The origin of the University of Belgrade can be tracked down to the beginning of the 19th century when Dositej Obradović founded the University in 1808. The periods of the Higher School (1808-1813), the Lyceum (1838-1863), the Higher School (1863-1905), and the University (1905-) can be distinguished in terms of time development.
Dositej Obradović | 1808
Ivan Jugović | 1808 – 1809
Miljko Radonić | 1809 – 1813
Atanasije Nikolić | 1839/40
Isidor Stojanović | 1840/41, 1845/46
Konstantin Branković | 1841/42, 1846/47, 1851/52-1852/53
Gavrilo Popović | 1842/43
Ignjat Stanimirović | 1843/44
Sergije Nikolić | 1844/45
Janko Šafarik | 1847/48
Sava Jovšić | 1848/49
Emilijan Josimović | 1849/50
Vuk Marinković | 1850/51
Kosta Cukić | 1851 (1850/51)
Rajko Lešjanin | 1853/54 – 1855/56
Vuk Marinković | 1856/57 – 1858/59
Konstantin Branković | 1859/60-1862/63
Konstantin Branković | 1863/64 – 1864/65
Sergije Nikolić | 1865/66
Stojan Marković | 1866/67 – 1867/68, 1878/79 – 1880/81
Josif Pančić | 1868/69 – 1874/75
Alimpije Vasiljević | 1875/76
Emilijan Josimović | 1874/75, 1876/77
Stojan Bošković | 1877/78
Dimitrije Nešić | 1881/82 – 1883/84, 1892/93 – 1893/94
Pantelija-Panta Srećković | 1884/85, 1890 (1889/1990)
Kosta Alković | 1885/86, 1891/92, 1894/95
Jovan S. Bošković | 1886/87
Svetomir Nikolajević | 1888/89 – 1889/90
Sima Lozanić | 1890/91, 1905/06
Svetislav Vulović | 1893/94
Vojislav Bakić | 1895/96, 1897/98
Jovan Žujović | 1896/97
Gligorije-Gliša Geršić | 1898/99
Nikola I. Stamenković | 1898/99-1899/1900
Kosta Glavinić | 1900/01
Milan Jovanović-Batut | 1901/02
Marko T. Leko | 1902/03-1903/04
Sava Urošević | 1904/05, 1908/09-1909/10
Sima Lozanić, chemist | 1905/06
Jovan Cvijić, geographer | 1906/07, 1919/20
Andra J. Stevanović, architect | 1907/08
Sava Urošević, mineralogist | 1908/09-1909/10
Bogdan Gavrilović, mathematician | 1910/11-1912/13, 1921/22-1923/24
Slobodan Jovanović, lawyer and historian | 1913/14, 1920/21
Đorđe Stanojević, physicist | 1913/14-1918/19
Jovan Cvijić, geographer | 1919/20
Slobodan Jovanović, lawyer and historian | 1920/21
Bogdan Gavrilović, mathematician | 1921/22-1923/24
Pavle Popović, literary historian | 1924/25-1926/27
Čedomilj Mitrović, lawyer | 1927/28-1929/30
Vladimir P. Mitrović, hydrotechnical engineer | 1930/31 – 1931/32
Vladimir K. Petković, geologist | 1931/32 – 1932/33
Aleksandar Belić, philologist |1932/33 – 1933/34
Ivan Đaja, biologist and physiologist |1933/34 – 1934/35
Vladimir Ćorović, historian | 1934/35 – 1935/36
Dragoslav B. Jovanović, lawyer | 1935/36 – 1938/39
Petar Micić, civil engineer | 1939/40 – 1941/42
Nikola Popović, philosopher and historian of philosophy | 1941/42 – 1943/44
Stevan Jakovljević, biologist | 1945/46 – 1949/50
Ilija Đuričić, veterinary physician | 1950/51 – 1951/52, 1954/55
Vukić Mićović, chemist | 1952/53 – 1953/54
Ilija Đuričić, veterinary physician | 1954/55 – 1955/56
Borislav T. Blagojević, lawyer | 1956/57 – 1962/63
Božidar S. Đorđević, physician | 1963/64 – 1966/67
Dragiša Ivanović, electro-mechanical engineer | 1967/68 – 1970/71
Jovan Gligorijević, veterinary physician | 1971/72 – 1974/75
Dragoslav Janković, lawyer | 1975/76 – 1976/77
Miroslav Pečujlić, lawyer | 1977/78 – 1980/81
Vojislav M. Petrović, endocrinologist | 1981/82 – 1984/85
Zoran Pjanić, economist | 1985/86 – 1986/87
Slobodan Unković, economist | 1987/88 – 1990/91
Rajko Vračar, engineer of metallurgy | 1991/92 – 1992/93
Dragutin Veličković, biochemist and enzymologist | 1993/94 – 1996/97
Dragan Kuburović, professor of dental medicine | 1997/98
Jagoš Purić, physicist | 1998/99 – 1999/2000
Marija Bogdanović, sociologist | 2000/01 – 2003/04
Dejan Popović, lawyer | 2004/05 – 2005/06
Branko Kovačević, electrical engineer | 2006/07 – 2011/12
Vladimir Bumbaširević, physician | 2012/13 – 2017/18
Ivanka Popović, technology engineer | 2018/19 – 2020/21
Vladan Đokić, architect | 2021/22 –