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Universities in Croatia
Croatia has 15 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1396. 1 was founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES15
OLDEST1396
FOUNDED 1900+11
By founding era
Before 12000 · 0%
1200–15991 · 7%
1600–18993 · 20%
1900 or later11 · 73%
Date unknown0 · 0%
Oldest universities in Croatia
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
1396University of Zadar
1669University of Zagreb
1671Catholic Faculty of Theology
1681Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb
1973University of Rijeka
1974University of Split
1995Catholic faculty of Theology, University of Split
2002Zagreb School of Economics and Management
2003University of Dubrovnik
2005Polytechnic Lavoslav Ružička Vukovar
2006University of Pula
2006Catholic University of Croatia
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