A study visit to the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals was organized for students of the third year of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, on December 18, 2013.

On the role of the Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals, as a National Metrology Institution of Serbia, the key aspects of metrology and the existence of national standards as a first condition for developed metrology structure spoke Assistant Director Mr. Boris Laštro.

Education visit continued with a tour of the laboratories for mass, length, sound and volume. In addition to theoretical knowledge of metrology on topics about which they were introduced in class, and on which they have some knowledge, especially in relation to the subject of the study "Production Technologies and Metrology", students had the opportunity to get acquainted with the realized most accurate methods for calibration and dissemination of values of SI units to end users and establishing links with the international standards.