International Cooperation

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek engages in a wide range of international cooperation activities:

» since 2022, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek has participated in the organisation and implementation of the international Bovec Summer School together with Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, the University of Ljubljana, the University of Primorska in Koper, the University of Rijeka, the University of Trieste and the University of Udine.
» cooperation based on bilateral agreements on scientific and teaching cooperation with foreign higher education institutions
» international professional and scientific projects
» participation in international networks of related institutions
» organisation of international conferences, seminars and summer schools
» participation in international conferences, seminars and summer schools organised by other stakeholders
» involvement of external associates and invited lecturers from abroad in teaching at all levels of study
» external teaching engagements of Faculty staff at foreign institutions
» individual cooperation between Faculty staff and foreign institutions
» participation in scholarship programmes for incoming and outgoing international mobility (Fulbright/Humphrey, Fulbright Senior Specialist, Fulbright Predoctoral, Junior Faculty Development Programme, DAAD, ÖAAD, ERASMUS, Erasmus Mundus, JoinEUSee, Grundtvig, EILC, Youth in Action, scholarships of the Ministry of Science and Education of Hungary and the Balassi Bálint Institute in cooperation with Márton Áron Szakkollégium for members of the Hungarian national minority, Otto Bennemann scholarships, student scholarships of the University of Augsburg, etc.).
» co-publishing journals in cooperation with institutions abroad (ExEll)
» involvement of international reviewers and guest editors in the editorial and scientific boards of journals published by the Faculty (Jezikoslovlje, Libellarium, Anafora, Povijesni zbornik)
» participation of Faculty staff in the editorial and scientific boards of international journals and conferences
» membership of Faculty staff in international professional and scientific associations
» membership of Faculty staff in international alumni associations (Chevening Alumni Hrvatska CAH, Croatian Fulbright Alumni, U.S. Alumni Community of Croatia (USACC), Alumniportal Deutschland).

A significant portion of these activities is carried out through the individual memberships of Faculty employees in scientific and professional associations that promote interests related to the social sciences and humanities in their respective fields. Through these memberships, the Faculty indirectly contributes to the achievement of scientific, professional and other objectives that are also important to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. Such associations include, for example, Societas Linguisticae Europae, European Society for Studies in English (ESSE), International Cognitive Linguistics Association, Croatian-American Society (HAD/CAS), Fulbright Association, U.S. Alumni Community of Croatia (USACC), Croatian-Canadian Academic Society (HKAD), Central European Association for Canadian Studies (CEACS), EUROPHRAS, European Society for Translation Studies (EST), International Pragmatics Association, European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), International Association of Paremiology (AIP-IAP), Nemzetközi Folklórlingvisztikai Kutatócsoport (International Research Group for Folklore and Linguistics), European Society for Studies in English (ESSE), TESOL, GPIC (TESOL), International Reading Association, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Südosteuropäischer Germanistenverband (SOEGV), Mitteleuropäischer Germanistenverband (MGV), and SCLA (Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association).

Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation Agreements

In addition to 34 bilateral Erasmus+ agreements regulating the international mobility of students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff, the Faculty has also signed other bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements:

» Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, signed on 25 February 2010.
» Cooperation Agreement with Deakin University, School of Psychology, Melbourne, signed on 10 January 2011.
» Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek and the Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs, signed on 18 February 2011.
» Cooperation Agreement with the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Child and Adult Education, signed on 15 April 2011.
» Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Education in Sombor, University of Novi Sad, signed on 12 May 2011.
» Consortium Agreement with 22 international partners for the implementation of the FP7 MIME project, signed in October 2013.
» Agreement on joining the CEEPUS III Trans network of 10 European universities, signed in 2013.
» Cooperation Agreement with the University of West Hungary, Szombathely, on the implementation of the joint project Supporting the Development of Foreign Language Education at the University of West Hungary, TÁMOP 4.1.2.D-12/1/KONV-2012-0006, signed on 10 September 2012.
» Memorandum of Understanding joined by 25 international partners for the application and implementation of COST Action IS1404: Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation (E-READ), signed on 14 May 2014.
» Cooperation Agreement with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, signed on 4 April 2001.
Memorandum of Understanding with Raffles University, Malaysia, signed on 1 September 2025.
Cooperation Agreement with the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies, Tübingen, signed on 29 January 2025.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Philology, University of Donja Gorica (UDG), Podgorica, signed on 16 October 2023.
Agreement on Scientific and Professional Cooperation with the National Translation and Translation Certification Office Plc. (Országos Fordító és Fordításhitelesítő Iroda Zrt), Budapest, signed on 13 May 2022.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Law and Business Studies Dr Lazar Vrkatić, Novi Sad, signed on 16 November 2022.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty for Montenegrin Language and Literature in Cetinje, signed on 21 April 2022.
Cooperation Agreement with the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange in Warsaw, signed on 2 September 2021.
Cooperation Agreement with the University of Latvia, signed on 25 October 2021.
Cooperation Agreement with Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus, signed in 2020.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, signed on 7 November 2019.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Maribor, signed on 30 April 2019.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, signed on 30 April 2019.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, signed on 6 November 2018.
Cooperation Agreement with Deakin University, School of Psychology, Melbourne, signed on 10 January 2011.
Cooperation Agreement with the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, signed on 25 February 2010.