The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian: Univerzitet u Sarajevu/Универзитет у Сарајеву) is the largest and oldest university in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the second oldest institution of tertiary education in the ex-Yugoslav states. It was originally established in 1531 as an Ottoman Islamic law college; the university in its modern, secular incarnation being established and effectively added to that in 1949. Today, with 23 faculties and around 50,000 enrolled students, it ranks among the largest universities in Europe in terms of enrollment. Since opening its doors in 1949, 122,000 students received bachelor's degrees, 3,891 received master's degrees and 2,284 received doctorate degrees in 45 different fields.
It is now widely regarded as the most prestigious university in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and employs more than one thousand faculty members.
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