Istorijat fakulteta

The history of the Faculty

The founding of the Faculty of Agriculture

The great Serbian botanist, Josif  Pančić (1814-1888), was the first Professor of Earth Sciences at the School of Higher Education in Belgrade and could be considered as the founder of agricultural science. However, the greatest merits for the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture go to Sima Lozanić (1847-1935), the first professor of Agricultural chemistry and the then rector of the University of Belgrade. Sima Lozanić had great help and understanding about the establishment of the Faculty from) geologist, petrographer and then minister of education Jovan Žujović (1856-1939).

The Faculty was established by the Law on Changes and Amendments to the Law on the University of Belgrade on the 27th of February 1905 ("Official Gazette of the Kingdom of SHS" No. 85, year I, dated August 23rd 1919).

Immediately after the end of the First World War, at the first session of the University Council,  held on March 28th in 1919, the rector announced the Act of the Ministry of Education, expressing the desire to open the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade. The Faculty started with two main departments: agriculture and forestry. In commemoration of this day, the Faculty marks March 28 as Faculty Day.

Preparations for the opening and commencement operations of the Faculty of Agriculture lasted until the autumn of 1920, and the classes began on December 5th with the introductory speech of the first dean, Dr. Petar Đorđević, full professor of Specific Botany and head of the Ministry of Forests and Mines. The Faculty gradually formed into a significant educational and scientific institution.

In 1930, the Faculty received a new name, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, only to be separated into two independent institutions in 1949: The Faculty of Forestry and The Faculty of Agriculture.

 

The Faculty of Agriculture and the University of Belgrade

In its century-long history, the Faculty of Agriculture has always been actively engaged in all activities of the University. It has always been an honor for the professors and associates of the Faculty of Agriculture to be in the Council, the committees, commissions and other bodies of the University, which gave them great recognition. The Faculty of Agriculture had its own professors as rectors of the University in three mandates and its professors as vice-rectors for six.

The Faculty of Agriculture also had a large number of professors from other faculties of the University of Belgrade, who held lectures at the Faculty and were very responsible for the formation of many subjects, departments, laboratories etc.

Lecturers from other faculties of the University of Belgrade who taught at our faculty in the first decades of its work were sorted by the teaching areas that the Faculty will always remember:

Sima Lozanić (Inorganic chemistry) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Milivoje Lozanić (Organic chemistry) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Aleksandar Leko (Chemistry) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Aleksandar Despić (Chemistry) – The Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Spasoje Đorđević (Physical chemistry) – The Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Slobodan Šupić (Analytical chemistry) – The Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Slavko Rašajski (Production of alcohol and vinegar) – The Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Slobodan Končar-Đorđević (Fundamentals of the technological process) – The Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy

Milorad Popović (Physics) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Sreten Šljivić (Physics) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Dragoljub Milosavljević (Physics) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Ilija Đurić (Physics) – Faculty of Pharmacy

Milorad Bertolino (Mathematics) – The Faculty for Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Đorđe Karapandžić (Mathematics) – The Faculty of Forestry

Slobodan Drašković (National economy and finances) – The Faculty of Law

Ljubomir Dukanac (National economy and finances) – The Faculty of Law 

Radomir Đurović (Corporate law) – The Faculty of Law   

Dragutin Šoškić (Political economy) – The Faculty of Law

Radomir Lukić (The theory of state and law) – The Faculty of Law

Branislav Šoškić (Political economy) – The Faculty of Economics

Jovan Rašeta (Meat and fish processing) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Isidor Savić (Meat and fish processing) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Vladeta Savić (Anatomy of Domestic Animals) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Sava Stanimirović (Human nutrition) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Milovan Jovanović (Physiology of domestic animals) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Ilija Đuričić (Physiology of domestic animals) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Radomir Mihailović (Zoohygiene) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Dušan Palić (Anatomy of domestic animals) – The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Živojin Đorđević (General zoology) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Siniša Stanković (Fishing and zoology) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Milutin Radovanović (Zoology) – The Faculty for Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Konstantin Vasić (Entomology) – The Faculty of Forestry

Ljubiša Glišić (Botany) – The Faculty for Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Jovan Žujović (Mineralogy, Petrography and Geology) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Pavle Vujević (Climatology with metrology) – The Faculty of Philosophy

Milan Andonović (Geodesy) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Milan Nešić (Cultural techniques) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Bogić Knežević (Agricultural land reclamation) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Branislav Kojić (Agricultural construction) – The Faculty of Technical Sciences

Đorđe Jovanović (Mechanical and electrical engineering) – The Electromechanical Faculty

Nikola Cvejić (Hydrology and hydraulics) – The Faculty of Civil Engineering

 

Our professors, rectors and vice-rectors at the University of Belgrade

Prof. dr Dragutin Veličković, rector, 1993-1997

Prof. dr Stevan Nikolić, vice-rector, 1952-1954

Prof. dr Novica Mitić, vice-rector, 1971-1975

Prof. dr Aleksandar Đokić, vice-rector, 1979-1983

Prof. dr Milorad Babović, vice-rector, 1987-1991

Prof. dr Nikola Ristić, vice-rector, 1998-2003

 

Our professors, academics

Prof. dr Mladen Josifović (Botany)

Prof. dr Dobroslav Todorović (Farming)

Prof. dr Jovan Belić (Special animal husbandry)

Prof. dr Živojin Tešić (Soil microbiology)

 

Our professors, deans of the Faculty

Prof. dr Petar Đorđević, 1920-1923

Prof. dr Ivan Đaja, 1923-1926

Prof. dr Milan Vlajinac, 1926-1932 and 1935-1936

Prof. dr Đoka Jovanović, 1932-1933

Prof. dr Dobrosav Todorović, 1933-1934, 1939-1942, 1945-1947

Prof. dr Stanoje Nedeljković, 1936-1939

Prof. dr Mihajlo Gradojević, 1942-1943

Prof. dr Mladen Josifović, 1944-1945, 1947-1949, 1952-1954

Prof. dr Stevan Nikolić, 1949-1950

Prof. dr Živojin Tešić, 1950-1952, 1954-1955

Prof. dr Dragiša Nikolić, 1955-1957

Prof. dr Jovan Belić, 1957-1958

Prof. dr Stanko Mirić, 1958-1960

Prof. dr Čedomir Obračević, 1960-1962

Prof. dr Lazar Avramov, 1962-1964

Prof. dr Novica Mitić, 1964-1967

Prof. dr Momčilo Stojanović, 1967-1969

Prof. dr Radojica Kljajić, 1969-1971

Prof. dr Milomir Džamić, 1971-1973

Prof. dr Života Popović, 1973-1975

Prof. dr Branko Bajčetić, 1975-1977

Prof. dr Aleksandar Đokić, 1977-1979

Prof. dr Milorad Babović, 1979-1981, 1996-2000

Prof. dr Dragutin Veličković, 1981-1983, 1987-1989, 1989-1993

Prof. dr Viden Ranđelović, 1983-1985

Prof. dr Živorad Gajić, 1985-1987

Prof. dr Viliman Koljajić, 1994-1995

Prof. dr Dragiša Raičević, 2000

Prof. dr Sofija Pekić, 2000-2003

Prof. dr Nebojša Ralević since 2003

 

The Faculty Today

From a modest start with only a few lecturers, three full-time, one assistant professor and three part-time associates, the Faculty of Agriculture is today one of the leading higher education institutions in this region of Europe, with over 500 employees and a number of about 4,500 full-time students.

The Faculty building is an exceptional combination of the classic, Viennese style of the thirties of the last century to which a new, modern addition to the building was merged (1980). The front facade is flamboyant, with figures and ornaments. The interior of the old part of the building is dominated by Renaissance-style stairs and marble poles. Especially impressive is the large amphitheater with its balcony and a capacity of 800 seats.

Scientific research work is carried out through 8 institutes, 31 departments, a large number of specialized accredited laboratories, the experimental farm "Radmilovac", a large number of scientific societies operating within the Faculty, with intensive cooperation with relevant organizations both inside the country and abroad.

In accordance with the European education system, major changes were introduced with the adoption of a new, three-level study concept (basic academic studies, graduate academic studies, specialist academic studies and doctoral academic studies). The reform process is in line with the Bologna Declaration and the new study programs began have been applied since 2007.