FTN; Serbian: Факултет техничких наука Универзитета у Новом Саду, romanized: Fakultet tehničkih nauka Univerziteta u Novom Sadu) is a higher education institution located in Novi Sad, an independent part of the University of Novi Sad.
With Novi Sad's charter as a university a month later, on 28 June 1960, the faculty became an integral part of it.
The Faculty began its work with seven teachers and ten assistants in the modified building of Technical School.
The first dean of the newly opened faculty was Evgenije Čupić, and the first Chief of FTN council was Marko Bačlija.
In 1962 the faculty acquired the Pedagogical Center building, where higher courses of studies were held.
An additional 890 m2 of laboratory and cabinet space was built for the Department for Power, Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Needing greater facilities, in 1979 the city of Novi Sad gave the Faculty the use of the former Factory of Mechanical Parts (TMD).
Faculty of Technical Sciences offers a very prominent educational profile for prospective engineers, which ranks it among the most developed institutions in the field of technology in our country.
[citation needed] Faculty of Technical Sciences is organized as a unique complex institution comprising smaller organizational units such as departments, chairs, research centres, registrar offices, etc.
The Faculty of Technical Studies is located in seven buildings over an area of 29,000 m2 in the middle of the University campus in Novi Sad.
The Faculty was the first one in the former Yugoslavia to certificate its quality control system according to the international standards ISO 9001 at the SFRY Federal Bureau for Standardization and at the International Certificate Organization RWTÜV from Essen, Germany.
Based on the recommendations of the university (initiated by the FTS), the Rules on completion of the studies and acquisition of a title by the Law on Higher Education was adopted.
Faculty scientific and research activities are carried out in modern laboratories and computer centre.
FTS publishes the following journals: The Faculty is a co-publisher of the following journals: The strategic directions of cooperation with industry are oriented to the following areas: Faculty of Technical Sciences currently signed more than 320 contracts with various commercial organizations.
The Faculty offers its services in resolving the current problems of the economy in the following areas: The Faculty of Technical Sciences is strongly involved in the cooperation with a large number of scientific institutions worldwide, within the scope of its activities.