The initiative for the establishment of the University of Osijek was launched in 1975, and it should be noted that on 26 March 1975, the Croatian Parliament adopted the Decision on the approval for the establishment of the University of Osijek, and two months later, on 31 May 1975, the Agreement on the establishment of the University of Osijek, whose signatories were: Faculty of Economics, Agriculture and Food Technology, Agricultural Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from Zagreb to the School of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Teacher Training College in Osijek, Zagreb Music Academy of Music in the Department Osijek, Public Library and Historical Archives in Osijek.