Higher Education Finance

Prof. Vera Dondur

National Council for Science and Technological Development

Serbia

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The experience of Serbia

Ministry of Education and Science (MES)

NCHE NCSTD

CAQA

43 State Non-University

HEIs

Conf. Of Acad. Prof. Car. Studies

Conference of Universities

Student Conf. Of Acad. Prof. Car. Studies

Student Conf. of Univ.

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CA

CP

HEIs R&D8 State Universities89 faculties

10 Private Universities32 faculties

27 Private Non-University

HEIs

The Higher Education and Research System in Serbia

3tuition fees for fee-paying students

remuneration for commercial and other services

funds for financing education

funds for financing research

projects and contracts related to research and consulting services

donations, gifts and endowments

Sources of finance the State HEIs :

Budget

Own income

HEIs independently manage the funds

State HEIs acquire funds for accredited study programmes, and selected research projects.

Law on Higher Education (2005)

The level of the fees is established by the general act of a higher education institution for all study programmes in the following academic year!

international funds for research

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Ministry of Education and Science

National public funding

RESEARCH EDUCATION

89 facultiesat STATE UNIVERSITES

56 State institutes

43 State Higer education colleges

Law on Higher Education (2005)Law on Scientific and Research Activities 2008The Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia 2010-2015 (SSTD) (full implementation)The Strategy of Education in Srbia 2020+ (SES)(Draft)

Higher Education Finance: SERBIA

Current model of public funding:

The current model of funding is regulated by the Government Decree of 2002, taking into account elements such as:

• first time enrolled students- budget financed sudents

• the size of teaching groups• the number of groups• the number of teaching staff for the group• HEI building area• number of specific non-teaching positions• Running costs,.. etc

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Current model : EDUCATION Formula-Based budget

THE CERTAIN LEVEL OF FUNDS IS PAID EACH MONTH DIRECTLY TO EACH HEIs !

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SERBIA

State

facu

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State

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olleges

Private

facu

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Private

hig

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226772

149393

38901 336724806

98609 83528

15081

STUDENTS BY FINANCING 2009/10

Total Budget financed

Each year the Government makes a decision about the quotas of enrolled budget finanaced students.

56%

39%

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Current model : RESEARCH Competitive funding of research projects

• The current model of research funding is regulated by Ministry Decree (2006, 2010).

• The funds are allocated to institutions through competitions following applications (proposals)

• The funding instruments are redesigned for the financial period 2010-2014

• The national and international peer review teams assessed the proposal

• The researchers are categorized in the range A1-A7 (the number of papers published in SCI, SSCI, AHCI journals)

• Founding grants for four year period (2010-14)

82000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011*

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4500

The number of scientific papers (Article and Proceedings Paper published by Serbian scientists in the period 2000-2011

All sciences (SCI, SSCI, AHCI)* Social sciences and Humanities (SSCI, AHCI)*

48% 35%17%

Total number of researchers 11500

The main challenges:• Increase the competitiveness of Serbian

universities• Integrate research, innovation and higher

education• Motivate universities to contribute to overall

societal challenges as well as to business needs• Develop the potential of the strongest research

environments• Diversify the universities and research institutions

funding streams• A new model of financing• Funding model of doctoral studies

Founding for higher education and research

2010 2015 2020

0.31

2GDP%

SSTD (2010-2015)

Serbia 2020

Serbia increased its R&D budget by 22% in 2011.

2014 2016 2018 2020

0.91.05

1.151.25

%GDP higer education

SES 2020+

Higher Education Finance: Serbia Reform goals:

Provide funds to a higher education institution for:• equipment, material expenditure, maintenance and investment• employees’ salaries, in accordance with the law and the collective

agreement• library book stocks, sources of information and information

systems, publishing activity• carrying out scientific research and/or artistic work• employees’ advanced scientific and professional training• training of junior teaching staff of sciences and art• work with talented students• international cooperation and mobility• work of Students’ Parliament and activities of students;• funding of the equipment and conditions for studies of students

with disability;

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