Achievements of the University of Ljubljana in the mandate period 2013-2017
Strategic area: Education (knowledge transfer) of socially responsible graduates

Goals by 2020

• Reduce the number of students
• Increase the number of graduates by one third
• Reduce the fragmentation of study programmes 

In the last four years, approximately 50,000 students graduated from the University of Ljubljana. In this mandate we also had the honour of awarding the 10,000th and 11,000th PhD titles since the University of Ljubljana was established in 1919. 

We reduced the number of students by 12 percent. The number of graduates increased significantly in 2016 with respect to 2013 (from 9,904 to 17,289), which is a consequence of winding-up the pre-Bologna study programmes. The share of graduates in the total number of enrolled students in the period from 2013 to 2016 amounts on average to 21 percent while the absolute number decreased, with the exception of the year 2016. We attribute the decrease in the number of students and preservation of the number of graduates to the introduction of three -cycle studies, the reduction of fictitious enrolment and better efficiency of the studies. 

The first University of Ljubljana Member to prepare the restructuring and reduce the number of study programmes was the Faculty of Social Sciences (from a total of 34 programmes to 23 programmes). The Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana also reduced its number of programmes. We also opened new possibilities for setting up a doctoral degree programme in the field of art.

Implemented activities

Increase the effectiveness of the educational process

• Regularly conducting surveys on the employability of graduates
• Increasing the progression in the first study cycle (from 52 to 55.5 percent) and in doctoral studies (from 90 to 97 percent)
• Increasing the number of student tutors by 8.5 percent and teacher tutors by three percent
• Increasing the number of tutoring hours performed by teachers and students by 11 percent
• Regular implementation of education according to new teaching and learning methods (tripled the number of participants)
• Successful implementation of projects under the programme »Creative Way to Practical Knowledge«, where we include students in research work with the broader social environment 

Establishing mechanisms to monitor study programmes

• Adoption of rules on regulating the programme structure
• Establishing an electronic record of study programmes
• Establishing a system of self-evaluation of study programmes