The university has ten faculties and one Academy of Fine Arts, with 50 majors, 46 specializations and 70 study groups.

[3] Croatian nationalists claim the roots of the university date back to 1895 when the Franciscan theological school was established in the village of Široki Brijeg.

There are ten faculties, academy of fine arts, eight institutes and the student center within the university.

Bosniak professors were fired and expelled to the parts of the city under control of Bosnian Army.

Subsequently, campus buildings were used to imprison Bosnian Army soldiers and Bosniak citizens of Mostar.