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Eurydice

EACEA National Policies Platform:Eurydice

Serbia

Vocational secondary schools in Serbia with alternative structure include education institutions for students of different age than in regular schools or alternative grouping of students, organization of school day and week, curriculum or program structure. These forms of alteration are present mostly in international upper secondary schools and private vocational secondary schools in Serbia.

International upper secondary schools

Key features of the Education System

The education system in Serbia is regulated by the set of education laws, primarily the Law on the Education System Foundations, the Law on Primary Education, the Law on Secondary Education, the Law on Higher Education, and the Law on Adult Education.  

висока школа струковних студија – college of applied studies

An independent higher education institution entitled to organize first and second-cycle study programmes (vocational studies at Bachelor, Master and specialized levels).

вртић – kindergarten

Preschool education and care institution for children from 3 to 5 ½ years old.

2026

There have been no reforms up to date in this area. 

2025

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia has adopted amendments to the Law on Higher Education, which aim to improve the quality of higher education by securing additional budget funds for higher education, developing the relevance of higher education, strengthening the autonomy of universities, and contributing to the further internationalization of higher education.