[6] The University schools that had previously existed in Novi Sad since 1954, the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Agriculture, Law, Medicine, Technology, Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, were merged into one entity.

[7] The faculties and institutes of the University of Novi Sad are situated in four historic cities of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the north of the Republic of Serbia.

The seat of the university is in Novi Sad, with the central campus situated on the bank of the river Danube, in the vicinity of Petrovaradin Fortress (built in the 18th century), and the old city center.

[9] Resulting from a special agreement on cooperation, researchers, professors and students have access to the Matica Srpska Library,[10] the oldest Serbian scientific and cultural institution, founded in 1826, which offers more than three million publications.

With the support of the Faculty of Technical Sciences, around 200 start-up and spin-off companies have been founded,[12] mainly in the IT sector, employing young engineers who graduated from the University of Novi Sad.

[citation needed] The Academic Culture and Art Society of the University of Novi Sad "Sonja Marinković" is known for its successful performances at festivals in the country and abroad.