The University of Kragujevac was founded on May 21, 1976.

Today the University of Kragujevac has grown into a modern educational and research center embracing almost all major areas of teaching and research, presently comprising 11 faculties with the student population of 14 000 and the academic staff of 1000. These faculties are spread in five towns of Central Serbia region which covers the area populated by 2 500 000 people. The University of Kragujevac offers a wide range of study programs on undergraduate and advanced levels. So far 18 000 students graduated from the University, 600 earned their master's degree and 300 successfully defended their doctoral dissertations.

• University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• University of Kragujevac, Technical Faculty Cacak