Univerzi v Ljubljani

The Uni­ver­sity of Ljubl­jana pos­sesses a rich tra­di­tion. It ranks as a very large uni­ver­sity, with more than 63,000 grad­u­ate and post­grad­u­ate stu­dents Approx­i­mately 4000 higher edu­ca­tion teach­ers are employed in the 3 arts acad­e­mies and 23 faculties.

The uni­ver­sity was founded in 1919 on the basis of cen­turies of edu­ca­tional tra­di­tion, remain­ing the only Sloven­ian uni­ver­sity for half a cen­tury. The Uni­ver­sity is based in Ljubl­jana, the cap­i­tal of Slove­nia, a rel­a­tively large Cen­tral– Euro­pean city with over 300.000 inhab­i­tants. Stu­dents account for more than one-​seventh of the pop­u­la­tion, giv­ing the city a youth­ful and lively character.

The university’s cen­tral office and the major­ity of schools are sit­u­ated in the cen­tre of Ljubl­jana. Sev­eral newer and mod­ern build­ings of the Uni­ver­sity of Ljubl­jana are located on the city out­skirts. The uni­ver­sity is renowned for its qual­ity study pro­grammes. All of the study pro­grammes from the ²⁰⁰⁷⁄₂₀₀₈ aca­d­e­mic year are offered in accor­dance with the Bologna Declaration.

The Uni­ver­sity of Ljubl­jana prac­tices basic, applied and devel­op­ment research, striv­ing for excel­lence and qual­ity of the high­est stan­dard in all fields of sci­ence and arts, such as the human­i­ties, social sci­ences, lin­guis­tics, arts, med­i­cine, nat­ural sci­ences and technology.

Based on its own research projects as well as advances in research at home and abroad, the Uni­ver­sity pro­vides instruc­tion and train­ing to promi­nent sci­en­tists and experts, capa­ble of lead­ing sus­tain­able devel­op­ment, with a view to respect­ing the legacy of Euro­pean Enlight­en­ment and Human­ism as well as human rights. The Uni­ver­sity also pro­motes inter­dis­ci­pli­nary and multi-​disciplinary studies.

Achieve­ments in the fields of sci­ence and arts are shared with other uni­ver­si­ties and insti­tu­tions car­ry­ing out sci­en­tific research. It thus con­tributes its share to the world’s trea­sure of knowl­edge and at the same time, dis­sem­i­nates this knowl­edge within the country’s bor­ders. The Uni­ver­sity works in co-​operation with var­i­ous eco­nomic insti­tu­tions in both the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors, with the gov­ern­ment and local author­i­ties as well as other civil insti­tu­tions. In this way it encour­ages the har­ness­ing and appli­ca­tion of its research and edu­ca­tional achieve­ments and con­tributes to social development.

The Uni­ver­sity of Ljubl­jana has a con­sol­i­dat­ing role in the aca­d­e­mic com­mu­nity of pro­fes­sors, researchers, stu­dents and other asso­ciates, and strives to estab­lish its fine rep­u­ta­tion both at home and around the world. Its research, edu­ca­tion, pub­lic activ­i­ties and rela­tions among its mem­bers is car­ried out based on the fol­low­ing principles:

• pro­fes­sional excel­lence or ensur­ing the high­est pos­si­ble quality,
• aca­d­e­mic free­dom of its staff and stu­dents, par­tic­u­larly cre­ative freedom,
• auton­omy in rela­tion to the state, pol­i­tics, cap­i­tal or church,
• human­ism and human rights, includ­ing equal oppor­tu­nity and solidarity