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The Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana (UL AG) works in the fields of humanities and arts. The research group of the Academy of Music brings together scholars and researchers working on research problems in the fields of special music didactics, musicology, music theory, composition and performance practices.

The Academy of Music carries out artistic activities in the field of music. It organises more than 100 concert events each year, which can also be an opportunity for business people to host business partners. Ensembles, chamber groups or soloists can also perform at various promotional events. The Academy of Music has excellent cooperation with Slovenian public cultural institutions and a rich international activity.

The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana (UL AGRFT) was founded in 1945 and is the only higher education institution in Slovenia that teaches theatre and film. The teaching process at both undergraduate and postgraduate level is linked to artistic and research work and is based on individual pedagogical work. In addition to developing students' practical skills and techniques, the Academy offers a wide range of academic knowledge. The Academy's teachers are leading experts and researchers in the fields of theatre, radio, film and television, who, in addition to professional excellence, are guided by academic and creative freedom, autonomy and humanism in the pursuit of their teaching, research, artistic and public work.

The Academy consists of three departments - the Department of Theatre and Radio, the Department of Film and Television, the Department of Dramaturgy and Performing Arts - and the Centre for Theatre and Film Studies. The teaching activities of the departments are carried out within the four fields of study: drama, theatre directing, film and television and dramaturgy, while the main activity of the Centre for Theatre and Film Studies is the collection and preservation of information and documentation in the fields of theatre, radio, film and television. The Centre manages an extensive collection of books and other visual material, and also carries out research projects in the field of performing arts and audiovisual media. Research work is carried out in the fields of theatre, film and cross-arts research.

The Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana carries out artistic and design production in the fields of fine arts and design, as well as other services and works for activities that require the skills and knowledge of the Academy. In addition, its restoration profession offers services and works in the field of restoration and conservation of works of art.

The Academy works in the following artistic fields:

• Painting,
• Sculpture,
• Restoration and conservation of works of art,
• Visual Communication Design,
• Industrial and Unique Design.

As a generalist field of research, architecture is inherently interdisciplinary and is vividly embedded in a broader field of research. Architectural theory and architectural design, from the point of view of art, intervene in the humanities; urban design connects mainly engineering and social sciences; architectural design as a construction technique connects the humanities with engineering, and partly also with biotechnical fields (e.g. landscape architecture). Thus, the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana is engaged in research on architecture, urban planning, interior design, digital design, architectural technology, etc . From basic to applied and development research, it focuses on professional education, research training at doctoral level and lifelong learning in architecture through a sustainable development lens. In this way, it engages with the whole research spectrum between the theoretical and the practical poles of research; at both extremes, but above all in the search for a dynamic balance between the two.

The results of architectural design can be socially recognised as works of art. At the scientific research level, it is about exploring architecture as art and making sense of it (architectural theory and criticism, presentation theory, methodological research into achieving artistic effects in space, etc.). Artistic research, on the other hand, develops through the process of architectural design itself. In this way, experiential insights are born and built upon in the research community to create fresh architectural solutions.

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The research activities of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of Ljubljana (UL NTF) are interdisciplinary. It covers the fields of natural sciences, engineering and arts, where it integrates research:

• Matter (geology, mining),
• organic and inorganic materials (textiles, graphics, metals, non-metals, composites),
• manufacturing and processing technologies (textile and graphic technology, geotechnology, metallurgy),
• information technologies,
• textile and graphic materials design,
• fashion design, and
• environmental protection.

Scientific, research and artistic work is carried out in four departments of the UL NTF, namely:

• Department of Geology (OG),
• Department of Materials and Metallurgy (OMM),
• the Department of Geotechnology, Mining and Design (OGRO), and
• Department of Textiles, Graphics and Design (OTGO).

Researchers work in 13 research groups. The research work comprises basic, applied and development research funded by public funds from the Republic of Slovenia, the European Community, other international sources and funds obtained from the market. The NTF runs seven research programmes funded by the Public Agency for Research of the Republic of Slovenia (ARRS). For five research programmes, the NTF is the lead research organisation (RO), for two of them the participating RO.

Within the ARRS-funded programmes, the RIC UL-NTF Research Infrastructure Centre (RIC UL-NTF) is also operational, which includes all of the NTF's major equipment and provides expert and instrumental support for research. The RIC UL-NTF is included in the Network of Research Infrastructure Centres of the University of Ljubljana (MRIC UL).