Students from the Faculty of Organization and Informatics took part in another short Erasmus+ exchange in Belgium – this time focusing on misinformation and artificial intelligence in the media. The program was held as part of a BIP exchange at Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Antwerp, under the name “Fractured Truths: Youth, Media and the Fight for Reality.”
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), hosted the second FOI–ESIEA Summer School throughout September 2025. The program was jointly organized by FOI and its partner institution, the French engineering school ESIEA. It took place from September 1 to 25, 2025, bringing together 23 students and four professors from Croatia and France.
Our Head of the FOI International Relations Office, Izabela Oletić Tušek, represented FOI at the world’s largest international education fair in Europe – the EAIE Conference 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden (9–12 September 2025). This year’s theme, “GO-create”, focused on collaboration, innovation and co-creation, with over 240 sessions, workshops and activities featuring more than 500 speakers.
The Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin organized and held the student conference within the Erasmus+ project AI2SEP – Developing Talents in Artificial Intelligence to Solve Disruptive Environmental Problems, from September 8 to 11, 2025. The conference brought together more than 25 professors and students from Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Slovenia, along with the hosts – FOI students and faculty members.
University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics continues its efforts to promote internationalization, as one of its strategic goals. This fall, 27 students and 5 teachers will participate in four Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), which will take place between September and November 2025 in North Macedonia, the Netherlands, and twice in Belgium.
Following the success of the first Summer School held in September 2024, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) is once again joining forces with its French partner, the engineering school ESIEA, to announce the second edition of the Summer School, which will take place in September 2025 in Varaždin.
From July 2 to 4, 2025, three vice deans from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), visited the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany on a study visit that was focused on deepening the existing collaboration and opening new opportunities for academic mobility and joint scientific research initiatives. This visit marks a significant step in FOI’s internationalization efforts.
The seventeenth FOI International Days 2025 were held at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, from May 21 to 23, 2025, under the theme “International Horizons: Bridging Minds, Changing Lives!”. This year’s theme highlighted the transformative power of student mobility on personal, academic, and professional development.
The traditional 13th International Research Student Symposium on Intercultural Learning is being held at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics from May 25 to June 2, 2025. About 40 students and professors from partner institutions in the USA - University of Cincinnati, Ohio, University of Central Florida, Orlando and Indiana State University from Terre Haute, Indiana will participate in the Symposium. The project manager is Full Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš, PhD.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 25 students led by Assoc. Prof. Whitney Westrich and Assoc. Prof. Jaime Windeler from the University of Cincinnati (UC) visited FOI. This visit is part of the virtual collaboration at the Human Resources and Career Development course, taught by Prof. Marina Klacmer Čalopa and Prof. Violeta Vidaček Hainš.