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International Summer School 2025

Term 1 (30th June – 13th July, 2025) Term 2 (14th July – 27th July, 2025) Term 3 (28th July – 10th August, 2025)

The International Summer School program hosts students from all over the world who are interested in spending 2 weeks, 4 weeks or 6 weeks learning and experiencing academic excellence in beautiful Croatia. Our Summer School program offers a variety of bachelor and master courses in English, taught by renowned lecturers and researchers. Apart from the in-class academic program, our summer program offers a variety of educational and fun field trips, as well as an additional free elective course Croatian Studies… The rich social program is done through the extensive ZSEM summer buddy program.

Contact for enquires: Ms. Liyuan Tan ltan@zsem.hr

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2, 4 or 6

Week Program

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100

International students

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17

earn up to ECTS

Study Trips

Term 1:
Students will visit National Park Plitvice Lakes, the coastal city of Zadar, and National Park Kornati. The trip lasts 2 days and 1 night, with hostel accommodation included.
Term 2:
Students will visit National Park Krka, the coastal city of Šibenik, and a company visit. The trip lasts 2 days and 1 night, with hostel accommodation included.
Term 3:
Students will visit the Peninsula of Istria and the island of Brijuni. The trip lasts 2 days and 1 night, with hostel accommodation included.
All Terms:
Students from each term will all enjoy a city tour in Zagreb.
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Program

ZSEM International Summer School Program offers courses on the bachelor and master levels. Courses are credited with 5 ECTS / 2.5 US credits. Students can take courses from any of the 3 terms. They can choose only one term, or they can take 2 or even 3 terms. It is possible to choose only one course per term. Additionally, they have the option to choose the elective course Croatian Studies that is accredited with 2 ECTS / 1 US credit and the elective courses are for free.

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Curriculum

  • Term 1: 30th June – 13th July, 2025

    Bachelor

    Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS) Dorian Wild, MSc. /Boris Debić, mag. phys.

    Operations Management (5 ECTS) Andrea Budin, MSc / Goran Oblaković, PhD

    Business Communication and Storytelling (5 ECTS) Zdravka Biočina, PhD

    Social Psychology (5 ECTS) Matej Nakić, mag.psych.

    Geopolitics, Globalization and Business (5 ECTS) Zvonimir Stopic, PhD

    Innovation Management (5 ECTS) Vitaliy Roud, PhD

    Large Language Models (LLMs) in Business and finance (5 ECTS) Andrej Novak,  PhD

    Master

    Leadership (5 ECTS) Borna Jalšenjak, PhD

    Free Elective

    Croatian Studies (2 ECTS) – Ivan Dogan, Mag. phil. & MBA

  • Term 2: 14th July – 27th July, 2025

    Bachelor

    Machine Learning (5 ECTS) Denis Lukić, PhD

    Data and decision making (5 ECTS) Vitaliy Roud, PhD

    Marketing Practice through Smart Data (5 ECTS) Hrvoje Maljak, PhD

    Corporate Finance (5 ECTS) Dina Vasic, MBA

    Design Thinking (5 ECTS) Ivija Bernatović, MBA

    Digital Marketing (5 ECTS) Renato Ostojic, MBA

    Behavioural Economics (5 ECTS) Andrijana Mušura, PhD

    Master

    Data and decision making (5 ECTS) Vitaliy Roud, PhD

    Free Elective

    Croatian Studies (2 ECTTS) Ivan Dogan, Mag. phil. & MBA

  • Term 3: 28th July – 10th August, 2025

    Bachelor

    Operations Management (5 ECTS) Andrea Budin, MSc / Ivan Dogan, Mag. phil. & MBA

    Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS) Dorian Wild, MSc. /Boris Debić, mag. phys.

    Consumer Behavior (5 ECTS) Matej Nakić, mag.psych.

    Master

    Innovation Management (5 ECTS) Vitaliy Roud, PhD

    Free Elective

    Croatian Studies (2 ECTS) – – Andrija Piskač, PhD

Tuition fees

  • Only One Term
    REGULAR FEE
    EARLY BIRD FEE (for payments until April 28th)
    PARTNERS FEE (for students of ZSEM partner Universities)
    Term 1
    1.600 EUR
    1.100 EUR
    900 EUR
    Term 2
    1.600 EUR
    1.100 EUR
    900 EUR
    Term 3
    1.600 EUR
    1.100 EUR
    900 EUR
  • Two or More Terms
    REGULAR FEE
    EARLY BIRD (for payments until April 27th)
    PARTNERS FEE (for students of ZSEM partner Universities)
    2 Terms (1+2) or (2+3)
    2.200 EUR
    1.600 EUR
    1.350 EUR
    3 Terms (1+2+3)
    2.800 EUR
    2.100 EUR
    1.790 EUR
  • Deadlines
    April 20th, 2025
    June 1st, 2025
    Early-bird application deadline
    Application deadline

Payment Instructions

  • Payment Instructions

    Payment Instructions:

    Payments to ZSEM can be made online or via bank transfer :
    1. Online payment: 
    Please follow this link:
    Select the “Summer cycle” on the webpage and enter the amount you are supposed to pay for the Summer School according to your application.
    2. Bank transfer: 
    Account title: Zagreb School of Economics and Management
    Address: Vukasovićeva 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
    Bank name: Privredna banka Zagreb
    Address of the bank: Račkoga 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
    SWIFT: PBZGHR2X
    IBAN: HR 15 2340 0091 1100 7368 2
    NOTE: for both forms of payment, need to be done in Euro!
  • What's included in the tuition fee?

    • Course from the International Summer School
    course list (5 ECTS / 2.5 US credits)
    • Elective Course (2 ECTS / 1 US credits)
    • 2 days study trip to National Park, the city of Zadar / Šibenik
    • Company visit
    • Welcome dinner
    • Moodle E-learning access
    • All study materials

    Refund policy

    For cancellations before April 27th, a full refund will be issued minus 10% administrative fees.
    For cancellations after April 27th, a partial refund will be issued in the amount of 50% of the tuition fee.
    For cancellations after June 1st, no refund will be issued.

    ZSEM reserves the right to cancel a course in case there are not enough applicants. In this case ZSEM will offer another option or refund the fees.

    Accommodation: We recommend renting an apartment through our partner housing agencies:
    www.homeinzagreb.com
    www.grabahome.com

    Students are also free to find their own accommodation through other agencies.
    Students also can choose to apply for the students’ dormitory through ZSEM (this is the
    cheapest option, but Wi-Fi is not guaranteed in the dormitory).

  • Application Process
    1. Application Submission
    2. Application Confirmation from ZSEM
    3. Registration documents submission & Tuition fee payment
    4. Acceptance letter from ZSEM

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Other information

All students are required to have health and travel insurance from their home country prior to their arrival in Croatia. This type of insurance must be valid in case any health services will need to be used while staying in Croatia. Any questions and support students may require prior to arrival and during their stay can be directed to the Program Coordinator.