The introduction and development of scientific psychology and university psychology courses in Croatia stem from psychology courses at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. This history is relevant for all psychologists in Croatia. There have been many texts written on the history of psychology in Croatia, so the aim of this paper are persons and events before the onset of the course at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb and individual developmental stages, where we hope to contribute with lesser-known facts from this early period. This review can be divided into four chronological periods. The first period includes the establishment of the first Chair in psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy in 1929, where the foundations for the separation of psychology from philosophy were set and psychology was formed as an independent discipline. The second period is marked by the work of Ramiro Bujas from 1929 until his retirement in 1949 and his meticulous work in establishing the Chair and an independent study of psychology. The third period encompasses the work of Zoran Bujas at the Department of Psychology until the 1980’s and his retirement in 1981. The final period covers the period from the mid 1980’s until today, which marks a significant increase in the number of staff and students, opening new areas of education and research, particularly in applied psychology.

history of psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, history of the Department of Psychology