Authors of the most renowned research achievements of the University of Ljubljana in 2015 from the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and Faculty of Medicine
DEVOTED TO KNOWLEDGE
In line with its values and development strategy, the University of Ljubljana never ceases to provide quality research and education, improve the transfer of knowledge into practice, ensure creative conditions for work and study, and increase internationalisation.
EDUCATION
To foster the quality of studies at the University, we intend to improve the structure of study programmes and shorten the study time by further encouraging daily study work, thus improving progression rates to further study years.
Prof. Dr. GORAN TURK Vice-Rector for Pedagogical Work
In 2015/2016, 37,500.5 students enrolled in full-time study programmes of all three cycles, and 3,333 students enrolled in part-time studies. In total, 40,833.5 students enrolled in the University of Ljubljana last year, which is 2088 students (five percent) fewer than in the 2014/2015 academic year. Female students account for 24,331 of the total, which represents sixty percent of all students enrolled. Studies at the University of Ljubljana are completed by more than half of the bachelor students in Slovenia, more than two thirds of master students and specialists and over eighty percent of doctors of science. The number of enrolled students in 2015/2016 indicates successful pursuit of the University’s strategic goal to reduce the number of students in order to raise the quality of study. The decreased number of students is also due to demographic changes expected to continue for at least another five years.
NUMBER OF ENROLLED STUDENTS
Number of students enrolled in all three cycles between 2011 and 20161
1The University of Ljubljana implements a joint programme with the University of Maribor; hence, each university takes into account half of the students enrolled in the programme in its student records.
We started developing a network of universities with which we seek to establish long-term, comprehensive and in-depth cooperation. As a rule, the University concludes strategic cooperation agreements with them.
KATJA CERJAK Assistant Secretary General at the University Office for International Relations
To make the University of Ljubljana the leading university in the wider region, the University is increasing its involvement in international research projects along with the volume of funds thus acquired. In the 2012-2020 period, the number of student exchanges is set to increase by a third and the number of foreign students, professors and researchers is set to increase by a quarter.
In 2015, the University of Ljubljana Internationalisation project was completed. Within its scope the University obtained five foreign professors, hosted 140 appearances by foreign experts and held 19 international workshops for students and 11 international workshops for professors and associates.
The University of Ljubljana has 79 foreign citizens employed full-time, 30 of whom are professors. 637 foreign professors and associates participated in the study process of one or at least a part of a course, which was 176 (38 percent) more than in 2014.
Within the scope of exchange programmes, 429 University professors and associates went abroad on exchange, i.e. 151 (54 percent) more than in 2014. In 2015, 419 students received practical training abroad, 122 students (41 percent) more than in 2014. Students going abroad on student exchange totalled 1325, and 1813 students came to study from abroad. The University also successfully applied to the Erasmus+ mobility project with partner institutions outside Europe.
We started developing a network of universities through which we seek to establish long-term, comprehensive and in-depth cooperation. As a rule, the University concludes strategic cooperation agreements with them. In 2015, we signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Catholic University of Leuven, under which several projects are already moving forward pursuant to the adopted action plan. Similar cooperation in Europe takes place with the Karl Franzes University in Graz, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Trieste. 2015 also saw us establish a platform for long-term cooperation in doctoral studies with universities from former Yugoslavia, particularly with the University of Belgrade, University of Zagreb and University of Novi Sad. The second region of focus is Southeast Asia, where the University has established long-term cooperation with KNU University in Daegu, South Korea.
In order to attract foreign students, studies at the University of Ljubljana were presented at higher education fairs in the Balkans (Sarajevo University Fair and the 8th Zvonce Education Fair) and at the EAIE Conference. University of Ljubljana presentations at fairs and conferences are also planned for 2016.
NUMBER OF ENROLLED FOREIGN STUDENTS
Number of enrolled foreign students with respect to all students enrolled in 2015
STUDENT EXCHANGE
The number of all students on exchange by academic year from 2010 to 2015 in all three cycles
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