The Belgrade Open School (BOS) is a non-profit civil society organization founded in 1993. BOS develops and networks change-makers, enhances public policies, and connects the public, business, and civil sectors to build a resilient society based on knowledge, partnership, and accountability.

Future Studies aim to familiarize students with major global trends and challenges facing the contemporary world. These studies are intended to answer how modern society is shaped by drawing on past experiences, while also exploring questions crucial to the social, cultural, political, and anthropological development of humanity. By recognizing and understanding the future, there is a greater likelihood that everyone will find and define their place in significant civilizational and historical events, which already shape everyday life. Future Studies aim to stimulate interest and debate on the most significant directions of the third decade of the 21st century and provide students with insights into the key questions that humanity will face in the future. In addition to acquiring diverse knowledge, Future Studies also aim to equip participants with practical skills essential for both professional and personal development. The skills gained through Future Studies help students take their first steps into the job market, transitioning from the world of education to the world of work.

Educational programs for selected students at the Belgrade Open School until 2015 were implemented through the Department for Advanced Undergraduate Studies (DAUS). The formation of the Department for Advanced Undergraduate Studies, as well as its development, parallels the formation and development of the Belgrade Open School itself. The Belgrade Open School was established in November 1993 as an educational program of Credibel Bank aimed at the most talented students of economics and psychology. It changed its name to Belgrade Open School in 1996. From October 1996 to June 1998, the Main Program was organized for the best students. From October 1998 to June 2000, two one-year programs ran concurrently: the Main Program and the Open Program. From October 2000 to June 2007, two programs were organized: the Main Program and the European Union and Balkans Program. The Main Program consisted of multidisciplinary modules in social and human sciences, skills modules, and a tutoring program, while the European Union and Balkans Program focused on analyzing and interpreting legal, political, economic, and cultural aspects of European integration. This type of program did not exist in the formal education system of Serbia at that time. The one-year academic program of Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Studies was organized from October 2007 to June 2012. It was designed for selected senior students who wanted to expand their knowledge in civic culture, civil society values, European integration, and acquire skills useful for their future professional work. The Future Studies program began in the academic year 2012/2013 and aims to familiarize students with the main global trends and challenges facing the modern world, while also providing them with skills important for professional and personal development.

The goal of the Future Studies program is to annually provide outstanding students with opportunities to acquire new knowledge and skills crucial for their further professional and personal development. This comprehensive objective is achieved through several sub-goals reflected in various components of the program. Thus, students in the Future Studies program gain new knowledge and skills, have the opportunity to collaborate with prominent mentors, receive psychological support, and much more.

The program is intended for students in their third and fourth year of undergraduate studies, as well as master's studies, from all faculties in Serbia, who enroll in the program by the age of 27. Students of Future Studies are those who want to discover and learn more, those who aim to improve themselves and the world around them.

The selection process for the Future Studies program involves three steps.

1. The first step involves filling out the application form and submitting a resume within the form. Detailed information can be found on the Future Studies website, a subsection of the Belgrade Open School.

2. The second round includes personality and ability tests conducted by a professional psychologist.

3. The third step involves an interview with the commission.

Applications open each year in May, and for the academic year 2024/2025, they are open from May 15 to June 30, 2024.

The program lasts one academic year. It is realized through the lectures and workshops on program units dedicated to the acquisition of knowledge and skills, which are held twice a week for 90 minutes each, as well as a mentoring program and other free activities. The first semester lasts from October to the end of December of the current year, and the second from February to May of the following year.
The October - May schedule refers only to lectures and workshops on the Future Studies educational program, while other activities on the program, such as the mentoring program and other activities, are carried out according to a different schedule that is presented to them at the beginning of the academic year.
Classes are held in the premises of the Belgrade Open School, Bulevar oslobodenja 177.

Future Studies is a program whose topics and lecturers are defined and proposed by members of the Program Committee, which consists of: Marinko Vučinić, Dobrivoje Lale Erić, Tamara Vlastelica, Pavle Nedić and Mina Kuzminac.
Lecturers and collaborators on the program are university professors, scientific collaborators from various institutes, people from public administration, non-governmental sector, media, business sector, economy. The Belgrade Open School supports the engagement of its alumni, who today hold various positions in all sectors and areas.

The Future Studies program includes topics related to the main challenges and trends that affect the development of humanity, comparing the world, Europe, the region and Serbia. By participating in the Future Studies program, students get a unique opportunity to acquire new and different knowledge, as well as numerous practical skills that are of key importance for success in the modern world. Also, through the Program, students get the opportunity to connect with extremely successful individuals who can guide them, and provide them with help and support in their professional development. Also, it is particularly important that through the Program, students from different faculties get to know and connect each year, and have the opportunity to get to know students from other faculties, and to exchange knowledge and experience, and form and long-standing friendships.

Belgrade Open School covers most of the costs of the program, and students participate in the amount of 20,000.00 dinars (including VAT), which can be paid in 5 equal monthly payments.

The alumni organization was founded in 1998 and today gathers over 1,300 former students. The goal of the Alumni organization is to connect former students of BOS in order to strengthen the network of young educated leaders who will occupy significant positions in various sectors of society and thus participate in the process of transition to democracy and market economy.
The quality of BOS's programs, the knowledge and skills that students acquire during their education at BOS become an exceptional recommendation for promising jobs in numerous fields. Members of the Belgrade Open School Alumni Organization are employed at faculties, institutes, companies, banks, governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations and political parties.
A large number of alumni have built or continue to build their careers abroad, where they work for large corporations, the World Bank, the International Tribunal for War Crimes in The Hague, etc. A significant number of BOS alumni teach at the university and are collaborators of scientific institutes. They are in a position to spread different work methods and influence the development and modernization of the university. BOS students are assistants, docents, part-time and regular professors at the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology and Faculty of Physical Culture. However, the largest number of alumni work in the for-profit sector in the Republic of Serbia. Thus, they work in leading banks, consulting firms, brokerage houses, law firms, pharmaceutical industry, construction companies, etc.
A significant number of alumni have completed or are completing postgraduate studies in the United States of America, Great Britain (Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham), Italy (European University in Florence, University of Bologna), Hungary (Central European University), Belgium (European College in Bruges), the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and Germany.