Factsheet for measure
HR-2022-16/2191
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Updated
– measures in Croatia
Access to higher education for Ukrainian students and to employment for teachers and scientists
Sveučilišta u Hrvatskoj omogućavaju besplatan studij studentima i pomaže profesorima i znanstvenicima iz Ukrajine
Background information
Due to the war in Ukraine and the large number of refugee students who have arrived or will arrive in the Republic of Croatia in recent days, the 7 Universities and many technical schools in Croatia provide free access to higher education to students from Ukraine. Croatian language courses for Ukrainian students are also necessary.
Content of measure
The Universities in Croatia in coordination with the Ministry of Science and Education enable the free of charge study to students from Ukraine. They should send their applications to various Universities in Croatia with the necessary information (name and surname, institution they come from, program, direction and year of study), so that University services can support them. All costs of study, accommodation and meals are covered for them by responsible Universities.
The "Center for Croatian as a Second and Foreign Language" at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb as well as some other similar centers around Croatia organize Croatian language courses for Ukrainian students with temporary protection of the Republic of Croatia who are currently studying at the Universities in Croatia. These courses are also free of charge and open to students who do not have prior knowledge of the Croatian language.
Furthermore, tertiary education institutions and scientific institutions welcome professors and scientists from Ukraine.
In order to facilitate access to higher education for students, teachers and scientists refugees from Ukraine to Croatia, the Agency for Science and Higher Education, in cooperation with Croatian higher education institutions, prepared an overview of available information on enrollment conditions and continuing studies for Ukrainian students as well as information on employment opportunities and cooperation with Ukrainian higher education scientists, teachers and researchers.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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21 July 2025
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As part of other activities for youth from Ukraine, the children from Ukraine are staying in Croatia this summer for psychosocial education. Some of them, aged nine to fourteen, have visited the Veli Lošinj Health Resort. The association "Croatia Helps", as the organizer of this trip, confirms that Croatia sympathizes with Ukraine. So far this summer, 130 children have gone through the program, and another 70 are expected to arrive by the end of the summer. During their stay in Croatia and on the Adriatic coast, they are offered a rich program, from educational workshops to excursions and socializing with Croatian peers. This should allow them to forget briefly the adverse reality they live in. The children are accompanied by animators and psychologists, and they undergo mine action education. The Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, provides co-financing for the stay of children from Ukraine in Croatia for €70,000. Five groups of children will stay in Croatia from 1 May to 31 October, 2025, in various resorts on the coast. The formation of the groups is being done in cooperation with Ukrainian institutions and partner organizations.
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27 June 2025
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In addition to support for tertiary education, there are some other activities for children from Ukraine. Every year, the Police Solidarity Foundation organizes a summer camp for children at the service unit in the Istrian Peninsula resort of Valbandon. What is special in 2025 is that, in addition to about seventy children of police officers from Croatia, the camp also accommodated about thirty children from Ukraine as part of the international project "Safer Together", which is carried out by the Croatian Association. Thus, on 26 June 2025, children were educated about the dangers of mines and explosive devices and how to act when they find such devices. Police officers presented engagingly the work of the Anti-Explosive Department, the dangers that their profession entails, and safe ways to act when children come across suspicious objects. In order for the Istrian Police Department to contribute to making children feel comfortable and safe, in cooperation with partners and various organizational units, demonstration exercises, workshops, and training sessions were organized. After the interesting training, the main star of the day took the stage – the police explosive detection dog Skar, who, with the expert guidance of the handler, found the hidden explosive in a few moments. On 27 June 2025, a workshop was organized by the Pula Red Cross City Society, a partner of the Istrian Police Department in many activities, where young people were informed on first aid techniques.
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26 November 2024
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Next to the support for tertiary education, the Ministry of Science and Education issued four decisions related to the co-financing of primary and secondary education of students displaced from Ukraine in the 2024/2025 school year. These are: (i) the decision on co-financing extracurricular education for primary and secondary school students displaced from Ukraine in the 2024/2025 school year; (ii) the decision on criteria for co-financing accommodation and meals in student dormitories for students displaced from Ukraine in the 2024/2025 school year; (iii) the decision on co-financing the program for providing additional support to primary and secondary school students displaced from Ukraine in the 2024/2025 school year; and (iv) the decision on co-financing the parental share in the cost of the extended stay program and meals in the extended stay program for students displaced from Ukraine in the 2024/2025 school year. The mentioned expenditures will be financed from the budget of the Republic of Croatia.
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Use of measure
Until now around 50 Ukrainian students decided to study in various public Universities in Croatia.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Other social actors (e.g. NGOs)
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Companies
National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
Due to the nature of the measure, social partners were not involved.
Views and reactions
Social partners in Croatia fully support any type of aid to refugees from Ukraine.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only public sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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P - Education
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P85 Education
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This case is not occupation-specific.
Sources
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14 April 2022: Information for students, professors and scientists from Ukraine (Informacije za studente, nastavnike i znanstvenike iz Ukrajine
(www.azvo.hr)
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15 April 2022: Sveučilište u Zagrebu izrazilo potporu Ukrajini (University of Zagreb expresses support for Ukraine)
(www.unizg.hr)
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22 April 2022: Potpora studentima, znanstvenicima i nastavnicima iz Ukrajine (Support to students, scientists and professors from Ukraine)
(uniri.hr)
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23 September 2024: Next to the support for tertiary education, the Ministry of Science and Education issued four decisions related to the Co-financing of primary and secondary education of students from Ukraine (Sufinanciranje izvanučioničke nastave za učenike iz Ukrajine Odluka o Sufinanciranju izvanučioničke nastave za učenike iz Ukrajine) Odluka o Sufinanciranju izvanučioničke nastave za učenike iz Ukrajine
(mzom.gov.hr)
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23 September 2024: Criteria for co-financing accommodation and meals in student dormitories for students displaced from Ukraine (Kriteriji za sufinanciranje smještaja i prehrane u učeničkim domovima za učenike iz Ukrajine
(mzom.gov.hr)
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23 September 2024: Co-financing the program for additional support to primary and secondary school students from Ukraine (Sufinanciranje programa dodatne potpore učenicima osnovnih i srednjih škola iz Ukrajine)
(mzom.gov.hr)
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23 September 2024: Co-financing the parental share in the cost of the extended stay program and meals in the extended stay program for students from Ukraine (Sufinanciranje roditeljskog udjela u cijeni programa produženog boravka i prehrane u produženom boravku učenicima iz Ukrajine
(mzom.gov.hr)
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27 June 2025: A summer camp for children from Ukrain
(www.glasistre.hr)
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19 July 2025: Children from Ukraine visit Croatia (Djeca iz Ukrajine posjećuju Hrvatsku)
