University specialist study programmes are conducted as two-semester (60 ECTS) or three-semester studies (90 ECTS). The student completes the study by passing all exams and, depending on the enrolled study, passing the final exam and defending the final thesis. Upon completion of the study, the student is awarded the academic title of university specialist with an indication of a profession in accordance with the law.
The Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka has 22 university specialist studies and 9 lifelong learning programmes.
The implementation of study programmes in a particular academic year depends on the call for applications published each academic year and the interest of potential candidates. In accordance with the study programme, the enrolment conditions for university specialist studies are:
- completed relevant university undergraduate and graduate study or university integrated undergraduate and graduate study with obtained 300 ECTS credits
- decision on approval of specialisation / evidence of passed specialist exam
- English language proficiency
- grade point average.
Applicants from the Republic of Croatia and applicants from abroad who have completed a university integrated undergraduate and graduate study can enrol in the study under the same conditions.
General information
Enrolment conditions
The university specialist study can be enrolled by candidates who have completed a university undergraduate and graduate study or university integrated undergraduate and graduate study with obtained 300 ECTS credits or a pre-Bologna four-year university undergraduate study. Candidates must be proficient in at least one of the world languages, and English language proficiency is preferred. Candidates who have completed a previous level of study outside the Republic of Croatia must obtain an academic recognition of a foreign high education qualification in the Republic of Croatia (at the University of Rijeka) and must submit with their application a Decision on Academic Recognition of Foreign High Education Qualification.
STUDY OBLIGATIONS
The student completes the study by passing all exams and, depending on the enrolled university specialist study, passing the final exam and defending the final thesis.
Academic title
Upon fulfilment of all study obligations and completion of the study, the student is awarded the academic title of university master of science with an indication of a profession in accordance with the law (e.g. University Specialist of Orthopedics and Traumatology).
Office of Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning Programmes
Office of Student Affairs – Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka (uniri.hr)
- Office hours of the Office of Student Affairs:
- Monday–Friday from 9 am to 12 pm
Contact persons:
- TAMARA DEKOVIĆ
- E-mail: tamara.dekovic@uniri.hr
- Phone: + 385 51 651 229
- Faculty of Medicine (third floor) Braće Branchetta 20, HR-51000 Rijeka
- PETRA VOLF ŽIKOVIĆ, M.Ec.
- E-mail: petra.volf.zikovic@uniri.hr
- Phone: + 385 51 584 805
- University Campus, Radmile Matejčić 2, HR-51000 Rijeka
List of university specialist study programmes
| University specialist study | Head | |
| 1. | ABDOMINAL SURGERY | Assoc. Prof. Marko Zelić, MD, PhD |
| 2. | ANESTHESIOLOGY, REANIMATOLOGY AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE | Prof. Alan Šustić, MD, PhD |
| 3. | BIOMEDICINE OF DEVELOPMENTAL AGE | Asst. Prof. Kristina Lah Tomulić, MD, PhD |
| 4. | ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETOLOGY | Assoc. Prof. Sanja Klobučar, MD, PhD |
| 5. | GASTROENTEROLOGY | Prof. Davor Štimac, MD, PhD |
| 6. | GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS | Asst. Prof. Aleks Finderle, MD, PhD |
| 7. | EMERGENCY MEDICINE | Prof. Alan Šustić, MD, PhD |
| 8. | MEDICAL ONCOLOGY | Prof. Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, MD, PhD |
| 9. | CARDIOLOGY | Asst. Prof. Vjekoslav Tomulić, MD, PhD |
| 10. | CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY: DRUG TESTING AND ADMINISTRATION | Prof. Vera Vlahović-Palčevski, MD, PhD |
| 11. | CLINICAL RADIOLOGY | Prof. Damir Miletić, MD, PhD |
| 12. | HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT | Prof. Sanja Balen, MD, PhD |
| 13. | FAMILY MEDICINE | Prof. Ines Diminić-Lisica, MD, PhD |
| 14. | OPHTALMOLOGY | Prof. Iva Dekaris, MD, PhD (nominal title) |
| 15. | GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE | Asst. Prof. Goran Poropat, MD, PhD |
| 16. | GENERAL SURGERY | Assoc. Prof. Igor Medved, MD, PhD |
| 17. | ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY | Prof. Veljko Šantić, MD, PhD |
| 18. | HEALTH PROMOTION AND ADDICTION PREVENTION | Asst. Prof. Darko Roviš, PhD |
| 19. | PSYCHIATRY | Prof. Gordana Rubeša, MD, PhD |
| 20. | PULMONOLOGY | Asst. Prof. Igor Barković, MD, PhD |
| 21. | SPORTS AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE | Prof. Viktor Peršić, MD, PhD |
| 22. | ULTRASOUND IN GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS | Prof. Oleg Petrović, MD, PhD |
Tuition fees for university specialist studies
TUITION FEES for university specialist studies
- for Croatian citizens: HRK 12,000.00 / EUR 1,600.00
- for foreign citizens (who are not citizens of EU member states): HRK 20,000.00 / EUR 2,700.00.