institut

1. institute
   Moja sestra radi u Institutu za fiziku. — My sister works at the Institute of Physics.
   Institut je objavio nove podatke o zagađenju. — The institute published new data on pollution.
2. formal (in law) institution; legal concept
   Zakon uvodi institut zajedničkog starateljstva. — The law introduces the concept of joint custody.

Institut primarily denotes a research or specialist institution. Russian «институт» meaning a higher-education institution corresponds, depending on the institution, to fakultet, visoka škola or univerzitet.