The University of Zadar has faced a number of challenges in relation to its future growth as Croatia has sought to raise tertiary education attendance to EU levels. Physical conditions at the University have increasingly hindered its development. Lack of space and equipment were constraints for both the expansion into new fields of science and the maintenance of high-quality teaching in the existing fields of expertise.
Under these circumstances, WBIF has allocated a technical assistance grant for the preparation of a Feasibility Study, Designs and Tender Documents for the construction of a new building on the University of Zadar (UNIZD) Campus.
The planned developments included new buildings for natural and technical sciences, including innovation support, an extended library with up-to-date digital and cultural facilities, and dormitories and canteen facilities for an expanded number of students. The library would constitute the University Learning Resource Centre (ULRC) and provide a unique facility incorporating all existing departmental libraries and the science library, run by the City of Zadar. The campus expansion and the addition of the ULRC will allow the University to organise international summer schools and other academic events which will attract international visitors, apart from the regular students.
