European Union funds are a financial instrument through which the European Union provides numerous opportunities to member and candidate countries for the development of the public and private sector. By providing financial incentives to member countries, the European Union seeks to improve the quality of life, increase employment, improve infrastructure, increase digitization, develop entrepreneurship and encourage sustainable development of member countries. An example of good practice is a project entitled "Construction of the building, infrastructure and environment of the student pavilion in the university campus in Osijek", through which the University of Osijek significantly contributed to the increase in the quality of the student standard for students staying in that accommodation. The goal of the project is to increase the quality of life of students at the University of Osijek. The student standard includes accommodation, subsidized meals, tuition subsidies, transportation, student affairs, Internet for students, transportation of students with disabilities. The project is important for the University “Josip Juraj Strossmayer” in Osijek, because it adds to the existing capacity of the student dormitory on the University campus, and the new student pavilion is financed with funds of the European Union. For the purposes of this paper, research was conducted through a questionnaire among students staying in the New Pavilion. The paper research the attitudes of students about increasing the quality of student standards in the domain of accommodation capacities. The goal of the research is to point out the importance of using EU funds with the aim of growing the Croatian economy, with special emphasis on the system and quality of education and student standards.