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The Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek (henceforth FABSO) operates within Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and is one of its oldest constituents. On 18 October 2010, exactly half a century passed since its existence.
In addition to teaching the university undergraduate, graduate, professional, and postgraduate courses, the Faculty’s core activity is scientific research, primarily in the biotechnical scientific domain—that is, in the scientific field of studies in Agronomy.
The Faculty’s scientific and teaching staff executes a task of students’ education while gradually introducing the students into the world of basic knowledge about plants, animals, and breeding technologies so that the students can independently manage the process of agricultural production, whose ultimate goal is to produce food for human community. In this complex educational process, the teachers apply their own knowledge of scientific and professional work, thus enriching and modernizing students’ education. In a parallel with the teaching work, assistants, professors, and professional associates conduct scientific research in biology, chemistry, nutrition, and protection, as well as in plant and animal genetics, mechanization, economics, and agricultural and livestock production, with the aim of qualitative and quantitative improvement of food production, in addition to the possibly lower production costs and the preservation of nature, environment, and human health.
Mission
The mission of the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek is aimed at sustainable development obtained via high‐quality and effective education based on the modern learning outcomes and the concept of lifelong learning, as well as on the training of highly qualified experts. Scientific activity is founded on the development and dissemination of basic, applied, and developmental research in order to obtain new knowledge and ideas through critical thinking and creativity. The Faculty enables the students to acquire competencies based on modern scientific knowledge by virtue of knowledge and technology transfer and by an active cooperation with the economic entities and community‐based developmental partners. The Faculty promotes the development of the economy and of a wider social community by involving them in the European Research Area (ERA) and the European Area of Higher Education (EAHE).
Vision
As one of the leading research and higher educational institutions in the field of biotechnical sciences in the region, the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek will develop a research and educational profile recognized on the international level. By 2025, the Faculty will become recognizable in the biotechnical and interdisciplinary scientific fields of research, in which it will achieve excellence on the international level, actively participate in the European Research Area (ERA), and profile itself as a biotechnical center of excellence for the transfer of knowledge and technologies to the economy.
A Brief History of the Faculty
The commencements of the development of higher education in the biotechnical domain in eastern Croatia began in 1960, with the establishment of the College of Agriculture in Osijek, which commenced the classes for its first students on 18 October 1960. The College of Agriculture was a constituent of the University of Zagreb till the establishment of the University of Osijek in 1975, when the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek became a constituent of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.
In the development of the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, it is necessary to emphasize the extremely difficult 1991–94 period, when the buildings of the Faculty were completely demolished, and large quantities of scientific equipment and library materials were destroyed during the Homeland War. In spite of this, owing to the commitment and work of its employees and owing to the assistance rendered by the University constituents and by the related institutions in Croatia and in the world, the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek continued its work and development, having celebrated the 60th anniversary of its work in 2020.