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Internationally award-winning V-LEAD-X project presented at the 9th University Quality Day
Professor Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD, and student Niko Rastija presented the V-LEAD-X project – Virtual Learning Engagement and Academic Development through Exchange and Collaboration – at the 9th University Quality Day, held on 9 November 2026 at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb. In 2025/2026, the project received the international Profformance Award for Excellence in Teaching. The presentation was delivered at the invitation of Professor Dubravko Majetić, PhD, Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Postgraduate Studies and Coordinator of the University of Zagreb's Quality Management Committee. Professor Sandra Lovrenčić, PhD, Chair of the UNIZG FOI Quality Committee, also attended the event.
Penn State and NYU Visit: Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies
During an October and November 2026 visit to Penn State University and New York University (NYU) in the USA, Associate Professor Mario Konecki, Ph.D., from the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, held a series of meetings with university representatives, faculty members, and researchers, and participated in an artificial intelligence event organized by Penn State. The visit resulted in a new cooperation in the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI), education, entrepreneurship, and supply chain management, as well as in concrete steps toward establishing new joint projects and initiatives.
09.11.2026, 14:32
Guest Lecture: Mohsan Ali
A guest lecture by Mohsan Ali entitled “Learning Across Borders: Education, Culture, and the Greek Experience” will take place on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, at 4:00 p.m.and Thuersday, 12th Nov 2026 at 3.00 pm, both in Room 1, FOI 1, as part of the Business Communication course in the first year of the undergraduate programme in Economics of Entrepreneurship and Proffesional Study Information Technology and Business Digitalization . The lecture is open to all interested participants.
30.10.2026, 10:04
Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD Guest Lecturer at Thapar University in India
At the invitation of the host institution, Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS) in Patiala, India, Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD, served as a guest lecturer and conducted communication workshops for graduate and doctoral students in psychology from 11 to 18 October 2026. The workshops, entitled “Cross-Cultural Communication and Individual Differences: How to Build Positive Relationships”, brought together approximately 30 students.
26.10.2026, 14:26
UNIZG FOI welcomes delegation from Hong Kong
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI) welcomed a delegation from Hong Kong on Monday, 19 October 2026, as part of a visit to Croatia hosted by the European Talent Centre Croatia.
21.10.2026, 10:18
International mobility at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Teaching staff from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI), Associate Professor Iva Gregurec, PhD, Larisa Hrustek, PhD, Magdalena Kuštelega and Matija Šajn, together with Izabela Oletić Tušek, Head of the International Relations Centre, participated in international mobility at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) in the Netherlands.
20.10.2026, 10:03
International students arrive at UNIZG FOI for the winter semester
The International Relations Centre at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI) organised Welcome Week from 29 September to 1 October 2026, welcoming international students for the winter semester of the 2026/27 academic year. The students come from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, EPITECH and ECE Engineering School in France, Malmö University in Sweden, and Hongik University in South Korea.
13.10.2026, 09:12
FOI students develop digital solutions for sustainability in an international setting
Bringing together students and academic staff from five European countries, exchanging knowledge and applying digital technologies to sustainability were at the heart of the international workshop “Green Thinking & Digital Action”, held from 22 to 24 September 2026 in Kranj, Slovenia, with the participation of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI).
06.10.2026, 09:14
FOI and ESIEA held the third Summer school in Varaždin
The third FOI-ESIEA Summer school was successfully completed at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics. Held from 1 to 24 September 2026, it was jointly organised by FOI and its partner engineering school, ESIEA in France. The programme brought together twelve ESIEA students, with fourteen FOI students also joining the classes in asymmetric cryptography.
05.10.2026, 09:55
FOI students present research at Symposium in the USA
The 14th Student Research Symposium on Intercultural Learning took place in the USA from 31 August to 10 September 2026, continuing a longstanding tradition. FOI students Mihaela Sedlar, Niko Rastija and Dino Plodinec visited the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, as well as Chicago. They were accompanied by Professor Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD, who led the Symposium from 2010 to 2026, and Damir Vučić, PhD, both faculty members at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics.
28.09.2026, 09:39
