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.
Candidates for enrolment who have not finished secondary school at the application time should send only the printed and signed e-application for enrolment by the deadline (if they apply with username and password). The documents have to be sent later (by the deadline).
The candidates who have finished secondary school abroad have to send the Documents for recognition of foreign secondary education.
The candidates should send the school certificates of the completed secondary school as soon as possible, because the procedure for the recognition of foreign education can last up to two months from the date the complete application was submitted.
Foreign citizens from non-EU countries and Slovenians without Slovenian citizensihp with secondary school abroad have to submit all supporting documents indicating the fulfilment of enrolment by 27 July 2020 at the latest. The candidates will be included in the selection procedure if they receive their final certificates after 20 July and the recognition decision by 20 August 2020.
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia who completed their secondary education abroad and citizens of EU Member States:
The following candidates should send their documents to the Higher Education Application-Information Service of the University of Ljubljana (Visokošolska prijavno-informacijska služba Univerze v Ljubljani), p.p. 524, Kongresni trg 12, 1001 Ljubljana:
The following candidates should send their documents to the faculty or academy with still available enrolment slots:
Information regarding the recognition of school certificates is available to candidates on the website www.uni-lj.si/study/information/enrolment-recognition.
Official hours:
In person on weekdays from 9.00 to 11.00:
Univerza v Ljubljani (University of Ljubljana)
Kongresni trg 12, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
By phone on weekdays from 12.00 to 15.00: +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 or the second year of study:
· University degree programme in business and economics (Marketing and International business) at the Faculty 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.
Transcripts of required documents can be certified at a notary or an official at an administrative unit abroad or in Slovenia, by an official at the University of Ljubljana (VPIS UL and an authorized person for recognition) or at a secondary school.
Foreign citizens from non-EU countries and Slovenians without Slovenian citizensihp with secondary school abroad must submit all supporting documents indicating the fulfilment of enrolment by 27 July 2020 at the latest. The candidates will be included in the selection procedure if they receive their final certificates after 20 July and the recognition decision by 20 August.
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia who completed their secondary education abroad and citizens
of EU Member States:
It is important that candidates submit their applications on time and inform the Higher Education Application and Information Service that their school will 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 on the web site https://www.uni-lj.si/study/information/enrolment-recognition/, 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/information/enrolment-recognition/)
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 so requires.
Candidates who are Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship and also the citizens of an EU Member State can send two filled in application forms on-line, one as a Slovenian without Slovenian citizenship and the other as a citizen of a European Union Member State. If the candidate is accepted with both applications they have to choose a degree programme in which they would like to enrol.
The price list is available on the website: www.uni-lj.si/study/information/tuition.
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.
Compulsory health insurance can be arranged at the faculties and academies and at the competent Regional Unit of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje).
The Higher Education Application-Information Service will send a written decision on the result of the selection procedure to all applying candidates in the first and second application period. Slovenian citizens and citizens of EU Member States will receive this decision by 24 July or by 20 September 2020 at the latest (depends on date of sent documents; possibilty of appeal within 15 days) in the first application period and by 24 September in the second application period.
The Higher Education Application-Information Service will send a written decision on the result of the selection procedure to the citizens of non-EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship no later than 4 September 2020.
The enrolment of accepted Slovenian citizens and citizens of EU Member States in the first enrolment period will take place from 27 July to 30 September 2020 and the second enrolment period from 24 to 30 September 2020. Candidates accepted in the last application period (from 24 to noon on 25 September) can enrol from 26 to 30 September 2020.
The enrolment of accepted foreign citizens of non-EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship - by 30 September 2020.
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).
Students may apply for a room in a Student dormitory.