Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2025.62.156.229
Is the Program Contract in Higher Education an Administrative Contract?
Ivica Šušak
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to determine the legal nature of program contracts as a contractual
model of public financing of public higher education in the Republic of Croatia. For this purpose, the
paper first elaborates the model of contractual program financing of higher education, then presents
the historical development of the normative regulation of the program contract in the Republic of
Croatia. The subject, content and basic characteristics of the positive law regulation of the program
contract are given, as well as its comparison with the administrative contract. The importance of the
public law characteristics of the program contract is emphasized, with an emphasis on the public interest. Different models of program financing are indicated through a comparative analysis of
Austrian and Slovenian law. Program contracts are categorized as administrative contracts, i.e.
public law, but do not fall under the legal regime of administrative contracts.
Keywords
higher education; financing; program contract; public interest; legal nature; administrative contract
Hrčak ID:
333802
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2025.
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