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The '''University of Zagreb''' ({{lang-hr|Sveučilište u Zagrebu}}, {{IPA-sh|sʋe.ǔt͡ʃiliʃte u zâgrebu|pron}}; {{lang-la|Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis}}) is the largest [[Croatia]]n [[university]] and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of [[Vienna]] and all of [[Southeastern Europe]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Liz |last2=Wright |first2=Malcolm |title=Institutional Transformation to Engage a Diverse Student Body|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |date=2011 |pages=236 |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=69GrAYq0lMkC |page=236 }} |isbn=9780857249036}}</ref> The University of Zagreb and the [[University North]] are the only public universities operating in [[Northern Croatia|Northern]] and Central Croatia.
The history of the University began on September 23, 1669, when the Holy Roman Emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] issued a decree granting the establishment of the ''Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb''. The decree was accepted at the Council of the Croatian Kingdom on November 3, 1671. The Academy was run by the [[Jesuits]] for more than a century until the order was dissolved by [[Pope Clement XIV]] in 1773. In 1776, Empress [[Maria Theresa]] issued a decree founding the ''Royal Academy of Science'' which succeeded the previous Jesuit Academy. Bishop [[Josip Juraj Strossmayer]] proposed the founding of a University to the [[Croatian Parliament]] in 1861. Emperor [[Franz Joseph
The University is composed of 29 faculties, 3 art academies and 1 university center with more than 70,000 students.
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