Call
A Call for Admission of students to the first year of the
Bachelor's Academic Studies
in the academic year of 2024/2025
Faculty of Philosophy
Dr Zorana Đinđića 2, Novi Sad, Serbia
Phone: +381 21 450 690; fax: +381 21 450 929
Student Affairs Office +381 21 485 3976 and +381 21 450 628
Bank Account: 840-32736845-56
E-mail: stsluzba@ff.uns.ac.rs, dekanat@ff.uns.ac.rs
Website: www.ff.uns.ac.rs
1. Number of vacant places for student admission
BACHELOR'S ACADEMIC STUDIES
The total number of 1015 students can be enrolled in the Faculty, more specifically:
- 544 students whose education is funded by the budget and
- 471 self-financing students
The following number of students can be enrolled in the given degree programmes:
Note:
In accordance with the Decision of the Provincial Government, the following students can enrol in the first year BA studies with the status of students funded by the budget of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in accordance with the affirmative measures programme:
1) students with disabilities - 5 students
2) members of the Roma nationality - 5 students
3) citizens of the Republic of Serbia who graduated from high school abroad in the school year 2025/26 - 5 students
The total number of budget-funded and self-financing students cannot be higher than the one determined by the business license for each degree programme, in accordance with the provisions of Article 99, Paragraph 1 of the Law on Higher Education. Admission of candidates by affirmative action measures can reduce the number of self-financing students in certain study programmes.
2. Terms and conditions of application:
Eligible to enrol in the first year of the Bachelor's Academic Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy are the candidates who have completed secondary education with four years of duration in the Republic of Serbia and who have passed the entrance examination. The detailed conditions for admission to the first year of the Bachelor's Academic Studies are determined by the Rulebook on Admission to the UNS Degree Programmes, the Rulebook on Candidate Enrolment in Study Programmes Organised by the Faculty of Philosophy, the Call for Admission of Candidates announced by the University of Novi Sad, and the relevant study programmes.
3. Entrance examination:
Candidates for admission to the first degree academic studies are required to take the entrance examination. The entrance examination includes the relevant programme contents that are studied in high school for a period of four years.
Entrance examinations are held separately for each degree programme of the Bachelor's Academic Studies. The manner of taking the entrance examination and the way of scoring the results of the entrance examination are provided by the Rulebook on Candidate Enrolment in Study Programmes Organised by the Faculty of Philosophy.
The content, manner of taking and evaluating the entrance examination can be found in the admission guide for each degree programme implemented at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad.
The following candidates are exempt from taking the entrance examination or a part of the entrance examination:
- the candidates who won one of the first three individual places in a competition organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia in the third and/or fourth grade of high school or in an international competition in the subject taken at the entrance examination, for which they are recognized for achieving the maximum number points from that subject;
The right to evaluate the success achieved at the national or international competition in the appropriate subject with the maximum number of points is exercised by the candidate submitting:
- a written request
- a relevant diploma to the dean of the Faculty when submitting the application for taking the entrance examination
- proof of payment of the fee for applying to the call and taking the entrance examination
4. Admission Schedule:
First Admission Period:
- Application submission (online): 22–24 June 2026, until 1.00 p.m.
- In-person application: 24 June 2026 – only for candidates who are unable to apply online. Application documents may be submitted in person at the Faculty, at the Student Affairs Office counter, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
- Entrance examinations: 29–30 June and 1 July 2026 (according to the schedule published on the Faculty's website)
- Publication of the preliminary ranking list: no later than 2 July 2026 (by 5.00 p.m.)
- Submission of appeals against the published preliminary ranking list: 3 July 2026 (according to the schedule published on the Faculty's website)
- Publication of the final ranking list: 4 July 2026 (by 5.00 p.m.)
- Enrolment of admitted candidates:
6 July 2026 – Enrolment of candidates who qualified for admission within the quota of budget-funded students.
Note:
Candidates who qualify for enrolment within the budget-funded student quota but fail to enrol by the specified deadline will be deemed to have withdrawn from enrolment.
6 July 2026 – Adjustment of the ranking list (lowering the cut-off line) to fill vacant places within the budget-funded student quota (the lists will be published on the Faculty website by 5.00 p.m.). Enrolment of candidates who become eligible for enrolment following the adjustment of the budget-funded ranking list: 7 July 2026 until 2.00 p.m.
7 July 2026 – Enrolment of candidates who qualified for admission within the quota of self-financing students.
Note:
Candidates who qualify for admission within the self-financing student quota but fail to enrol by the specified deadline will be deemed to have withdrawn from enrolment, and the next candidate on the final ranking list will be enrolled in their place.
Candidates who fail to respond to the announcement of vacant places within the self-financing student quota and to the public roll call of candidates according to the final ranking list forfeit their right to enrol within the self-financing student quota during the first admission period.
- 8 July 2026 – Announcement of available self-financing places and public roll call; enrolment of candidates from the roll call to fill the quota by publicly calling candidates' names in the order in which they appear on the final ranking list.
- 9 July 2026 – Announcement of available budget-funded and self-financing places for the General Roll Call; General Roll Call of non-enrolled candidates for admission to the remaining vacant places in individual study programmes. On this occasion, candidates who did not apply for a particular study programme in their original application may enrol in that programme, provided that a vacancy exists and that they have passed the entrance examination. The roll call will be conducted according to the order of candidates on the single general ranking list of non-enrolled candidates.
- 9 July 2026 – Enrolment of candidates admitted through the General Roll Call will take place immediately following the General Roll Call.
Note: The schedule and procedure for the Roll Call for self-financing students and the General Roll Call for all non-enrolled candidates will be announced subsequently on the Faculty's website!
Second Call for Admission Period
- Application submission: 3–4 September 2026
- Entrance examinations: 7 September 2026
- Publication of the preliminary ranking list: 8 September 2026
- Submission of appeals against the published preliminary ranking list: 9 September 2026
- Publication of the final ranking list: 10 September 2026
- Enrolment of admitted candidates: 11 September 2026
All detailed information regarding the implementation of the Call will be posted on our notice boards and on the website of the Faculty.
5. Documents Required for Application:
- Candidates who apply electronically shall complete the application form online. Supporting documents must be uploaded through the electronic application system as scanned copies or images. Original documents must be presented for inspection at the time of enrolment.
- Candidates submitting their application in person shall provide photocopies of the required documents, which do not need to be certified, and present the original documents for inspection.
Required documents:
- application form (for in-person applications)
- report card for all grades of the previously completed secondary school
- certificate (diploma) of the final examination (school-leaving examination).
- ID card (in case of ID cards with embedded chips, a printout of the electronically read ID card must be submitted); and
- original proof of payment of the application and entrance examination fee.
The candidates are required to bring a valid personal document (ID card or passport) to the entrance examination.
- The candidates who apply for admission to the Bachelor's Academic Studies under affirmative action measures are required to declare their status when submitting their application documents. If a candidate applying under affirmative action measures applies to more than one study programme, they must indicate, at the time of application, the primary programme on which they wish to be ranked under the affirmative action provisions.
5a) Documentation required for enrolment
The candidate entitled to enrol, in addition to the submitted photocopies, also submits:
- two SV-20 forms (obtained at the Faculty bookshop);
- two 4.5 x 3.5 cm photographs;
- proof of payment of the enrolment fee and the collective students' insurance fee;
- proof of payment of the tuition fee for self-financing students;
- index booklet (obtained at the Faculty bookshop)
- original certificate (diploma) of the final examination (school-leaving examination).
All payments are made to the same bank account of the Faculty.
Photocopies of documents submitted by candidates who are not admitted will not be returned.
NOTE:
By the decision of the Faculty Council, the payment of tuition fees in 4 (four) equal instalments was approved according to the following schedule:
- 1st instalment at the time of enrolment
- 2nd instalment by 10th January
- 3rd instalment by 10th March
- 4th installment during the certification of the summer semester
6. Fees
- for taking the entrance examination: RSD 8,000.00
- for enrolment and collective insurance premium: RSD 8,500.00
- the first instalment for the enrolment of self-financing students
7. Criteria for determining the order of candidates on the ranking list:
A person applying for admission to a degree programme can score a maximum of 100 points in total, based on the secondary school grade point average and based on the results achieved at the entrance examination.
The secondary school grade point average refers to the sum of all grade averages from all subjects in first, second, third and fourth grade multiplied by 2 (two). On this basis, a candidate can have at least 16 and up to 40 points. The candidate may earn a maximum of 60 points in the entrance examination. The grade point average is rounded to two decimal places.
In the entrance examination, the candidates may score the number of points ranging from 0 to 60. A candidate has passed the entrance examination (and is thus entitled to be ranked for enrolment) if he/she scores at least 14 points in the entrance examination.
A candidate can enrol in a degree programme with the status of a student funded by the budget (budget-funded student) or a student who finances the studies himself/herself (self-financing student), which depends on the total number of points, place on the ranking list, and the approved number of students for enrolment in the particular degree programme.
A candidate can enrol with the status of a budget-funded student if he/she is on the unique ranking list up to the number approved for enrolment of candidates funded by the budget and if he/she scores more than 50 points.
Note: At the same level of study, only once can a student can be enrolled in the first year of study with the status of a budget-funded student.
A candidate can enrol in the status of a self-financing student if he/she is on the unique ranking list up to the number approved for the enrolment of self-financing students and if he/she scores at least 30 points.
If the candidate who is ranked on the final/general ranking list within the numbers determined for enrolment does not enrol within the deadline set in this Call, it will be considered that he/she has given up enrolment, and the next candidate will be enrolled in his/her place according to the final/general ranking list.
Note: When applying for a call for admission to the first degree of studies (Bachelor's) can apply for a maximum of three degree programmes. If he/she is applying for more than one degree programme, the candidate must indicate which degree programme is his/her primary and which programme or programmes are supplementary. The candidate takes the entrance examination for the degree programme that he/she marked as primary.
After the entrance examination, when the ranking lists are published, the candidate who has met the conditions for enrolment can enrol in a single degree programme as a budget-funded student.
When ranking candidates within a degree programme, priority is given to candidates who have marked that degree programme as primary.
The candidates entitled to enrol at the expense of the budget in a primary degree programme, will not be ranked on the lists of degree programmes that they have listed as supplementary.
The candidates entitled to enrol as a self-financing students or are not entitled to enrol in their primary study programme, will be ranked, in addition to the ranking list of the primary programme, on the ranking lists of the study programmes they have listed as supplementary, but only if those study programmes have remaining vacant places (in relation to the announced quota) *. In that case, the candidate has the opportunity to choose which programme he/she wants to enrol in depending on his/her affinities or positions on different rankings. The ranking of candidates within the remaining vacant places is based on the total number of points scored in the entrance examination, regardless of which examination the candidate took.
A candidate can apply for several degree programmes and take the entrance examination for each of them, in which case the candidate cannot opt for supplementary programmes.
8. Appeals Procedure
Within 24 hours of the publication of the preliminary ranking list, a candidate may submit an appeal concerning:
- the regularity of the entrance examination procedure established by the Call for Applications; or
- their position on the ranking list.
The appeal is submitted to the Entrance Examination Commission (during the period announced on the Faculty website), on whose proposal the Dean shall issue a decision within 24 hours of receiving the appeal.
9. Admission of foreign nationals:
A foreign national may enrol in a study programme under the conditions regulated by the general provisions of the joint call announced by the Ministry of Education.
Foreign nationals are required to take the entrance examination.
Foreign nationals are required to pay tuition fees throughout their education, unless otherwise stipulated by an international agreement or a bilateral university agreement.
A foreign national may enrol in a degree programme if they provide:
- a certificate of Serbian language proficiency in accordance with the Statute of the University, or proficiency of the language of instruction;
- a proof of valid medical insurance.
When applying for the call, foreign nationals are required to submit a validated diploma of their completed Bachelor's degree programme of the same or related field of study.
If the validation procedure is not completed by the application deadline, the candidate may submit a proof that the validation procedure is in progress. If the candidate becomes entitled to enrol and the validation procedure has not been completed, they may enrol conditionally, provided that the recognition decision is submitted before the classes begin.
The candidates from Republika Srpska are exempt from diploma validation requirement.
Prior to enrolment, a foreign candidate is required to submit the following documents the Faculty:
- a proof of valid medical insurance covering the period of the enrolled academic year;
- a certificate of the Serbian language proficiency, issued by an authorized committee.
The assessment of Serbian language proficiency is conducted by the Centre for Serbian as a Foreign Language at the Faculty.
Fees:
- Issuing a certificate of a Serbian language proficiency to students from the former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro): RSD 2,500.00.
- Serbian language proficiency assessment and certificate: RSD 9,000.00.
10. Final Note:
The admission conditions for candidates who are citizens of Montenegro, citizens of the Republic of Serbia who completed their education abroad, members of the Serbian national minority from neighbouring countries, as well as persons with disabilities and members of the Roma national minority shall be regulated by the professional guidelines for implementing the admission procedure and by the general provisions of the joint call issued by the Ministry of Education.
Additional information regarding the call may be obtained at the telephone numbers listed below:
|
Degree Programme |
Phone |
|
Serbian Philology: Serbian Language and Literature |
485-3973 |
|
Serbian as a Non-native and Foreign Language and Literature |
485-3973 |
|
Serbian Literature and Language |
485-3971 |
|
Comparative Literature with Literature Theory |
485-3971 |
|
English Language and Literature |
485-3972 |
|
German Language and Literature |
485-3975 |
|
French Language and Literature |
485-3975 |
|
Russian Language and Literature |
485-3970 |
|
Hungarian Language and Literature |
485-3973 |
|
Slovak Language and Literature |
485-3971 |
|
Romanian Language and Literature |
485-3971 |
|
Ruthenian Language and Literature |
485-3971 |
|
History |
485-3975 |
|
Pedagogy |
485-3973 |
|
Psychology |
485-3971 |
|
Sociology |
485-3970 |
|
Social Work |
485-3970 |
|
Philosophy |
485-3970 |
|
Journalism |
485-3972 |
|
Communicology and Public Relations |
485-3972 |
|
Culturology |
485-3975 |
|
Italian language, literature and culture |
450-628 |
|
Spanish Language, literature and culture |
450-628 |
|
Centre for Serbian as a Foreign Language |
459-626 |
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY DEAN
Prof. Dr. Milivoj Alanović