Professor Suad Bećirović was born on May 4, 1981 in Freudenstadt, Germany. He completed his undergraduate academic studies in economics at the University of Reutlingen in Germany in 2004. He finished his master thesis in the field of banking and finance at the International University in Novi Pazar in 2007 by defending the thesis entitled “The Islamic Financial System”. He completed his doctoral studies in 2009 at the International University in Novi Pazar by defending the dissertation with the title “Interest – a comparative study about the role of interest in financial and monetary systems.” The doctoral dissertation in the field of finance was written and defended in English. In 2007, he started his teaching career as teaching assistant at the International University of Novi Pazar. Since 2009 he has been teaching subjects in the field of finance at the International University in Novi Pazar. In February 2014, he was appointed acting rector, and in October 2014, he was elected rector of the International University in Novi Pazar. He is the author and co-author of more than seventy scientific and professional papers written in Bosnian, Serbian, English and German, mostly published in international journals. Special research interests are finance (especially Islamic finance) and economic development. He also took part in the implementation of numerous research projects and is also very active in public life. He speaks German and English fluently. He is married and the father of two children.