On Friday, March 21, 2025, around forty students from FOI visited the companies Gideon Brothers and Infobip. The visit was primarily organized for students of the Artificial Intelligence in Business module as part of the course "Application of Artificial Intelligence in Business" (led by Prof. Sandra Lovrenčić, PhD and Assoc. Prof. Dijana Oreški, PhD), initiated by Prof. Sandra Lovrenčić and supported by the FOI Student Support and Career Development Center. There was also room for other interested students from various study years and programs.
To mark Global and European Money Week, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) is organizing a series of lectures and workshops on fintech, financial literacy, cryptocurrencies, fraud prevention, and investment strategies. The program is open to all FOI students, regardless of their study program or year.
This semester, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) is introducing two specialized academies in partnership with leading companies: the Solvership Academy and Fina Academy. These programs provide students with hands-on experience and industry-relevant skills in data governance and software testing.
The Faculty of Organization and Informatics has become the first higher education institution in the Republic of Croatia to successfully establish and subsequently revise qualification standards related to its study programs, extending their validity. These qualifications - Bachelor of Informatics and Master of Informatic - have now been updated in the Croatian Qualifications Framework Register (HKO).
The FOI International Relations Office is organizing Welcome Week for incoming international students who will be studying at FOI during the summer semester of the 2024/2025 academic year. The program will take place from February 25 to February 28, 2025.
During this academic year, the Joint Creative Classroom (JCC) was successfully implemented as part of the Program Analysis and Development course, led by Assoc. Prof. Zlatko Stapić, PhD. The second edition of JCC was organized in collaboration with the company SPAN, providing students with a unique opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge to real-world projects and prepare for a professional environment.
Recognizing the strong interest among students in advanced artificial intelligence, FOI is organizing an additional workshop on generative AI. This initiative comes in response to student requests for more hands-on content and reflects FOI’s commitment to providing relevant skills aligned with industry trends.
The Student Support and Career Development Centre (CPSRK) at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) has announced a scholarship opportunity for students. The scholarship amounts to 100 euros per month and will be granted for a period of 10 months.
On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI) hosted a thematic lecture on gender equality, delivered by Croatia's Gender Equality Ombudsperson, Višnja Ljubičić, mag.iur. The lecture, which addressed current challenges and trends in achieving gender equality in Croatia, attracted a significant number of students, faculty members and staff.
From January 15th to 16th, 2025, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics is hosting 15 students and 5 professors from the University of Pannonia in Nagykanizsa. This two-day visit is designed to enhance collaboration and facilitate the exchange of ideas between the two institutions. Initiated by the University of Pannonia, the visit builds on the successful collaboration established through the cross-border IC4HEDS project. At FOI, the project has been coordinated by Full Prof. Vjeran Strahonja, Ph.D., who, in collaboration with the FOI International Office, has created the program for the visit.