About us

The Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac is a state scientific institute that was founded on June 6 2019 by the decree of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. The Institute for Information Technologies is also a new member of the University of Kragujevac. The establishing of the Institute within the University of Kragujevac has created an institutional framework for all the ambitious scientists, who will be given the chance to do research in their country, in line with world trends in their areas of interest.

In the area of ​​Central Serbia, there is no scientific research institute in the fields of natural-mathematical, technical-technological, medical and biotechnical scientific fields. The establishment of a multidisciplinary scientific research institute in the field of information technologies, which permeates all these areas, will enable a significant increase in the scope and quality of scientific research work in several different fields.

The Institute for Information Technologies integrates several scientific fields, through the application of information technologies in natural-mathematical, technical-technological, medical, biotechnical, and social sciences, which establishes closer cooperation among research groups with different research focuses, which will enable a significant increase of scope and quality of scientific research work and improve opportunities for multidisciplinary research. Given the trends in modern science, with the increasing influence of computer science and information and communication technologies, the mission of the Institute will be precisely this connection. The multidisciplinary approach to the research will be one of the guidelines for development so that the Institute will be able to follow the development of modern science.

The scientific research of the Institute is oriented towards fundamental and applied research through the program of basic research and directed basic research, the program of research in the field of technological development, and the program of knowledge and technology transfer and encouraging the application of scientific research results. The establishment of the Institute will significantly improve opportunities for multidisciplinary research.

Cooperation with partners from the economy will create opportunities for additional education of employees in partner companies. The Institute will participate in the implementation of master and doctoral study programs carried out by faculties or the University, which will be designed to fully meet the needs of modern society (economy or public sector).