The Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatian: Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Latin: Universitas studiorum Polensis Georgii Dobrila) is a university located in Pula, Croatia. It was founded in 2006 and is organized in 5 Departments. Establishing the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula at the beginning of 21st century presents important part of restructuring Croatian system of higher education. Grouping the institutions of higher education in an autonomous university and establishing the department-type university is complex project. Foundation of the University of Pula takes in consideration of historical and cultural assumptions of location and development of Istria through past centuries. Historical-traditional, training-educational and other assumptions of cultural development are important factors for founding the University of Pula. The 1950s in Istria were marked with the thought of necessity of more and more people with higher education, especially those in economic and teacher professions. Two prominent Istrian intellectuals, Mijo Mirković and Tone Peruško, gave the decisive impulse of forming that point of view.