Classification exam

The admission exam will be held ONLY for candidates who have completed a professional undergraduate study programme (university of applied sciences) on Monday, September 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM.

About the Admission Exam

Candidates are asked to wait in front of the Student Office.

The admission exam consists of a total of 40 points.

The admission exam will test fundamental knowledge from various areas depending on the study programme. For each study programme, the area of knowledge testing is specified.

Important Notes

Candidates are required to come to the admission exam without a special notice.
Candidates must bring an ID card, and foreign nationals must bring a passport.
If a candidate does not come to the exam at the scheduled time or does not have an identification document, they will be considered to have withdrawn.
Candidates who achieve a minimum of 60% of points in each area enter the ranking list based on their relative grade point average.
The head of the graduate study programme will determine the differential exams/semester/year for candidates who pass the admission exam.

Literature for Preparation

1 BIOCHEMISTRY

J.M. Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer, Biochemistry, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2013.

2 ENGINEERING

S. Stanišić, Lectures on Unit Operations – available in the library
Script, Unit Operations 1 – available in the library
Script, Unit Operations 2 – available in the library
A. Ibarz, G. V. Barbosa-Canovas, Unit Operations in Food Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003.
M. Hraste, Mechanical Operations, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, 1990.
Lovrić, T. (2003) Processes in the Food Industry with Fundamentals of Food Engineering.

3 MICROBIOLOGY

Duraković S., Food Microbiology, University Textbook, Medicinska naklada, Zagreb, 1990.

4 BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

V. Marić and B. Šantek, Biochemical Engineering, Golden marketing d.o.o., Zagreb, 2009.

5 NUTRITION SCIENCE

Z. Šatalić, M. Sorić, M. Mišigoj Duraković (2016) Sports Nutrition. Znanje d.o.o. – chapters 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4-6 and 9.2
Sanja Kolaček, Iva Hojsak, Tena Niseteo (2016) Nutrition in General and Clinical Pediatrics, Medicinska naklada. Chapters 1., 2., 3.1. and 3.2.
Ellie Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes (2013) Understanding Nutrition, 13th ed., Wadsworth. Chapters 8, 9 and 14-20.
Katica Antonić Degač, Vlasta Hrabak-Zerjavic, Hubert Maver, Elika Mesaroš Kanjski, Zrinka Petrovic, Željko Reiner, Marija Strnad Draško Šerman (2002) Dietary Guidelines for Adults. Croatian Institute of Public Health.
Katica Antonić Degač, Antoinette Kaić-Rak, Elika Mesaroš-Kanjski, Zrinka Petrović, Dietary Guidelines for Children (2003) Croatian Institute of Public Health.