ZAGREB, 11 June (Hina) - The first secretary with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Douglas Davidson, the Chancellor of Dubrovnik University, Prof Dr Josip Lovric, and Assistant Science and Technology Minister, Prof Dr Nikola Ruzinski,
signed an agreement on the establishment of an American College of Management and Technology in Dubrovnik, in Zagreb on Wednesday. First secretary Davidson signed the agreement on behalf of Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) from New York. The College for Management and Technology in Dubrovnik, whose founder is R.I.T. in cooperation with Dubrovnik University, is a new institution for higher education in Dubrovnik. It is also the first private American-Croatian college for management and technology.
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ZAGREB, 11 June (Hina) - The first secretary with the U.S. Embassy in
Zagreb, Douglas Davidson, the Chancellor of Dubrovnik University, Prof
Dr Josip Lovric, and Assistant Science and Technology Minister, Prof Dr
Nikola Ruzinski, signed an agreement on the establishment of an American
College of Management and Technology in Dubrovnik, in Zagreb on
Wednesday.
First secretary Davidson signed the agreement on behalf of
Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.) from New York.
The College for Management and Technology in Dubrovnik, whose
founder is R.I.T. in cooperation with Dubrovnik University, is a new
institution for higher education in Dubrovnik. It is also the first
private American-Croatian college for management and technology. #L#
The agreement enables for the first time an American institution
for higher education to implement its curriculum in Croatia, said
Croatian Science and Technology Minister Ivica Kostovic after the
signing of the agreement.
The establishment of the college is in full compliance with the
Croatian law, Kostovic said, adding that classes would start in
September 1997 with a first two-year tourism management course.
Expressing hope that other joint institutions of higher education
would be established soon, first secretary Davidson said he expected
that U.S. students as well would enrol at the college in Dubrovnik.
The establishment of the joint college is part of plans to make
Dubrovnik a college-city of international importance and it is a first
step in the realisation of that plan, said Dubrovnik University
Chancellor Lovric.
Most subjects will be taught by R.I.T. professors and engineers'
diplomas will be recognised in Croatia and the U.S.A. Students who
complete the two-year tourism management course will be able to continue
their studies in the U.S.A. or other countries.
In the academic year 1997/1998, 125 full-time and 25 part-time
students will be able to enrol at the college, Assistant Science and
Technology Minister Ruzinski said. During the first two years of
college's work, Croatian citizens will have to pay US $2,500 for full-
time education, while part-time students will have to pay double the
amount.
For an equivalent R.I.T. program in the United States one has to
pay US$ 16,000, Ruzinski said, adding that the difference between the
Croatian fees and the full amount would be covered during the first two
years by the Science and Technology Ministry.
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