University Vitez

Programmes taught in English

International Business Administration (MBA)

The International MBA is a second-cycle master programme of the Faculty of Business Economics, run with the UK partner Circle International. It lasts 24 months, is divided into four semesters of 30 ECTS each and adds up to 120 ECTS. Lectures, reading and exams are in English. The programme runs online through the university's distance learning system and is designed for working professionals who want an international business qualification without leaving their job.

The modules follow a clear line. Semester one covers International Business Management, Culture Contexts of International Business Management, International Marketing and Methodology and Technology of Scientific Research 1. Semester two continues with International Marketing Strategy and Sales, International Finance, International Business Strategy and Business Development, and the second research methods module. Semester three brings Ethics and Social Responsibility, International Entrepreneurship, Organisational Change and Management of Information Technology. The fourth semester is reserved for the master dissertation, worth 30 ECTS.

International Business Administration (PhD)

The international doctorate is the third-cycle continuation of the MBA. It runs for three years or six semesters, carries 180 ECTS including the doctoral thesis and is taught and examined in English via distance learning. Modules include a reflective journal, methodology and methods, action research and case study, literature review, a management option, Management of Information Technology and the research proposal, followed by the thesis. Assessment combines the thesis with presentations, projects, case studies, portfolios and reports.

Entrepreneurship Management (Bachelor of Economics)

On its international portal University Vitez publishes a three-year bachelor curriculum in Entrepreneurship Management with 180 ECTS. Year one covers economics, sociology, mathematics, statistics, marketing, management, business informatics and two levels of Business English. Year two moves to microeconomics, macroeconomics, monetary and public finance, accounting, business law, financial management and entrepreneurship. Year three adds human resource management, the economic system of the EU, business decision making, quantitative methods, marketing research, a practical placement and the final thesis. We confirm the current language and study mode of this bachelor with the university for every applicant.

Programmes taught in Bosnian/Croatian

Faculty of Information Technologies

• Information Technologies (bachelor)
• Business Informatics (bachelor)
• Software Engineering (bachelor)

Master studies: Information Technologies, Business Informatics and Cybersecurity. Doctoral studies: Information Technologies and Business Informatics.

Faculty of Business Economics

• Entrepreneurial Management with the tracks Entrepreneurship and Management, Digital Economy and Marketing Management (bachelor)
• Finance, Accounting and Auditing (bachelor)
• Business Informatics (bachelor)

Master studies: Entrepreneurial Management as a two-year programme, and as a one-year programme with the tracks Entrepreneurship and Management, Digital Economy, Marketing Management and Management in Healthcare; Finance, Accounting and Auditing as a one-year programme. Doctoral studies: Entrepreneurial Management and Finance, Accounting and Auditing, plus the English-taught International Business Administration.

Faculty of Health Studies

• Nursing (bachelor)
• Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (bachelor)
• Sanitary Engineering (bachelor)
• Cosmetology (bachelor)

Master studies: Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Sanitary Engineering and Cosmetology. Doctoral studies: Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, and Sanitary Engineering.

Faculty of Law

• General Law (bachelor)
• Security and Criminalistics (bachelor)

Master and doctoral studies: General Law.

Your application to University Vitez goes through us. As an authorised partner of Bosnian universities, Study in Bosnia has contracts with the individual universities and a fixed quota of places per programme and year. We allocate these places on a first-come, first-served basis, provided you meet certain minimum criteria and the visa and entry requirements.

We handle the entire admission for you. We check your eligibility for the programme you want, whether that is the English-taught International MBA or PhD or one of the programmes in Bosnian/Croatian. We organise certified translations and start the nostrification of your previous qualifications. Then we submit your complete application to University Vitez as its authorised partner and stay in contact with the admissions office until your enrolment is confirmed.

Because the MBA and PhD run online, many students study from home. If you want to live in Travnik for part or all of your studies, our local team in Bosnia helps you with the student visa and the residence permit, and we look for a room or flat near the university. One contact person stays with you from the first question to the first semester.

Travnik is a compact historic town of about 53,000 people in the Lašva valley, roughly 90 km northwest of Sarajevo. For almost 150 years it was the seat of the Ottoman viziers of Bosnia. The old fortress above the centre, the painted Coloured Mosque, the old clock towers and the birthplace of Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić all lie within a short walk of each other. It is a town you learn by foot.

University Vitez sits at Školska 23 in Travnik. Most students live in the central streets around the main road through the valley or in the quieter residential areas on the slopes, which keeps everyday distances short. We usually advise students to look for a room in the centre, because shops, the bus station and the university are then all within walking distance and you do not need a car. Vitez, where the university has its legal seat, is 15 km east and easy to reach by regular bus.

Travnik has no tram, but intercity buses connect it well. Sarajevo is about an hour and a half by car or a little longer by bus, and Sarajevo International Airport is the nearest airport. Zagreb and Belgrade are each about five hours by road, and the Adriatic coast near Split is about three and a half hours away. Compared with Sarajevo, Travnik is calmer and noticeably cheaper, while the capital and its universities remain close enough for a day trip.

The climate is continental, at about 514 m above sea level. Summers are warm and dry with 25 to 28 °C, winters are cold with snow. That snow is good news for skiers. Vlašić mountain with the Babanovac ski area is about 25 km from town, and in summer the same slopes are popular for hiking, paragliding and mountain biking.

Food is simple and inexpensive. Travnik is known across the country for its ćevapi and its white Vlašić cheese, and a full lunch in a local restaurant costs around €5 to 8. The Plava voda spring below the fortress, with its cafés and the cold mountain stream, is the favourite meeting point in summer. Travnik is safe and friendly, people are used to visitors, and English is widely understood among younger residents.

Our local office in Bosnia stays in touch after you arrive. We help with your residence registration, a local SIM card and questions about your flat, so you can settle in during the first week.