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University of Belgrade History

The University of Belgrade is a public university in Belgrade, Serbia established in the year 1808 as Belgrade Higher School by Dositej Obradovi?. The college was conferred university status in 1905 after King Peter I enacted the Act on Universities. The university was closed in 1941 after the German forces occupied the country. The communist government re-opened the university in 1945 after the liberation of Yugoslavia. The university today, is the oldest and largest university in Serbia and is considered as the center of education and research in Southeast Europe.