Education
Internationalisation in educational activities

We started developing a network of universities with which we seek to establish long-term, comprehensive and in-depth cooperation. As a rule, the University concludes strategic cooperation agreements with them.

KATJA CERJAK
Assistant Secretary General at the University Office for International Relations

To make the University of Ljubljana the leading university in the wider region, the University is increasing its involvement in international research projects along with the volume of funds thus acquired. In the 2012-2020 period, the number of student exchanges is set to increase by a third and the number of foreign students, professors and researchers is set to increase by a quarter.

In 2015, the University of Ljubljana Internationalisation project was completed. Within its scope the University obtained five foreign professors, hosted 140 appearances by foreign experts and held 19 international workshops for students and 11 international workshops for professors and associates.

The University of Ljubljana has 79 foreign citizens employed full-time, 30 of whom are professors. 637 foreign professors and associates participated in the study process of one or at least a part of a course, which was 176 (38 percent) more than in 2014.

Within the scope of exchange programmes, 429 University professors and associates went abroad on exchange, i.e. 151 (54 percent) more than in 2014. In 2015, 419 students received practical training abroad, 122 students (41 percent) more than in 2014. Students going abroad on student exchange totalled 1325, and 1813 students came to study from abroad. The University also successfully applied to the Erasmus+ mobility project with partner institutions outside Europe.

We started developing a network of universities through which we seek to establish long-term, comprehensive and in-depth cooperation. As a rule, the University concludes strategic cooperation agreements with them. In 2015, we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Catholic University of Leuven, under which several projects are already moving forward pursuant to the adopted action plan. Similar cooperation in Europe takes place with the Karl Franzes University in Graz, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Trieste. 2015 also saw us establish a platform for long-term cooperation in doctoral studies with universities from former Yugoslavia, particularly with the University of Belgrade, University of Zagreb and University of Novi Sad. The second region of focus is Southeast Asia, where the University has established long-term cooperation with KNU University in Daegu, South Korea.

In order to attract foreign students, studies at the University of Ljubljana were presented at higher education fairs in the Balkans (Sarajevo University Fair and the 8^th Zvonce Education Fair) and at the EAIE Conference. University of Ljubljana presentations at fairs and conferences are also planned for 2016.

NUMBER OF ENROLLED FOREIGN STUDENTS

Number of enrolled foreign students with respect to all students enrolled in 2015

STUDENT EXCHANGE

The number of all students on exchange by academic year from 2010 to 2015 in all three cycles