Statistical Release
Education - Teertiary/higher education
26.06.2024
Preliminary results Periodicity: annual

Graduate students

In the 2023 calendar year in the Republic of Serbia, 38 132 students graduated at all levels of studies and at all higher education institutions.

Of the total number of graduated students, 14 832, i.e. 38.9%, are men and 23 300, i.e. 61.1%, are women.

A total of 29 123 students graduated both at State and private universities, among whom 76.8%, i.e. 22 367 students graduated at State and 23.2%, i.e. 6 756 at private universities.

A total of 9 009 students graduated both at State academies / higher schools of applied studies and private higher schools of applied studies, among whom 84.3% graduated at State and 15.7% at private higher schools of applied studies.

Observed by the way of financing, of the total number of students 36% were budget beneficiaries, 47.5% were self-financing and 16.5% were financed from the budget and self-financing.

Table 1. Graduated students by way of financing, by universities and sex

Universities Students Way of financing
Budget Self-financing Budget and self-financing
All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women
Total381321483223300137114924878718127731110816629425973697
 State universities223678195141721138540467339575120843667523120653166
  University of Belgrade1076939536816500517663239285310651788291111221789
  University of Arts5961874093339224112951781344490
  University of Defense18711077169987118126000
  University of Kragujevac241178416271172393779937290647302101201
  University of Niš262398016431338473865705259446580248332
  University of Novi Sad5139194631933116113919778373045331186503683
  University of Novi Pazar3218523618549136852164511536
  University of Criminalistics and Police Studies32115017167363118782105673235
 Private universities675628943862---675628943862---
  University "Singidunum"1262468794---1262468794---
  University "Megatrend"251114---251114---
  University "Union – Nikola Tesla"1506782724---1506782724---
  University "Union"538222316---538222316---
  "Alfa BK" University247118129---247118129---
  University "Metropolitan"1476483---1476483---
  University "Educons" 366160206---366160206---
  University "Business Academy"1300494806---1300494806---
  International University in Novi Pazar1092386---1092386---
  University "MB"306158148---306158148---
  Faculties not being part of universities950394556---950394556---
 State academies/higher schools of applied studies759231604432232687814484203175024531063532531
 Private higher schools of applied studies1417583834---1417583834---

 

 

Methodological explanations

Data on graduated students result from the regular annual survey “Statistical Report for Students who Completed Studies at Higher Education Institutions” (Form ŠV-50). The survey covers all higher education institutions.

Data refer to all graduated students at academic and applied studies, on all three levels of studies, as well as according to the old programme.

Data presented in this release refer to ISCED 6, 7, 8 levels of education according to The International Standard Classification of Education. A field of education represents a broad, narrow or detailed field consisting of a set of related educational programs, subjects or modules (ISCED-F 2013).

Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).