Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb is the oldest political science educational and research institution in this part of Europe and the only programme of political science in The Republic of Croatia.
Faculty of Political Science was founded in 1962. As the oldest Faculty of Political Science in Central, Eastern and South-East Europe, offering political science program since 1962 and journalism programs since 1971, the Faculty of Political Science is an academic institution whose mission is to acquire and transfer knowledge about Croatian state and politics, society, media and its international environment.
Through its research, educational and public activities, the Faculty promotes democratic values, institutions and political culture and offers its academic expertise to the public in the process of public policy formulation, policy implementation, and collective decision-making. Evidence-based policymaking has become even more important since Croatia joined the EU, and the Faculty of Political Science sees it as its mission to actively contribute to these processes.
