Achievements of the University of Ljubljana in the mandate period 2013-2017
Application of knowledge – the University’s third dimension

Goals by 2020

• Increase the number and value of projects with the economic and public sector by one third 
• Double the number of participants in programmes of lifelong learning 

We have reduced the number of projects with the economic and public sector by five percent but increased the value of these projects by ten percent. The economic crisis had a significant effect on the scope of the collaboration. This decrease has been partially compensated with the introduction of the programme of smart specialization, for which the University of Ljubljana received approximately ten million euro from the first tender. 

The number of patent applications and inventions has not increased in this period. The number of participants in accredited advanced programmes decreased from 461 to 383 in the years from 2013 to 2016. The number of participants in other forms of knowledge advancement increased by fifty percent (from 2,529 to 3,736 participants).

Implemented activities

Formation of strategic development partnerships and development groups for the implementation of development projects with the social environment 

• Participation in all nine Strategic development partnerships of Smart specialization
• Incentive for and co-founding of the Slovenian Innovation Hub.
• More than two hundred implemented interdisciplinary projects in which the students tackled social challenges in the economic and public sector together with mentors
• Establishing a register of more than two hundred employers who publish information of interest to students using an information platform
• Organization and execution of the events Rector’s Award for the best innovation of the University of Ljubljana and Falling Walls Lab that strengthen the transfer of knowledge into practice

Strengthening the office responsible for transferring technologies and regulation of the role of knowledge managers as promoters of knowledge transfer to practical application 

• Implemented annual consultations on managing intellectual property
• Formation of a group for the circulation of knowledge in which representatives of UL Members actively participate
• Adoption of the Regulation on managing industrial property rights

Development of the content of programmes of lifelong learning

• At least one new programme of lifelong learning is accredited annually
• Establishing an overview of summer schools at the University of Ljubljana and their promotion at the university level

Strengthening the activities of University of Ljubljana Career Centres 

• Expanding and deepening the activities of Career Centres: collaboration with secondary schools, students with special needs and graduate clubs 
• Preparing a consultation and an analysis of the state of graduate clubs of the University of Ljubljana for the systemic regulation of the field and creation of an information system