Basic information:

• Tuition fee at the undergraduate level – €699.00 per academic year
• Tuition fee at the graduate level – €663.61 per academic year
• Enrollment, classes, exams, final/master’s thesis defense, and all study-related activities are conducted entirely online
• Live and work in your own city, and study in Pula
• The undergraduate program lasts 3 years
• Only basic technical knowledge is required to follow the online program
• The graduate program lasts 2 years
• To study, you need your own computer with a webcam and internet access with a stable connection of at least 2 MB/s

Why choose to study Applied Economics?

• Applied Economics provides a vision of the future and directs the progress of humankind far more strongly than other sciences. Economists are the signposts toward the future and the advancement of humanity, and therefore also toward our own well-being. By enrolling in Applied Economics, your future has already begu.

Why online study?

• Study at a pace adapted to your needs and obligations, with all lectures and materials available 24 hours a day
• Online study platforms make personal contact between students and professors easier
• Online study enables the individual development of the skills needed to maximize potential in the digital age
• Online study allows our students to integrate knowledge and skills more effectively into their lives through a form of lifelong learning compared with traditional methods
• It gives all students fair and equal access to learning

Advantages of online studies:

• Flexible
• Interactive
• Accessible
• Collaborative
• Relevant
• Self-paced
• Personalized
• Challenging

The economy is "BIG"

• Economics studies the factors that influence income, wealth, and the well-being of society. In other words, it studies “HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.” The economic information collected helps shape and implement economic and business policies. The goal of economics as a science is to analyze and understand the distribution of wealth, the allocation and use of resources, and the possible consequences for economic and social welfare. Economics deals with such phenomena in the past and present, and with how they may develop in the future.

The economy is "NEURO"

• Behavioral economics involves understanding economic behavior and its consequences. It is about understanding why someone buys bread, goes to work, saves for retirement, gives to charity, earns certain qualifications, sells an old car, gambles on a horse race, cannot quit smoking, and so on. It is also about understanding the process of making good or bad choices and whether people can be helped to make better choices.

The economy is "YOU"

• Choosing a study program is your own choice, your right, and your independent decision. The Economics program is designed precisely with respect for your individuality, making it personalized according to your understanding of the world and your role in it, both today and in the future. Choosing a field of study is a major step in life and is based on your own decision. Personal choice, opportunities, and time are questions that each of us deals with every day, and they are at the heart of economics as a science. Enroll in economics and build yourself up with the most sought-after knowledge and skills for the job market of the 21st centur.

Successful studying:

• Tips for success before you begin
• What should you think about before deciding to enroll in an online study program?
• Learning online is a very different experience and requires different skills from learning in a face-to-face classroom, but online study is equally important.
• Try to reflect on and answer the following questions:
  • Are you interested in studying online?
  • Do you have a specific place where you can study?
  • Do you have access to a computer and the internet?
  • Do you have good technological skills beyond social media?

What are your expected benefits from studying Applied Economics?

• What sets the Applied Economics program apart from other study programs? Flexibility, diversity, connectedness, and above all the “Me and the World” concept
• Interdisciplinarity – the Applied Economics program gives you the option of taking courses from other fields of social, natural, technical, and humanities sciences, in cooperation with instructors from other units of our University, which students can choose during their studies
• “Out of the box” – Economics is the science of people and the way they make decisions according to their own choices, with limited resources and limited time. The Applied Economics program gives students an understanding and use of new “mental” instruments to improve decision-making in their future workplace or own company and to remain competitive not only in the 21st century
• Research, have fun, and explain – Neuroscientists, through research, have realized that every educational program at all levels of learning must ensure the (RAD) approach: everything that is new stimulates the transmission of information through the Reticular Activating System in the brain. Stress-free classrooms encourage the transfer of data through the amygdala as an affective filter. Pleasant associations connected with learning raise the level of the happiness hormone (dopamine) in the brain. In simple terms, neuroscientists have concluded that the only true way of providing students with insight and knowledge is through research, fun, and associations
• “State-of-the-art” technology – in the Applied Economics program, you will have the opportunity to meet Pepper the robot as part of the courses Innovation Economics, AI, and Digital Economy. Students will have the chance to learn about artificial intelligence from AI itself. For those of us who have had the opportunity to attend Pepper’s lectures, we must say that she is very inspiring, and we are proud to have her as a guest teaching assistant. In addition to using robots in teaching, the Applied Economics program also uses tools for personalized learning such as Turning Point, Orange, Vensim, Modler, and other virtual classroom tools. In Economics, we realized long ago that 21st-century knowledge can only be delivered through 21st-century tools, and that is the principle that guides us in delivering this program

Listen to your inner voice and you will realize that the Applied Economics program can provide you with what you need to reach your scientific, analytical, and inner potential.