Statistics

doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti (abbreviation: dr.)

in English language: Doctor of Philosophy (abbreviation: Ph.D.)

Statistics, as a scientific discipline in its own right, is also of great importance for the development of other sciences, as its results are used by almost every scientific discipline, such as the life sciences, economics and business, law, medicine, the social sciences and humanities, the natural sciences and engineering. In addition, decision-makers in a wide range of professional fields, from the civil service to various departments in companies, turn to statistics for help. Statistics can be said to make a major contribution to the development of science and society as a whole. And its importance is only growing in an era when technologies make it possible to collect large amounts of data automatically;

It is the only doctoral programme in Slovenia that trains highly qualified statistics professionals and researchers who, upon completion of their studies, are able to analyse and interpret data in a high-quality way in research environments, businesses and public institutions. The programme is comparable to similar programmes at foreign universities. Doctoral students are thus trained to develop specific methods, to translate theoretical knowledge into practice and to analyse and interpret data qualitatively in various research environments, companies and public institutions.

Information days are held on different dates at the different member faculties implementing the doctoral study programme. Students can find more detailed information on their websites.

JOINT INFORMATION DAY FOR ALL MODULES: 3 June at 5.00 p.m. online via Zoom and at the lecture room 3.06 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 21, Ljubljana 

• UL Faculty of Mathematics and Physics: 15 May 2026, 3.00 p.m., lecture room 2.05, Jadranska 21
• UL Faculty of Arts: 7 May 2026, 5.00 p.m.
• UL Faculty of Electrical Engineering: 20 May 2026 at 2.30 p.m. in the lecture room Diplomska soba, Tržaška 25, Ljubljana
• UL Faculty of Medicine: 6 May 2026 at 2.00 p.m., online
• UL Faculty of Social Sciences: 22 April 2026, online and at the Faculty
• UL School of Economics and Business: 27 March 2026 at 4.00 p.m., lecture room MBA, P-119, Kardeljeva ploščad 17, Ljubljana

Information on tuition fees and other study contributions is available here:

izr. prof. dr. Mihael Perman, Chair of the Programme Board

Student offices of the member faculties by modules they coordinate:

• Biostatistics
  
  UL Faculty of Medicine:
  Stela Kuželj (stela.kuzelj@mf.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 543 77 24) and
  Judita Merjasec (judita.merjasec@mf.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 543 78 02)
  
  UL Biotechnical Faculty:
  mag. Vesna Ješe Janežič (vesna.jesejanezic@bf.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 320 30 27)
  
  
•  Economic and Official Statistics, Business Statistics
  
  UL School of Economics and Business:
  Petra Vranješ (petra.vranjes@ef.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 589 26 17) and
  Sanja Đurašević (sanja.durasevic@ef.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 589 25 52)
  
  
• Statistics for Social Sciences 
  
  UL Faculty of Social Sciences:
  Anita Žagar (anita.zagar@fdv.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 580 51 20)
  
  
• Technical Statistics
  
  UL Faculty of Electrical Engineering:
  Nina Gorenec Rebernik (nina.gorenec-rebernik@fe.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 476 83 38)
  
  
• Mathematical Statistics
  
  UL Faculty of Mathematics and Physics:
  Anita Bartol (anita.bartol@fmf.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 476 65 15)
  
  
• Psychological Statistics
  
  UL Faculty of Arts:
  Marjetka Gnidovec (marjetka.gnidovec@ff.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 241 10 51) and
  Doris Sattler (doris.sattler@ff.uni-lj.si, tel. +386 1 241 10 43)

University Office for Doctoral study (Doctoral School) UL (Kongresni trg 12, Ljubljana): Jelena Mikloš Tomažin:
doktorski.studij@uni-lj.si