15th CASEE Conference “Green Transitions in Agriculture, Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and Food Systems Under a Changing Climate“ was held from 25th to 26th June 2025 Novi Sad, Serbia. Three DAFM students, currently at 2nd year of study programme at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad. They presented following abstracts:
Shanika Gajanayake: Regenerative agriculture practices in Martonoš: enhancing soil health and microbial activity (authors: Shanika Gajanayake, Borislav Banjac, Branko Cupina, Svetlana Vujić, Velimir Mladenov; oral)
David John Okoronkwo: Water footprint labelling could empower food consumers to make water-conscious decisions (authors: David John Okoronkwo, Simon Chidera Ugwoke, Zorica Srđević; poster)
Simon Chidera Ugwoke: Collaborative resource utilization of forage species in pure and mixed stands (authors: Simon Chidera Ugwoke, Svetlana Vujić, Đorđe Krstić, Sanja Vasiljević, Branko Ćupina; oral)

​Panel discussion on future of education held at University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture on 29th May 2025. Faculty representatives, researchers, and student consultants came together for a panel discussion moderated by DAFM student Timea Varga, marking the beginning of an ongoing dialogue on adapting higher education to meet evolving needs.
Key Focus Areas were:

• Insights from DAFM student research on learning experiences
• Perspectives from distinguished panellists from across the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
• Together they explored practical experience, curriculum adaptation, new teaching methods and how to adapt them to the needs of the new generation

This event is part of a larger student-driven research initiative in collaboration with IVCG, aimed at shaping a more responsive, innovative learning environment. With faculty and students working together, feedback is transformed into actionable strategies for future improvements.

60th Croatian and 20th International Symposium on Agriculture was held from 1st to 6th June 2025 in Bol, Island Brač, Croatia. Four DAFM students from intake 2, currently at 2nd year of study programme at University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, participated at the Symposium. They presented following abstracts:
Miko Keno R. Cruz: Exploring the insecticidal potential of caffeine for the control of Halyomorpha halys: preliminary results (authors: Miko Keno R. Cruz, Marko Vinceković, Helena Virić Gašparić, Darija Lemić, Ivana Pajač Živković; poster)
Keuni Elvire Desiree: Carbon sequestration potential of Virginia Mallow (Sida hermaphrodita L.) (authors: Keuni Elvire Desiree, Darija Bilandžija; poster)
Shamsul Islam Shipar: Harnessing plant-associated bacteria from stressed environments to enhance crop resilience to drought and salinity (authors: Shamsul Islam Shipar, Taylar Austin, Raphael Ofoe, Lord Abbey, Cserháti Mátyás, Ivana Rajnovic, Rhea Lumactud; poster)
Tímea Varga: The role of sustainable finance in the green transition of the agribusiness sector (authors: Tímea Varga, Mario Njavro, Jiří Mach; oral)

All selected students: 62
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All scholarship holders: 18
All tuition fee waived: 44
Starting at MATE: 36
Starting at CZU: 26
 
We wish our selected students smooth visa/residence permit application process!

The offers for scholarshipholders and tuition free waives have been sent out, those who were under the threshold have been rejected. Those who have not got any notifications are on the reserve-list, please be patient! Thank you!
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Please be aware the mobility tracks will be confirmed approx. in May and it is the decision of the Selection Committee.

The DAFM coordination has received many emails from applicants who were not able to complete their interviews on the last day due to technical issues, unstable internet connection, travelling etc. We are sorry for the inconvenience, however we strongly advised in the invitation to complete the process that takes less than 10 minutes and does not require any preparation as soon as possible.
To be able to keep our timeline and to offer a fair and objective procedure we are not able to make exceptions after the expired deadline.
Thank you for understanding!
            
All applicants who have not been invited for the interview, or have not completed the interview process have been informed and rejected.
Thank you for your application, and in the name of the DAFM Consortium we wish you all the best for your future career!
 
Results of the selection process is expected by March 17, 2025
 
            Thank you for your patience!

Invitations for the interview process as the second part of the selection process have been sent out to the top 198 applicants.
Deadline for completing the interview 5 days from the invitation,  which is February 26th.

​The prescreening of 1434 applications has been completed.
All candidates, who did not fulfil the academic or the formal requirements, have been informed via DreamApply.
Thank you very much for applying, and in the name of the DAFM Consortium we wish you all the best for your future academic path!
 
All other candidates, who have not received any message via DreamApply, have been forwarded to the Selection Committee and are under currently under evaluation.
Invitations for the interview process are estimated for the end of February.
Thank you for your patience!

No of submitted application: 1434

Thank you!
 
Pre-screening is in progress, to screen the applications formally and academically.
Approx. 150 candidates will be invited to an online interview process. Details will follow.
As soon as we have some info, we will inform you here on the website.

For Erasmus + countries it is still open until 31st March, 2025.