General information for students

Information for students can be found on the PTF website.

Also, students can submit their request to the University of Osijek.

The main two categories of accommodation are student dormitories and private accommodation.

Students can find information about accommodation in student dormitories at the Student Center in Osijek (STUC).

Students who are housed in privately owned accommodation may apply for the Private Accommodation Subsidy Contest.

Students who have not received student dormitory accommodation can rent a room or studio apartment. Rents vary depending on location, size of room and facilities. Overheads are sometimes included in the price and sometimes are paid by the student. The rent is usually paid at the beginning of the month, although some landlords require payment several months in advance. The easiest way to rent a room is to track advertisements about renting rooms in daily or specialized newspapers and websites such as Njuškalo and Slavonska burza.

Price examples:

• single room with shared kitchen and bathrooms: from 100 euros per month
• studio apartment: from 150 euros per month

Subsidized student meals are organized in student restaurants at the Student Centre, dormitories and at the University Campus.

Iksica (X-card) is an identification document of regular students of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, which enables them to achieve their rights. It demonstrates student status and the use of student benefits such as subsidized meals, preferential prices of public transportation and lower rates in some public institutions.

Iksica (X-card) can be used for eating in the following restaurants:

• Restaurant Istarska (STUC), Istarska 5
• Restaurant Gaudeamus (STUC), Istarska 5
• Restaurant Campus, L. Ružička Square 3

Other objects of simple fast food services:

• Indeks, A. K. Miošić Street 13
• Student dormitory, I. G. Kovačić Street 4
• Student dormitory, K. P. Svačić Street 1c
• Faculty of Economics, Lj. Gaj Square 7
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, L. Jäger Street 9
• Faculty of Food Technology, F. Kuhača 18
• Restaurant Gaj (Department of Mathematics and Physics), Lj. Gaj Square 6

Students can find more information at the website of the Student Centre.

A general assessment of student costs is between 1500 and 2800 kn, depending on whether the student is housed in a student dormitory or private accommodation.

The available State, University, Osijek-Baranja county and Scholarship of the City Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek annually awards its best regular students of undergraduate and graduate study. 

More information about scholarship students can find on the websites:

• State Scholarship 
• University Scholarship
• Osijek-Baranja County Scholarship
• Scholarship of the City Osijek

Students with praise, criticism, teaching suggestions and extra-curricular activities, issues related to the rules of study, problems and so on may occur: 

• Study and Study Year Representative
• PTF Student Union members and president
• FISEC members
• University psychological counselling
• A mentor assigned to the student as part of the mentoring system
• Student Service
• Study Representative
• Vice-Dean for Education

Students who hold a health card issued by the HZZO can assess the right to health care in any health centre. However, it is recommended that student report to a preventative outpatient clinic for students, where can get advice on choosing a doctor.

Physician in charge of the Faculty of Food Technology:

Vesna Buljan, MD 

Osijek-Baranja County School Medicine Service

Institute of Public Health

Drinska Street 8, 31000 Osijek

Telephone number: 031/225-751

Working hours: Wednesday 14:00-19:00, room 35

Clinical Hospital Centre Osijek – The integrated emergency room

(Enter from Car Hadrijan Street)

Pharmacy (Open hours 0 h - 24 h during weekend and feast):

• Centar, Central Pharmacy Osijek, Ante Starčević Square 7, 031 205 722

According to the Law, compulsory health insurance is compulsorily insured and gains the status of the insured:

• regular students of higher education institutions above 18 years of age who are nationals of the Republic of Croatia and have their residence or permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia, or citizens of the Republic of Croatia who reside in another Member State who are granted temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia, provided they are not compulsorily insured to another Member State and to a party with a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Croatia, with the right to use this right for the longest time until the end of the academic year in which they have completed full-time education, and for a maximum of eight years on that basis, provided that they are entitled to compulsory health care they do not get insurance on another basis,
• regular students of higher education institutions in other Member States over 18 years of age who are nationals of the Republic of Croatia and reside in the Republic of Croatia, as well as foreigners with a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Croatia, but may use this right for the longest time until the end of the academic year in which have completed full-time education in accordance with the regulations of the country of education, and for a maximum of eight years on that basis, if they do not exercise the right to compulsory health insurance on another basis.

Support for students with disabilities is organized primarily through the Office for Students with Disabilities. Students can read more about on the website of the Office for Students with Disabilities.

Faculty of Food Technology contact is Frane Čačić Kenjerić, PhD, assistant professor (Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.).

The study facilities and equipment are used within the PTF library, IT classroom and the University and City Library Osijek (GISKO).

Information on international mobility opportunities can be found on the University's website on International Cooperation.

Also, some of the useful links for seeking scholarships and professional internships are:

• Agency for mobility and EU programmes
• CEEPUS
• stipendije.info
• IAESTE.

Information is available on the website of the University's Office for International Cooperation, and on the PTF website. The Erasmus mobility information is available from Ante Lončarić, PhD, assistant professor (Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.).

Professional practice is a compulsory part of the undergraduate study program of Food Technology and is realized in the 3rd study year. All information can be found HERE.

Graduate students can apply for a voluntary professional practice.

In Osijek are active several schools of language learning:

• Lingua, I. Gundulić Street 5/III, 031 201 515
• AdHoc, Stjepan Radić Street 12, 031 215 500
• Lanico, Županijska Street 18, 031 200 966
• Edunova, L. Jäger Street 5, 031 205 555

The University of Osijek promotes student sport as an integral part of academic life, which enhances the quality of study and student living. The University of Osijek also encourages its students to engage in physical activities.

More information about the University Sport, students can find HERE.

Information about physical activity, students can find HERE.

Information about the Student Council of The University of Osijek students can find HERE. Information about the PTF Student Council students can find HERE.

Information about TehnOs, Association of PTF ex-students and friends students can find HERE.

In addition, information about the Society of Chemical Engineers and Technologist, DKT Osijek, students can find HERE.

Student Services is part of the Student Centre, which specializes in mediation between students and employers for temporary and occasional work.

You can find more about the Student Centre activities HERE.

Useful information about the City Osijek students can find HERE.

List of events in Osijek:

• Osijek Cultural Summer
• Osijek Youth Summer
• Barbecue
• Theatre
• Cinema
• Cinema of Osijek
• DUHOS

About digital identity and the way of getting one student can find information HERE.

Faculty of Food Technology contact for IT information is Dražen Marček (Ova e-mail adresa je zaštićena od spambota. Potrebno je omogućiti JavaScript da je vidite.).

Using the digital identity students log in to Studomat. 

Public transportation in Osijek takes place by trams and buses. It is performed by the City passenger transport company Ltd. Osijek, GPP providing information on student travel tickets, stops, timetables and working hours of GPP office.