Upon completing the BA (undergraduate) studies and acquiring 180 ECTS, students earn the professional title of Bachelor of Psychology.

The programme lasts for six semesters. All subjects are single-semester. The first- and second-year courses introduce students to the fundamentals of psychology and other disciplines. There is at least one elective subject per semester. In the fifth and sixth semester, students are expected to work on their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of business psychology.

The class load ranges from 30 to 70 per course per semester. The workload (lectures, practical classes, pre-exam assignments, seminar papers, and other curricular and extracurricular activities) does not exceed 40 hours per week, or 900 hours per semester.

2018-2019 school year:

Applicants who have a four-year secondary school completed, who take the entrance exam upon preparing all the necessary documentation or who have passed the entrance exam at a different faculty or college are all eligible candidates and can apply for the admission.

Criteria for Ranking of Applicants

• An applicant may earn maximum 100 points, of which:
• overall secondary school academic standing - maximum 40 points (academic achievements for each of the four secondary school years are summed up and multiplied by 2);
• results of the entrance exam - maximum 60 points (with minimum 14 points required for passing the exam).

Entrance Exam

The entrance exam consists of questions prepared from high school psychology textbooks: Milojević Apostolović, Biljana. 2012. Psihologija, udžbenik za drugi razred gimnazije. Belgrade: Logos.

Preparation Courses

Every year, the Dr Lazar Vrkatic Faculty of Law and Business Studies organises free preparation classes and consultations for the entrance exams for all study programmes.

During prep classes, prospective students also get to know the teaching staff and the institution itself, and learn about opportunities available to them during the studies.

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Entrance exam and enrolment applicants must submit the following documentation:

• birth certificate;
• authenticated photocopies of the certificates for all four years of secondary school;
• an authenticated photocopy of the secondary school diploma;
• 2 passport format (3.5 x 4.5cm) photos;
• a 5,000 dinars enrolment fee deposited into the Faculty’s transfer account number 160-930468-41

In addition, the following documentation is to be submitted in case of:

• Acceptance of the Entrance Exam from Related Faculties:
  • a certified successfully passed the entrance exam from Related Faculties;
• Transferring from Other Faculties:
  • an application for enrolment in a specific study programme (the form thereof will be provided when applying for enrolment);
  • a certificate of exams passed;
  • a certified study plan and programme (from the time when a candidate was studying);

Applicants who have passed the entrance exam at our faculty can enrol in the 2019-2020 school year as soon as the entrance exam results are published.

On registration, candidates also have to submit a payment confirmation for the first instalment of the tuition fee in the amount of 380 EUR (in middle RSD exchange rate of the NBS on the day of enrolment) deposited into the Faculty’s transfer account number 160-930468-41. When completing a payment slip, applicants are to put their Personal Identity Number in the Reference Number field.

Enrolment applications can be submitted at the Faculty premises every workday 09:00 – 16:00 and on Saturdays 10:00 – 12:00:

• Novi Sad:
  Bulevar oslobođenja 76, (at the Dean’s office on the 2nd floor every workday, or at the Student services office on the 1st floor on Saturdays)
• Niš:
  48 Vojvode Misica Street (Student services office in Niš)

Based on the Decision of the Faculty Council:

• The 2019-2020 school year tuition fee is 1,550 EUR, in RSD middle exchange rate;
• The tuition fee can be paid in several instalments (the first instalment is 380 EUR and is paid at the enrolment, plus 9 monthly instalments of 130 EUR), or in full – whereby a 5% discount applies;
• Faculty students are insured through Generali Insurance Serbia.

• Candidates who obtained Vuk's secondary school diploma (a certificate of excellence) in the 2018-2019 school year do not pay the tuition fee for the first year of studies.
• Candidates coming from social welfare institutions and foster families, and who have at least 4.50 GPA in all of the years of high school education, do not pay the tuition fee for the first year of studies.
• Candidates coming from social welfare institutions and foster families, and whose GPA over the entire high school education is at least 4.00 pay only 50% of the tuition fee for the first year of studies.

These students are funded by the Lazar Vrkatić Foundation.

After completing the studies, our students can work in the following areas:

• Education: pre-school, primary and secondary schools, private schools
• Health care institutions: state and private
• Business: human resources, organization structure and development, public relations
• Agencies: marketing, market research, public relations