At the University of Zagreb, students at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) are participating for the second academic year in interdisciplinary projects that bring together economists and IT specialists. These projects allow students to develop key skills needed in a modern business environment through practical work on real-world problem-solving tasks.
Students from the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) achieved notable results this month at one of the largest university sports competitions – UniSport – confirming their quality and consistent success.
Students of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) achieved an exceptional success at the Accounting Battle, the largest student accounting competition in Croatia, once again confirming FOI’s excellence in economics and accounting.
EABID – the European Association of Business Innovation Districts – has been officially established in Brussels as a new European initiative aimed at strengthening collaboration, connectivity, and the development of a network of business innovation districts. Representatives from 14 European countries participated in its founding, and the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), a constituent of the University of Zagreb, is one of the co-founders and the first member from Croatia.
On Friday, March 20, 2026, the kick-off meeting of the three-year research and development project TIS TIDE, which TIS Grupa and UNIZG FOI are conducting with the aim of developing an advanced AI platform for faster and better business decision-making.
At this year’s 45th International conference on the development of organizational sciences in Portorož, Slovenia, titled “Organization and the Longevity Society,” universities from the region strengthened their academic cooperation by signing a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement was signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (University of Zagreb), Prof. Marina Klačmer Čalopa, PhD; the Dean of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (University of Maribor), Prof. Polona Šprajc, PhD; and the Dean of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (University of Belgrade), Prof. Marko Mihić, PhD.
A new five-year research project launched in Varaždin is pioneering an entirely new scientific field — algorithmic entrepreneurship — where quantum computing meets the art of starting a business.
The University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics is the publisher of the international scientific journal Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences (JIOS), which has been published since 1977. The journal publishes original scientific papers in the field of social sciences, with a particular emphasis on information sciences and their application in organizations and society. JIOS is fully open access and available on its website (jios.foi.hr).
The current Rector of the University of Zagreb, Full Prof. Stjepan Lakušić, PhD, was re-elected as Rector at the Senate election session held on Tuesday, 10 March 2026. He will serve a new term covering the period from the academic year 2026/2027 to the academic year 2029/2030.
As part of the Erasmus mobility programme, the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) hosted Full Prof. Hanlie Smuts, PhD, from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in March 2026. Prof. Smuts is a distinguished scholar in the fields of knowledge management, digital innovation, and sustainable digital transformation. Her visit to FOI was the result of previous collaboration with Full Prof. Blaženka Divjak, PhD, and Full Prof. Violeta Vidaček-Hainš, PhD, as well as joint activities aimed at strengthening international cooperation and knowledge exchange between the two institutions.