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The University Information Center
(www.kg.ac.rs/unic.php), was founded
in 1988 and is located at the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering in Kragujevac. It
is the center of the university computer
network and regional center of Serbian
academic network with over 700 PCs on line.
It provides computer support, computer
networks of the university and all faculties,
as well as provision of high-tech network
services, organization of end-users’ training,
desk-top and electronic publishing, etc.
In July 2007, the University of Kragujevac
established the Center for Career
Development and Students Counseling
(www.razvojkarijere.kg.ac.rs), in cooperation
with the Foundation of Crown Prince
Alexander for Culture and Education. The
main goal of the Centre is to establish a
link between the employers and the recently
graduated students, as well as to improve the
level of employability of students, providing
them with various opportunities for jobs,
further education, scholarships, internship,
voluntary work and practical placements in
the leading innovative companies in order to
develop practical skills and better position
on the labor market. Besides, Centre also
aims to provide a wide range of services to
the employers so that the cooperationwould
be successful and a long-term one. It helps
the employers best articulate their needs
and be actively involved in shaping of their
future staff. It also enables them to promote
their companies as socially responsible
ones. The Centre for Career Development
cooperates with many institutions,such
as foreign cultural centres, chambers of
commerce, professional organizations, other
career centres etc.
The Centre for Virtual Manufacturing (CeVIP)
(http://mfkg.kg.ac.rs/centri-fakulteta/centarza-virtuelnu-proizvodnju/)
was founded in 2006
as scientific-research centre of Mechanical
Engineering Faculty Kragujevac, in scope
of the project titled “Virtual Manufacturing
Support for Enterprises in Serbia”. Growth
of CeVIP is driven by increasing knowledge
content in a variety of activities relevant
for development of industry, especially
SMEs. CeVIP is equipped with modern
equipment and specialized software, unique
in Serbia, which facilitates application of
technology for Virtual Manufacturing (VM)
in design of products, tools and processes,
their optimization adapted according to
specific enterprises’ needs. Transfer and
diffusion of these new technologies in
economy is basic aim to support the SMEs
in process of acquiring the innovations. In
line with idea of network knowledge and
transfer technologies, CeVIP has established
Virtual Manufacturing Network – VMnet
as efficient industrial-science link, which
has already more than 800 members from
the WBC region (large companies, SMEs,
R&D organizations, NGO, Agencies for SMEs,
entrepreneurs, experts, managers, engineers,
researchers, students etc.). Broaden of VMnet
is supported within this WBC-VMnet TEMPUS
project (www.wbc-vmnet.rs).
Mission
The fundamental mission of University of Kragujevac is to educate, both through teaching and
through research, the high quality capable young professionals in all study fields that exist at
the university, so that they could be productive in their future professional activities. The aim is
further to train scientists and artists to be able to have critical and creative view in applying their
knowledge in achieving high standards in the scientific and cultural work, as well as to develop
the scientific research at the university itself. The role of University is to contribute, through its
educational and scientific work, to spreading of understanding and collaboration between nations
and peoples, regardless of national and countries borders, to the benefit both of the humanity as
a whole and each individual person. Considering the fact that University of Kragujevac is the only
high education institution in a very large region, its mission is also to help economic, social and
cultural development of this region by providing the scientific and technical support.