The University of Banja Luka is the second-oldest university in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A public university, it is the flagship institution of higher education in Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2018–19 school year, there are 11,186 enrolled students.
The university grew out of faculties established in Banja Luka after the end of the World War II either as independent schools or branches of the University of Sarajevo. The University of Banja Luka maintains close ties with educational institutions in neighboring countries of the former Yugoslavia, especially those in the Republic of Serbia.
Organization
Faculties
Most of the current 16 faculties of the University of Banja Luka are divided between the two main campuses, both located close to the Vrbas river close to the city center of Banja Luka.
The university is divided into 16 faculties:
- Academy of Arts
- Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Economics (official website)
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering (official website)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty of Mine Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Natural sciences and Mathematics (including Chemical engineering, Process engineering and Biotechnology) (official website)
- Faculty of Forestry
- Faculty of Philology (official website)
- Faculty of Political Sciences
- Faculty of Physical Education and Sports