University of Ljubljana
Kongresni trg 12
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Telephone: +386 1 241 85 00
Fax: + 386 1 241 86 60
Please check TIMELINE to get all necessary information regarding application, admission, recognition and enrolment process.
In this case, the candidate is equated with the citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, which means that the candidate shall apply within the periods and for the enrolment places issued for Slovenian citizens.
In this case, the candidate is equated with the citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, which means that the candidate shall apply within the periods and for the enrolment slots issued for Slovenian citizens.
All the required documents have to be attached through the eVŠ web portal.
An information on a list of the documents:
website: www.uni-lj.si/study/information/recognition-of-foreign-secondary-education
e-mail: recognition@uni-lj.si
Phone office hours: 00386 1 2418 585 and 00386 1 2418 586 - from February to October on weekdays: 9.00 a.m. - 3.00 a.m. CET
The candidates should submit all the required documents (e-copies/scans of the original documents) through the eVŠ web portal as soon as possible. They do not have to send the documents and a printed e-application by post or via e-mail.
More information about the documents: recognition@uni-lj.si
Deadlines for submitting the required documents:
International citizens from non-EU member states
The candidates will be informed about the required documents and the deadlines for submitting the documents in May or June 2022 on the eVŠ web portal. They must submit all supporting documents by 1 August 2022 at the latest.
The candidates who have already finished secondary at the time of application have to submit them by 20 April 2022.
The deadline for submitting the certificate of the Slovenian language examination (if it is so required by a degree programme) is for all the applicants 1 August 2022 at the latest.
The candidates must submit all the supporting documents indicating the fulfilment of enrolment along with an e-application on 5 and 6 September 2022.
The candidates have to submit the documents through the eVŠ web portal in all application periods!
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia who completed their secondary education abroad , citizens of EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship:
The candidates have to submit the documents through the eVŠ web portal in all application periods!
It is important that the candidates submit their applications on time and inform the Higher Education Application and Information Service if their school issue their final graduation certificate at a later date.
The candidates should submit all the required documents (e-copies/scans of the original documents) through the eVŠ web portal by required deadline. They do not have to send the documents and a printed e-application by post or via e-mail!
Information regarding the recognition of foreign secondary education is available to the candidates on the website https://www.uni-lj.si/study/information/recognition-of-foreign-secondary-education
Official hours:
By phone from February to October on weekdays: 9.00 a.m. - 3.00 a.m. : +386 1 241 85 85, +386 1 241 85 86
E-mail:
The candidates have to provide evidence of Slovenian language skills proficiency at level B2 of Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR), if they wish to enrol at the University of Ljubljana:
Candidates applying to degree programmes of other universities and independent higher education institutions have to check their enrolment conditions regarding the Slovene, English or Italian language exam in the annual call for enrolment.
Candidates who do not need the certificate of knowledge of Slovenian language before enrolling in the first year of study:
*who have finished a primary or a secondary school in Slovenia,
* who have finished a bilingual secondary school abroad or a foreign secondary school, where one of the languages is Slovene,
* who have finished study in Slovenia in Slovenian language.
· University degree programme in business and economics (Marketing and International business) at the School of Economics,
· Degree programmes Geology and Material Engineering at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering (if at least 15 candidates are enrolled).
The faculty and the academies also offer consultations with international students in the English language. Please contact the faculty for more information.
The candidates do not need to certify the documents. They have to submit the e-copies/scans of the original documents through the eVŠ web portal.
International citizens from non-EU member states
The candidates will be informed about the required documents and the deadlines for submitting the documents in May or June 2022 on the eVŠ web portal. They must submit all supporting documents by 1 August 2022 at the latest.
The candidates who have already finished secondary at the time of application have to submit them by 20 April 2022.
The deadline for submitting the certificate of the Slovenian language examination (if it is so required by a degree programme) is for all the applicants 1 August 2022 at the latest.
The candidates must submit all the supporting documents indicating the fulfilment of enrolment along with an e-application on 5 and 6 September 2022.
The candidates have to submit the documents through the eVŠ web portal in all application periods!
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia who completed their secondary education abroad , citizens of EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship:
The candidates have to submit the documents through the eVŠ web portal in all application periods!
It is important that the candidates submit their applications on time and inform the Higher Education Application and Information Service if their school issue their final graduation certificate at a later date!
Candidates can obtain information on the content of the ability, capacity and skills test at the faculty or academy that performs the test. Test dates are published in the electronic publication Call for Enrolment and at our website at this link.
If the number of applications is greater than the number of announced enrolment slots, a decision on enrolment limitation can be adopted. This means that the candidates will be ranked in terms of success and then selected based on their academic performance in secondary school and the results of the ability, capacity and skills test (if this is a requirement for the chosen degree programme).
Information on degree programmes with an enrolment limitation will be published in the first application period on the web site https://www.uni-lj.si/study/bachelor/, as follows:
Based on the scales of grades in the individual countries and the rules on the evaluation of foreign secondary school academic performance, the Higher Education Application-Information Service converts the grades from a foreign certificate into the Slovene grading system (https://www.uni-lj.si/study/bachelor/)
No, there are no entrance examinations. If more candidates apply than there are enrolment slots, candidates will be selected on the basis of their academic performance in secondary school and their performance in the ability, capacity and skills tests, if the degree programme requires so.
Enrolment slots for Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship are announced separately and published in the Call for enrolment. Applicants who are Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship can apply for these enrolment slots in the same application period as Slovenians and citizens of the EU Member States. They can submit only one e-application. They can not submit two e-applications, for example one as a Slovenian without Slovenian citizenship and another as a citizen of EU Member state (or a citizen of non-EU Member State).
Informaton on the tuition fees is published on the website https://www.uni-lj.si/study/bachelor/price-list-21-22/ (for the fee for an individual degree programme of the University of Ljubljana please click the academy and faculty bellow).
International citizens from countries that are not member states of the European Union are required to pay a tuition fee for full-time undergraduate courses.
The following are not required to pay tuition fees for full-time undergraduate courses:
All students are required to pay tuition fee for part-time courses.
Informaton on the tuition fees is published on the website https://www.uni-lj.si/study/bachelor/price-list-21-22/ (for the fee for an individual degree programme of the University of Ljubljana please click the academy and faculty bellow).
Administrative costs and compulsory health insurance are not included in the fee. These needs to be taken care of before the start of the studies.
An information on health insurance is available to the candidates at the faculties and academies and at the competent Regional Unit of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia.
Web site: www.zzzs.si/indexeng.html
- by 22 July 2022 (if the documents are submit by 1 July 2022) or by 20 September 2021 at the latest (depends on the date of sent documents; possibilty of appeal within 15 days) in the first application period,
- by 21 September 2022 in the second application period,
- by 28 September 2022 In the application for still-available enrolment slots .
The enrolment of the accepted Slovenian citizens with secondary school education abroad, citizens of EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship:
- in the first enrolment period from 25 July to 30 September 2022,
- in the second enrolment period from 22 to 30 September 2022,
- in the last application period from 28 to 30 September 2022.
International citizens of non-EU Member States: by 30 September 2022.
Students receive the certificate of enrolment at the faculty or academy when they enrol.
The application is filed on-line on the eVŠ web portal: portal.evs.gov.si/prijava/?locale=en. Candidates can apply with the digital certificate or AAI account (in Slovenia) or without the digital certificate (with the user’s name and password - SI PASS). They have to follow the accompanying instructions.
Instructions how to fullfil the e-application: https://portal.evs.gov.si/information-in-english
Help desk (problems with applying):
Please contact (every weekday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. CET)
by phone: SLO: 080 2002
ABROAD: + 386 1 478-85-90
via e-mail: ekc@gov.si
Please contact the following address:
Študentski dom Ljubljana (Student Dormitories Ljubljana)
Svetčeva ulica 9, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: *386 1 242 10 00
E-pošta: studentski.domovi@stud-dom-lj.si
Spletna stran: https://www.stud-dom-lj.si/en/
The second application deadline for citizens of non-EU member states takes place on 5 and 6 September 2022 on the eVŠ web portal. The admission procedure is run by the faculties and academies which announce available enrolment slots. It is open for the applicants who have:
- already applied in the first application period but was not accepted and for whom the recognition procedure has already been completed and the decision on recognition the educational qualification has been issued in the first application period,
- a decision on recognition of foreign educational qualification issued before 2005,
- finished secondary school in Slovenia (except the candidates who have finished international secondary school in Slovenia and for whom the recognition procedure is required),
- finished secondary school in SFRJ before 25. 6. 1991,
- the International Baccalaureate Diploma or The European Baccalaureate Certificate.
Please contact:
- E-mail:
- Phone: 00 386 1 478 85 90 (from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. CET during working days).
You can get instructions for submitting the e-application on the website: http//portal.evs.gov.si/information-in-english
Citizens of NON-EU member states have to submit more e-applications on the web portal eVŠ if they want to apply to different Slovenian universities. For each university they have to submitt one e-application with three degree programme (the most). They can submit three e-applications.