’s Day)
January 1 - New Year’s Day
January 6 - Three Kings Day (The Epiphany)
April 4-5 - Easter and Easter Monday
May 1 - Labour Day
May 7 - City Patron Saint`s Feast Day
May 30 - Statehood Day
June 3 - Corpus Christi
June 22 - Anti Fascism Day (Insurrection Day)
The application process differs depending on the status of incoming students and the type of the study programme they are enrolling in.
Types of incoming student status in Croatia are:
- Exchange students (Erasmus+, CEEPUS and Ministry’s bilateral programmes agreements),
- Guest students (freemovers),
- Degree-seeking students (undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate).
Tuition fee applies to guest and degree seeking students. Fee for guest students is calculated in accordance with the number of ECTS credits a student is enrolled in, where 1 ECTS equals 117 HRK.
- Exchange and guest students
1. DOCUMENTS:
ERASMUS+ STUDENTS
Fill in on-line form: https://airtable.com/shrdTufu70bLg4OU1 with uploaded:
1) Learning Agreement filled in electronically (mandatory form)
2) Transcript of Records (ToR) in English language signed and sealed issued by the home institution. Graduate level students should provide also undergraduate level ToR,
3) B2 level English language certificate - only these certificates are accepted:
- Home institution certificate in the form of official confirmation of language teacher at the home university on university letterhead with original signature and stamp/seal
- ERASMUS+ OLS test
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – band 6
- TOEFL internet based test - IBT 60
- BEC (Business English Certificate) – levels Vantage and Higher
- Cambridge English: First (FCE)
- Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
- Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)
Deadline for submitting English language certificate is August 20 for a/w and whole a.y. and January 07 for s/s incoming students.
4) Accommodation form - before filling in read carefully GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. There is a limited accommodation capacity in Student residence for ERASMUS+ students at the University of Split and therefore the accommodation to all ERASMUS+ programme countries students can not be guaranteed. Students with severe disability will be given preference.
CEEPUS, BILATERAL and GUEST STUDENTS
1) Student Application Form (mandatory form)
2) Learning Agreement filled in electronically (mandatory form) - min. ECTS credits semester workload is 30
2) Transcript of Records (ToR) in English language signed and sealed issued by the home institution. Graduate level students should provide also undergraduate level ToR,
3) B2 level English langauge certificate - only these certificates are accepted:
- Home institution certificate in the form of official confirmation of language teacher at the home university on university letterhead with original signature and stamp/seal
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – band 6
- TOEFL internet based test - IBT 60
- BEC (Business English Certificate) – levels Vantage and Higher
- Cambridge English: First (FCE)
- Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
- Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)
Deadline for submitting English language certificate is August 20 for a/w and whole a.y. and January 07 for s/s incoming students.
4) Accommodation - the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports directly arranges housing for their bilateral programmes and CEEPUS students. ERASMUS+ partner countries and guest (freemovers) students are not entitled to student residence accommodation.
2. APPLICATION DEADLINES:
ERASMUS+ STUDENTS
Winter semester: 1 April - 1 June
Summer semester: 1 September - 1 November
Application is on-line.
CEEPUS AND GUEST STUDENTS
Winter semester: 15 June
Summer semester: 15 November
Scan of Application form, Learning Agreement signed and sealed along with Transcript/s of Records in English language and B2 level English language certificate are to be emailed to dcoppola(et)efst.hr. Hard copies are not requested.
Before application at the Faculty, all degree seeking students must undergo the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications for the purpose of continuation of education in Croatia. Students who wish to apply for undergraduate study programmes at the Faculty should send their high school diplomas and results of school-leaving exams to the Department of Recognition of Foreign Educational Qualifications at the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports where they will undergo a process of recognition.
More information on recognition of foreign secondary school qualifications can be found (in Croatian language) here
Information about the application procedure for undergraduate study programmes here
Students who wish to apply for graduate or postgraduate study programmes at the Faculty, have to request academic recognition of the foreign higher education qualification or degree. It is administrated by the Office for Academic Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Qualifications:
University of Split
Office for Academic Recognition of Foreign Higher Education Qualifications
Ulica Ruđera Boškovića 31
21000 Split
Croatia
contact person: Jelena Gladović, mr.sc.
phone: +385 21 558 264
e-mail: jelena.gladovic@unist.hr
Faculty does not deliver any degree study programmes in English language. Croatian language C1 level certificate issued by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Split is required.
Once the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications has been completed, prospective international graduate and postgraduate students should contact the Faculty’s Secretary, Ms. Dubravka Granic at: dgranic@efst.hr .
- REGISTRATION, RECORD SHEET, STUDENT CARD and INTERNET
At the Welcoming event (email notification about time and place will be provided from university office), student will be given:
- confirmation of arrival - if there is home institution format document, students should bring it at Welcoming event,
- record sheet ("index") in which professors will insert examination results,
- student X-card - ERASMUS+, CEEPUS students, students of bilateral programmes of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports and EU students - see section Living in Split, sub-section Food. Cost of the card is 62,50 HRK (ca. 8,33 €uro). Instruction for payment will be given at event,
- account credentials for Moodle entrance - contact person is IT Administrator, Mr. Velimir Skroza (anex building, 1st floor, office n. 121). Students having EDUROM access at home institution should adjust settings on their devices before arrival,
- confirmation of enrolment for bus card issuance and residence permit registration.
Lectures timetable along with halls plan will be emailed to students before Welcoming Event.
Each course unit consists of 15 teaching weeks per semester.
Weekly schedule for teaching the course units according to the number of ECTS credits:
- 5 or 6 ECTS credits: 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of exercises;
- 4 ECTS credits: 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of exercises;
- 4 ECTS credits for foreign languages: 1 hour of lectures and 2 hours of exercises;
- 2 or 3 ECTS credits: 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of exercises.
Total student workload for 1 ECTS is 30 hours.
In some courses there are assignments such as monthly tests, short class tests, homework, papers, project and team work, etc. Certain percentage of attendance of lectures (theory classes) and exercises (practical classes) is prerequisite for taking the exam (% varies from course to course).
There are midterms written exams (kolokviji) held during the semester or exams (ispiti) held at the end of each semester during four-week examination sessions. There are 2 exam attempts under each semester examination session, i.e. there are two-weeks examination period + two-weeks re-takes. Exam consists of a written and/or oral part.
Grades are given from 1 to 5, 5 is the highest and 2 represents the pass. Croatian grading scheme is:
(5) EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance
(4) VERY GOOD: Above-average standard but with some errors
(3) GOOD: Generally soulds work with a number of notable errors
(2) SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria
(1) FAIL: More work required before credit can be awarded
Conversion of Croatian grades in incoming student's national grade system is made by student's home institution Departmental ECTS Coordinator upon receiving student's ToR with attached table of Croatian grading scheme.
- TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS - ToR
ToR will be issued in the period from February 15 until March 15 (for winter semester students) or from July 01 until August 01 (for summer semester or both semesters students) and emailed+mailed to student and/or home institution coordinator (as indicated by student). Prerequisites for the issuance of the ToR are given back index" filled in with grades, book/s given back to the library and provided copy of the document confirming regulated residence permit to Ms. Danijela Coppola. In ToR provided is table with Croatian grading scheme.
Certificate/Transcript of Records for Croatian Language, Culture and Civilization courses is issued by the Faculty of Philosophy.
Center for Croatian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Split offers the following possibilities of learning Croatian language:
1. semestral course (5 ECTS) - 3 levels of language proficiency compared to CEFR
2. Summer School of Croatian Language and Culture - 3 weeks course in July
Contact info: Jelena Novaković: jnovak@ffst.hr
Course fee is 600 HRK. It is free of charge for ERASMUS+ students.
- WHY CHOOSE EFST (& CROATIA) FOR ERASMUS+
Welcome International students Class 2020/2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T27a2wB8lF4
Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEEA5n5rf8
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