Education Organization

Age Grade/degree Educational establishments
5-6 0 Preschool
(Predškolsko)
Compulsory Education
6-7 1 Primary school
(Osnovna škola)
Compulsory Education
7-8 2
8-9 3
9-10 4
10-11 5
11-12 6
12-13 7
13-14 8
14-15 1 Gymnasium
(Gimnazija)
Four-year professional
school course
(Četvorogodišnja stručna škola)
Three-year professional
school course
(Trogodišnja stručna škola)
15-16 2
16-17 3
17-18 4
18-19 Medical School (MD)
(Medicinski fakultet)
University
(Univerzitet)
Higher school
(Viša škola)
19-20
20-21 Non-medical bachelor/
Higher school diploma
21-22
22-23 Non-medical master
23-24 Doctor of Medicine
24-25 Medical residency
(Specijalistički staž)
25-26 Non-medical PhD
26-27
27-28 Medical doctorate (MD-PhD)
(Medicinski doktorat)
Medical specialty (MD/Spec)
(Medicinska specijalnost)
28-29 Specialist diploma
29-30 MD-PhD