The University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG FER) and Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía ( CAHA ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed with the objective of promoting academic cooperation in education and research and it was signed by the UNIZG FER Dean Prof. Vedran Bilas., PhD, and the CAHA Director Jesús Aceituno Castro, PhD. FER and CAHA have agreed to foster collaboration between their institutions. The parties wish to develop scientific and technical collaborations in astronomy, astrophysics, and computing in a wide range of areas of common interest. These may include, between and among the institutions, the development of technologies, instruments, and software, promoting the advancement of education, research, and services, and strengthening friendly cooperation. Interested parties in cooperation are invited to contact us for any questions or the purpose of designing and implementing joint activities. The personnel responsible for executing the signed MoU from the FER side is Prof. Ana Babić , PhD, and from the CAHA side is Stefan Cikota , PhD. More information is available below.

Infineon Austria and FER at the University of Zagreb have launched academic cooperation in power electronics. The collaboration will advance the further development of energy-efficient technologies for decarbonization as well as strengthen one of the key areas of European microelectronics expertise. The cooperation focuses on research and development of microelectronic solutions that systematically reduce energy consumption as well as on training for these research fields. These include, for example, electro-mobility or the energy-efficient generation, transmission and use of electricity. The duration of this academic cooperation is initially set for six years. Prof. Željko Jakopović, PhD, has been appointed to lead the project. The collaboration is part of Infineon Austria's spillover activities within the Important Project of Common European Interest on Microelectronics (IPCEI ME). More information is available below and photos are in FER's Gallery .

On the eve of the new academic year, FER organised the New Student Orientation Meeting on 28 September 2022, an introductory class for international students attended by more than 100 students from as many as 19 countries from all over the world! We were delighted to welcome students from Bangladesh, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Libya, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, Turkey and the USA! Most students come as part of the Erasmus+ mobility programme and as part of the FER study programmes, which we hold in English. We're also happy to welcome a new generation of students from France who come to us as part of bilateral cooperation, as well as a group of students who participate in the joint study programme Intelligent Field Robotic Systems (IFRoS) in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus programme. Welcome to the FER! Photos of the introductory event can be found here .