Gazi Husref-bey's Madrasah is the oldest educational
institution in BiH and one of rare in the world which has
been continually working for some 470 years. It was
founded on January 8, 1537 by grandson of Turkish
Sultan Bajazid II, the most prominent regent and
benefactor to BiH Gazi Husref-bey, whose Vakufnama
(Endowment) is permanent organization and programme
basis of this school's work. Thanks to Husref-bey's wise
testament that this secondary school should study on
„other things necessary considering tradition and place“
beside religious and traditional sciences, his Madrasah has
always been pedagogically adjusted to conditions and
period of its functioning. Several thousands of alims, imams,
hattibs (preachers in the mosque), muallims, muftis, hafez
and eminent philosophers, artists and scientists have
graduated in Gazi Husref-bey's Madrasah. The Madrasah
operates today as a vocational school that lasts four years.
Tuition is conducted in Bosnian language according to
Curriculum, made by BiH Islamic Community Riaset and
approved by the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of education and
science. Graduates from the Madrasah can continue their
education on each faculty in BiH and many faculties abroad, especially in Islamic world. The Madrasah is a type of boarding school, which enables its students many kinds of activities through different clubs. On this plan, choir club is specially affirmed. The choir club recorded around ten audio and video tapes of "ilahija" and "kasida" (devotional songs). There is also a Magazine „Zemzem“ which has been continually published since 1968. Gazi Husref-bey's
Madrasah operates as a single school with female and male departments
