Accreditation Council

The Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Higher Education was appointed by the Agency Management Board at its session held on 4 April 2023. The constituting session of the Accreditation Council was held on 20 April 2023. 

This body is composed of 13 members: six full professors or full professors with tenure, two scientific advisers or scientific advisers with tenure, two teachers elected to the position of professor of professional studies or professor of professional studies with tenure, one full-time student of university studies, one full-time student of professional studies, and one representative of the business sector. 

The scope of work of the Accreditation Council is defined by the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Science(NN 151/22). 

These are the members of the Agency Accreditation Council: 

• Prof. Mirjana Hruškar, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development – Chair; 
• Prof. Ivanka Netinger Grubeša, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the Rectors’ Conference; 
• Prof. Alen Host, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the University of Rijeka;  
• Prof. Danijel Labaš, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the Rectors’ Conference;   
• Prof. Irena Burić, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the University of Zadar; 
• Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the Institute of Archaeology; 
• Nina Popović, Ph.D. – elected at the proposal of the Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences

At its meeting held on 20 June 2023, the Management Board of the Agency for Science and Higher Education appointed the following member of the Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Higher Education:

• Stjepan Lacković, Ph.D. – appointed upon the nomination of the Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences.

At its meeting held on 4 March 2024, the Management Board of the Agency for Science and Higher Education appointed the following member of the Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Higher Education:

• Tihomir Balog, Ph.D. – appointed upon the nomination of the Ruđer Bošković Institute.

At its meeting held on 27 November 2024, the Management Board of the Agency for Science and Higher Education appointed the following member of the Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Higher Education:

• Prof. Boris Ljubanović, Ph.D. – appointed upon the nomination of the Rectors’ Conference and the Deans’ Conference of the Faculties of Law of the Republic of Croatia.

At its meeting held on 5 March 2026, the Management Board of the Agency for Science and Higher Education appointed the following two members of the Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Higher Education:

• Anastassiia Shardakova – appointed upon the nomination of the University of Applied Sciences in Šibenik
• Lovro Šantek – appointed upon the nomination of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.