University for business engineering and management was established in 2003 as a first privately financed university in social sciences in the Republic of Srpska. From the beginning of the University, its Institute for research and development started with the integration in the regional research context.

So far, the Institute have performed numerous projects for the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Srpska (some of them are: “Development of the Republic of Srpska’s economy competitiveness in the process of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration in WTO and EU”, “Contribution of economic diplomacy to the development of the Republic of Srpska’s economy competitiveness in the process of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration in WTO and EU “, “ Building the tourist image of Banja Luka and the role of diplomacy in promotion of tourist potentials of Banja Luka”, “Study of establishing business incubators in Republic of Srpska”, etc.). Apart from these, the Institute has made a “Strategy for development of trade in Republic of Srpska until year 2018.” for Ministry of Trade in the Republic of Srpska Government.

The Institute is financed from individual projects and the University provides material infrastructure. All the professors, assistant professors and assistants with master grade that are engaged at the University (34 professors and assistant professors, 21 assistants with master grade and 12 administrative assistants) work on projects at the Institute, depending on the project topic and their expertise.

FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RESEARCHERS

As for the openness to external users, the research facilities and infrastructure are the property of the University for business engineering and management, and only units of the university (and the Institute is one of them) can use the infrastructure. However, cooperation with other research institutions is possible on contractual basis (joint venture projects, consortiums, etc.). Interested parties from industry (business) contact representatives of the University (Institute) and Institute perform the task (usually analysis, market valuations, etc.). New users are being attracted by promoting university and experts that are working on it.

University (and Institute) have around 2.800 m2 modern, sophisticated and, for our environment, elite classrooms, library, and other interior needed for making presentations and meetings in projects. We have 2 classrooms with 30 PC each, and every office and classroom is equipped with PC, projectors, and when necessary TV and DVD equipment.