In accordance with the Rules and Regulations on self-assessment and quality review of higher education institutions (Official Gazette, no. 106/06) and the Article 172 of the Statute of Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad, on 2nd September 2011, the Faculty Dean suggested the development of a Quality Assurance Strategy. The Council of the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management passed the Quality Assurance Strategy for the period 2011-2014 in the session held on 15thSeptember, 2011.

This document describes the quality assurance strategy and it specifies the approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement at the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, University Business Academy, through principles, goals, quality assurance measures, quality assurance entities, quality assurance areas, organizational culture of quality as well as the connection between educational and scientific/research activities.

Our basic purpose is to offer our students top quality knowledge through the interaction of scientific and research activities and educational services, encouraging the wish for life-long learning and nourishing intellectual curiosity. In accordance with contemporary trends, we create interdisciplinary programs to meet the needs of students at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies through which we prepare them to become leaders and successful individuals ready to compete in an international environment.

Our basic commitment is, above all, to satisfy the needs of users as well as the needs and requirements of other interested parties. In performing scientific, research and educational activities, business activities of the Faculty are in accordance with the current Law on Higher Education of the Republic of Serbia and they are targeted at compliance with the processes of European higher education integration.

Quality assurance criteria are aimed at constant improvement and quality in the domains of teaching, research and management, in accordance with requirements for higher education and scientific research institutions assessment.

The basic tasks of the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad are in accordance with the Law on Higher Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, no.76/05) and clearly set out by the mission and vision of our Faculty.

The basic tasks indicate social justifiability, define the reasons of the Faculty’s existence, determine general direction of our activities and present the basis for identifying priorities of our higher education institution in its future work:

• Transferring scientific and professional knowledge in the field on economics, industrial engineering and engineering management;
• Developing and improving science through interdisciplinary work of scientists of various profiles;
• Educating young scientists and professionals;
• Offering possibilities for acquiring higher education and life-long education under equal conditions for everyone;
• Contributing to creating hypothesis for developing social knowledge;
• Satisfying user needs.

Our mission is to create high quality interdisciplinary and analytically strong educational programs which combine practical values and new knowledge in the field of economic sciences, industrial engineering and industrial management. Through transferring knowledge and skills necessary for competing in the global environment, we prepare our students for work in the global economy of today, thus creating generations of young leaders with initiative and drive for permanent learning and development.

Our intention is to become a competitive innovative, relevant and highly respectable multidisciplinary educational community which, in synergy with all users, actively contributes to social, political and economic progress of our region.

The Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad was founded in 2000 under a different name: Faculty for the Education of Graduate Jurists and Economists for Managerial Positions in Novi Sad.

Based on rich academic and professional experience, being a full professor and the Department Chair for Economic and Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad, as well as a recognized economic consultant, the Faculty founder, Prof. Slavko Carić PhD, implemented the knowledge he had been accumulating for years and created the Faculty for the Education of Graduate Jurists and Graduate Economists.

Wishing to educate professionals who would be able to independently solve complex problems in our economy already during their schooling, and inspired by the experiences of countries that successfully underwent the process of transition, we created a curriculum which enables students to strive towards the development of our economy in a similar way using the acquired methods and the systems of developed countries.

As a support to the curriculum designed in this way, we also adjusted our teaching methods to fit the needs of small, mentoring groups. This approach to teaching process enabled interactivity and a more efficient knowledge transfer.

From its earliest days till the present, the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management has developed into a strong autonomous and integrated academic community of teachers, researchers and students incorporated into an international university network.

In perceiving and shaping the future image of our Faculty, the starting point should be an indisputable fact that the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management has reached a high level in terms of undergraduate education and that students, with their great interest in studying at our Faculty, are the best proof of our high quality programs and teaching processes. Of course, in addition to that, it is necessary to make continuous improvements and innovations in the following period, which would contribute to an even higher quality and further development of the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management.

With the new cycle of accreditation, the Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management started an all-encompassing reform of teaching activities and many positive steps have already been made by introducing new study programs. Five new study programs have been developed, all of which have been accredited (Ecology at all three study levels – undergraduate academic studies, postgraduate academic studies, doctoral studies as well as distance learning programs in Business Economics and Finance and International Economics and Economic Diplomacy). In addition, Engineering Management in Agriculture is a study program which has been reengineered at all three study levels. As a response to current market demands, our faculty management successfully introduced and received accreditation for a new study program called INFORMATICS- at the levels of undergraduate and master’s studies.