In April 2002, the Association of Higher Education Institutions was established with the aim of promoting the common interests of higher education institutions and aligning professionally oriented higher education in Croatia with the trends and standards of comparable programmes in Europe, while ensuring opportunities for student mobility and the mutual recognition of professional qualifications.
Today, the Croatian Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences is a body within the Croatian higher education system comprising the deans of the 30 universities of applied sciences operating in the Republic of Croatia.
Its current President is Assistant Professor Željko Sudarić, PhD, Dean of Lavoslav Ružička University of Applied Sciences in Vukovar.