The Development of Higher Education in Chemical Engineering in Former Yugoslavia
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https://doi.org/10.7250/HESIHE.2025.004Keywords:
Yugoslavia, higher education, chemical engineering, Zagreb, Ljubljana, BelgradeAbstract
The article presents the results of research into the development of higher (tertiary) education in Chemical Engineering in former Yugoslavia. It focuses on the three oldest schools in the country, established during the interwar period at the Universities of Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Belgrade within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovene / Yugoslavia. Although the oldest school of engineering, the University of Belgrade, was the last one to establish a chemical engineering programme after initially providing education in this field within the school of mechanical engineering. In contrast, universities in Zagreb and Ljubljana initiated these programs from their founding in 1919. The paper also explores the important role of foreign-educated chemical engineers who had their degrees formally recognised in Yugoslavia. This study contributes to the history of engineering/chemical engineering in former Yugoslavia.
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