6 July 2026
Deadline for submitting applications
11 July 2026
Arrival of the participants in student dormitories
12 July 2026
11:00 – 12:00 Serbian language placement test
12:00 – 13:30 Introductory tour around the city of Novi Sad
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
15:00 Announcement of the results of the placement test and formation of the groups
13 July 2026
9:00 Beginning of the classes
18 July 2026
Excursion
25 August 2026
Excursion
1 August 2026
10:00 Assessment of the participants’ achievement (final examination)
18:00 Presentation of Certificates of Proficiency
2 August 2026
Departure from the student dormitories in the morning (until 12:00)
Language practice classes
Every workday (Monday to Friday), there are 5 language practice classes, as follows:
- classes from 9:00 to 11:00,
- break from 11:00 to 11:30,
- classes from 11:30 to 13:15.
Lectures
During the first, second and thirds weeks of the School (14 – 30 July), two lecture classes a day are organized in the following areas:
- Serbian Language (Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics),
- Serbian Literature (Folk and Oral, Medieval and Contemporary),
- National History (Middle Ages and recent history),
- Economics,
- Political Sociology.
The lectures are in Serbian.
The lectures are organized in the areas and on the topics chosen by the participants at the beginning of the School. The participants will be asked to state their preferences on the placement exam sheet.
The lectures are held from 17:00 to 18:30.
Excursion
A visit to one of the towns in the Province of Vojvodina: Subotica, Sombor (in the Bačka region), Kikinda, Vršac (in the Banat region), Sremska Mitrovica, Ruma (in the Srem region)
Local excursions
A tour of the monasteries of Fruška Gora
The sights of Novi Sad
A tour around the famous cultural and socio-political institutions Matica srpska [Serbian Cultural Centre], galleries and museums, the Executive Council of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina etc.
A tour of the Petrovaradin Fortress
Screening of recently produced Serbian films
Literary events:
- A lecture on eminent Serbian writers,
- A meeting with present-day Serbian writers
Gallery of school activities