Varaždin County continues its ongoing investment in higher education, science, and the popularization of STEM fields this year as well, providing financial support for the procurement of equipment and the implementation of numerous scientific, educational, and international activities carried out by higher education institutions in the Varaždin County area.
Prof. Blaženka Divjak, PhD, Full Professor with tenure at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics and Head of the Learning Analytics Laboratory at FOI, has been elected president of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), the leading international organization in the field of learning analytics.
On Wednesday, 28 January 2026, a thematic session titled “Artificial Intelligence and India: Opportunities for Students, Research and Cooperation” was held at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) in Varaždin. The event was jointly organised by the Embassy of India in the Republic of Croatia and the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics. The session brought together representatives of the academic community, IT industry, public sector, and diplomacy with the aim of strengthening cooperation between Croatia, the European Union, and India in the fields of artificial intelligence, education, and research.
The Embassy of India in the Republic of Croatia and the University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics (UNIZG FOI) are organizing a thematic session and panel discussions entitled “Artificial Intelligence and India: Opportunities for Students, Research and Cooperation”, to be held on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin.
The projects focus on innovative and socially relevant research, ranging from digital twins and artificial intelligence to educational technologies, analytics, and innovation management. Through these initiatives, FOI not only fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and the application of new technologies but also contributes to the development of a digital, sustainable, and inclusive society.
The OpenCode.HR platform for collaborative open-source software development in Croatia’s academic and scientific community has been launched. The platform provides a secure environment for developing, sharing, and adapting open-source projects, promoting transparency, openness, and knowledge exchange.
We invite students of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics to participate in the FOI survey, which assesses the quality of teaching and the work of teachers, and which will be conducted during the 13th week of classes, from Monday, January 12, 2026 to Friday, January 16, 2026.
On Wednesday, 7 January 2026, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics hosted a lecture entitled “Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence”, held as part of the Faculty’s internal project Time 4 Science. The lecture at FOI was delivered by Dr. Keith Quille and Dr. Rajesh Jaiswal from Technological University Dublin, School of Enterprise Computing and Digital Transformation (ECDT).
Dear students,
FOI Board members and Faculty staff of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics wish you happy holidays and a successful New Year 2026!
The Christmas and New Year holidays begin on December 24, 2025, and classes resume on January 7, 2026, according to the schedule.
From November 28 to December 10, 2025, the project 3rd International Student Business Meetup was organized and held at two universities in the USA. Seven University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics students (Petra Prister, Sofija Posuda, Dora Kulaš, Nina Mirčić, Luka Arbutina, Ivan Lalić and Alen Adrović) and teachers Assoc. Prof. Mario Konecki, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Igor Pihir, Ph.D. and project expert Jerry John Antolos visited the USA to participate in the project activities.