Strategies

University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest higher education and scientific research institution in Slovenia. University with its rich tradition was founded in 1919. It has approximately 40,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and employs approximately 6,000 higher education teachers, researchers, assistants and administrative staff in 23 faculties and three arts academies. 

The central building, all three academies and faculties are located in the centre. Some of the most recent and modern buildings were constructed on the outskirts of Ljubljana, giving the university and its students a ubiquitous presence in the city. 

The University of Ljubljana Strategy 2022–2027 includes five development areas and three supporting areas. 

The development areas of the strategy are:

• developing education for creativity, innovation, criticality and social responsibility, embedded in the domestic and international environment,
• promote excellence in science and the arts, internationalisation, interdisciplinarity, openness and social relevance,
• to build on support for the transfer of knowledge and the arts to all spheres of social life,
• promote an accessible, inclusive and equitable academic environment; and
• strengthen the social role and place of UL in national and global societal dialogue.

The supporting areas in the strategy are:

• strengthen autonomy and finances,
• upgrade processes and infrastructure,
• support staff development.

With the University of Ljubljana Sustainability Strategy, we want to strengthen the contribution and commitment of the UL to shaping the sustainable transformation of society through its research, development, and artistic work, as well as its own daily business processes. In preparing the strategy, we therefore took into account the principle of integrating sustainability aspects into all areas of the university's activities, which is also reflected in the strategic goals and sustainability areas that have been formulated. This document represents the first holistic UL strategy in the field of sustainability and supports the objectives of the umbrella UL Strategy 2022–2027.

The key areas of sustainability and related measures in accordance with the Strategy cover the structure and processes for achieving the University of Ljubljana's sustainability goals, sustainability-oriented education, research, development, and artistic creation, sustainable spatial development, work and living, and cooperation with the environment and knowledge transfer in accordance with the sustainability principles.