The first professional teaching and scientific geographical institution in Serbia was established in 1893. That year, after defending his doctoral thesis – Das karstphänomen, in Vienna, Jovan Cvijić founded the Geographical Institute at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the Great School, which in 1905 grew into the University of Belgrade. Since its inception, the Geographical Institute, the forerunner of the current Faculty of Geography, has become the initiator of the development of geography and the bearer of organized scientific research in various parts of the Balkan Peninsula, especially in the field of studying settlements, population and geomorphology. Shortly thereafter, in 1910, the Serbian Geographical Society was founded, the first association of geographers in the Balkans.
The Regional Center for Young Talents “Nikola Tesla” Belgrade has been implementing program activities with young scientists for thirty years. Its long-standing experience in working with the school population has been crowned by a large number of organized international Olympiads and international competitions of young scientists, including: ICYS 2014, 2018, 2022 ICYSS 2018, 2019, IGEO 2017, WOSDEP 2022, EGEO 2019, 2021,2022,2023, 2024
