From 6 to 10 May 2025, the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, in cooperation with the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković”, hosted an international summer school as part of the EU-funded project FORTIC – From remains Of the war to the aRchiTecture of peace in cross-border area of Italy-Croatia. The programme brought together 40 students and 4 professors from the University of Pula (UNIPU) and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE) with the aim of fostering cross-border collaboration, interdisciplinary learning, and joint work focused on cultural heritage, sustainable tourism, and the adaptive reuse of fortifications. The summer school was officially opened by the Vice-Rector for Students, Educational Programs and Cooperation at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Assoc. Prof. Ksenija Černe, Ph.D., and the Vice-Dean for International Affairs and Business Relations at the Faculty of Economics and Tourism, Assoc. Prof. Dean Sinković, Ph.D., MBA, who welcomed the students and professors and wished them a successful week.

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula in partnership with the FORTIC partnership consortium  and international expert networks is organizing the international scientific conference FORTIFIED ARCHITECTURE FOR THE CULTURE OF PEACE – EUROPEAN BEST PRACTICE IN FORTIFIED HERITAGE MANAGEMENT, which will be held in NP Brijuni from 15 to 17 September 2025. Please find attached the call for papers . You can find more details on the conference web-page .  

Assoc. prof. Nikola Vojnović and full prof. Jasmina Gržinić edited the online scientific monograph "Tourism and Transformations – responses to Crises".

On the following link  https://fet.unipu.hr/fet2022 you can check the website of the new international scientific conference traditionally organized for the tenth time by the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković” (FET) Pula and from this year in cooperation with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU). The conference with the central theme “Finance, Economics and Tourism” (FET2022) will be held from 22nd - 24th September 2022  at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirkovic" (Pula, Istria, Croatia)

If you want to print our  2nd Call for papers  or send it to your colleagues please visit the Calls for papers web page:

As the leading instrument in financial services regulation, the 2015 revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has set in motion radical and far-reaching transformations not only for the European payment system but for its ‘sister’ banking sector as well. Chief among them is the unbundling of the banking business to a range of innovative services and new market incumbents that galvanize competition in the market for payment services.

Dr Milford Bateman, Visiting Professor from Federal Fluminese University in Rio de Jainero (Brasil), Adjunct Professor of Development Studies at St Mary’s University in Halifax (Canada) and Affiliated Researcher at the Future Forum in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), will hold lecture on “The rise of financial inclusion: cui bono?” on Friday, March 6th at 10 a.m. in the lecture room number 202 at the Faculty of Economics and Tourism , where he will discuss issues of financialization of the poor and low income families across the world. More specifically, he will talk about the rise and fall of microcredit, the turn to financial inclusion, the spectacular rise of fintech industry as well as the scandal of the Nobel economics people with their fake evaluations.     ×      

We are pleased to announce that the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović has accepted the patronage of The 9th International Scientific Conference "Tourism, Innovations and Entrepreneurship" (TIE 2019) organized by The Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" Pula.

The conference with the central theme “Tourism, Innovations and Entrepreneurship” (TIE 2019) organized by the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković” will be held from 26 to 28 September 2019 in the luxurious island resort  Valamar Collection Isabella Island Resort 4*/5*  in Poreč (Istria, Croatia, European Union). The focus of the conference will be on tourism, innovations, entrepreneurshipand on other relevant economic themes. The deadline for the submission of Abstracts is 1 st  September 2019.

Eisenstadt, 14 May 2019 – The UAS  Burgenland cooperates with six international partner universities within the framework of two unique doctoral programmes. "About five years ago, we were pioneers in the organisation of cooperative, cross-border and international doctoral programmes," explains programme director Irena Zavrl. On 11 May, the first four alumni graduated in the festive atmosphere of Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt, Austria. Among the most prominent guests were the rectors and vice-rectors of the partner universities:  University of Bratislava (Slovak Republic), University of Pula (Croatia), University of Sopron (Hungary), University  North(Croatia), University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and University of Life Sciences Prague (Czech Republic). The academic oath was given by the rector of the University of Sopron, Prof. Dr. Sc. András Náhlik. The UAS Burgenland also awarded two honorary professorships during the event.

Knowing the rules of negotiating in the modern free market economy is one of the most important and particularly desirable skills. Thanks to the knowledge of the negotiation strategies and techniques, we can gain a lot, and most importantly - negotiations can be learned. In virtue of that cognition, Dr. Joanna Radowicz (from the Faculty of Management and Computer Modelling, Kielce University of Technology in Poland) held three lectures about the Art of Negotiations.  Alongside with the Stages of Negotiations, Strategies in Negotiations and Techniques in Negotiations, Prof. Radowicz provided FET’s students and Erasmus+ students with many information about the importance of negotiations in the free market world and democratic countries.

The conference with the central theme “Tourism, Innovations and Entrepreneurship” (TIE 2019) organized by the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković” will be held from 26 to 28 September 2019 in the luxurious island resort  Valamar Collection Isabella Island Resort 4*/5*  in Poreč (Istria, Croatia, European Union). The focus of the conference will be on tourism, innovations, entrepreneurshipand on other relevant economic themes. The deadline for the submission of Abstracts is 1 st  June 2019.

Project ATLAS – Adriatic Cultural Tourism Laboratories, financed by Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, calls for innovative ideas in cultural tourism sector and invites to participation in the Mash up event - prize competition that will take place in Treviso, Italy.  ATLAS Mash up is an open competition that will connect and conjoin cultural tourism operators, civil society representatives, creative people, ICT experts, video makers, startuppers, students and all those who have an idea / product / service and want to learn how to develop it in a short time, in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment, in synergies between different skills and sectors.  

We are pleased to announce the confirmed plenary speakers for The 9th International Scientific Conference "Tourism, Innovations and Entrepreneurship" (TIE 2019) that will be held from 26th to 28th of September 2019 in the luxurious Valamar Collection Isabella Island Resort in Poreč, organized by The Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" Pula. 

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula announces the Call for applicants for (non)teaching staff under the project number  2018-1-HR01-KA107-047054, cooperation between programe (EU) and Partner (non EU) countries.

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula announces the Call for applicants for students under the project number  2018-1-HR01-KA107-047054, cooperation between programe (EU) and Partner (non EU) countries.    

UniCredit’s Corporate & Investment Banking Graduate Program is a development journey that offers a unique opportunity into the bank to kick start your career at UniCredit Group. You will be part of a global, challenging environment that lead business with more than 1.500 multinational corporations and 600.000 corporate and public sector clients. You’ll enjoy increased responsibility and opportunities for growth.

On the following link  https://fet.unipu.hr/tie2019  you can check the website of the new international scientific conference traditionally organized for the ninth time by the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković” (FET) Pula.     

From 11th to 14th of September the Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" (FET) of Juraj Dobrila University of Pula hosted the International Scientific Conference „The State of Capitalism and the State of Political Economy“ - one of the biggest 2018 conference in Croatia and beyond.  

Two thousand years old Roman amphitheatre in Pula last Friday became the central place for almost 300 students and their guests. It is the first time that Roman battleground become a place where University of Pula graduates received their diplomas. It was spectacular to see thousands of people watching graduates who proudly take a certificate which officially approve they are “academic gladiators”.

Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" will host the International Scientific Conference "The State of Capitalism and the State of Political Economy" organized by the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE).  The Conference will take place in Pula, Croatia, from 12 th to 14 th September 2018. The central part of the Conference will focus on the state of capitalism and political economy. The intention is to stimulate interest in political economy, interdisciplinarity, history of political and economic thought, critique of mainstream politics and economics, and/or their application to policy analysis and activism.

Project ATLAS – Adriatic Cultural Tourism Laboratories, after being approved within Standard+ Call for Proposals by Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, started off in January 2018. with Friuli Innovazione from Udine as the Lead Partner ant the Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković” of Juraj Dobrila University of Pula as one of the seven project partners. ATLAS strives at leveraging and deployment of digital technologies in cultural tourism with the aim of promotion of natural and cultural heritage, as well as facilitating inclusion and accessibility for all the involved stakeholders. Through the innovative ICT tools the transnational cooperation in cultural tourism destination management will be stimulated, enabling a creative marketing ecosystem whose integrated offer enhances/empowers development and sustainability of local economies and provides new models of touristic experience.