Faculty of geography, University of Belgrade: Initiator and development driving force of geograpghy and related sciences and disciplines in Serbia

Abstract

The Faculty of Geography is one of the 31 faculties within the University of Belgrade and with one of the longest tradition among them. It has been established in 1893 year. From the early beginnings up to day, it is the biggest and the most significant geographic institution (by scope and diversity of education programs, by the number of teachers, associates, researchers and realized scientific results) in Serbia, as well as in Balkans, south Eastern Europe, and it could be freely said, in a global scale. In all the phases of his existence, Faculty of Geography is the initiator and driving force of, first of all, scientific and scholar geography and then tourismology, spatial planning, demography and rudiments of geospatial in environment. New scientific ideas and concepts have been developed in Belgrade and then they have been transmitted to the other University centers and geographic institutions in Serbia and neighboring countries.