Though its roots go to 1808 when the Great School was founded in Belgrade, officially, the first Serbian University was founded on February 27, 1905. At the time it had three faculties: of engineering, law and philosophy. The University was located in Captain Misa's building where its Rectorate is still located.
The University has around 60,000 students which can choose from around 150 basic educational programs, around 1,700 postgraduates and a number of specialisants. Since its founding, the University has educated almost 260,000 bachelors, around 14,000 masters and 8,500 doctors.
Massive anti-government portests were staged by Belgradeuniversitystudents and professors during '96 and '97 which seriously shook down Milošević's regime and forged a strong democratic movement that eventually toppled his government in the year 2000.
University of Belgrade has been the driving force for the establishment of almost all other universities today present in Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia and well as many universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Belgrade is connected by motorways to Zagreb to the west, Novi Sad to the north and Niš to the south.
The city of Belgrade is the administrative, commercial, financial and cultural center of the Republic of Serbia and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and is situated at the merging point of the Sava and Danube rivers in the center of Southeast Europe.
Belgrade is the seat of a Catholic archdiocese, with a small Catholic community and several Catholic churches.
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