1. 01/24/08 University of Ljubljana Short presentation UNICA Research Liaison Officers Meeting 18.-20. November, 2009 Vice rector Prof. Dr. Julijana Kristl

2. 01/24/08 2 History of University ■ Established in 1919 with 5 member schools. ■ At present the University of Ljubljana consists of: ■ 23 faculties ■ and 3 arts academies. ■ We are a comprehensive, traditional, research oriented university with 42.000 students, 5.920 employees and an annual budget of 300 Million Euros. May 2009

3. 01/24/08 7 STRATEGIC GOAL 1 INCREASING THE SCOPE AND QUALITY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK May 2009

4. Research ■ University of Ljubljana is the largest research institutions in Slovenia and significantly contributes to the wholesome national research activity UNICA Research Liaison Officers Meeting 18.-20. November, 2009 Vice rector Prof. Dr. Julijana Kristl

5. 01/24/08 Researchers ■ 284 research groups with 2.930 registered researchers. ■ Participation in 142 national research programs and following research projects: ■ 103 basic ■ 103 applicative ■ 29 post-doc projects ■ 204 targeted research programs (CRP) ■ and 7 technological platforms.

6. 01/24/08 Number Of Articles Number Of Articles 2003 - 2008 (source: ISI Web of Knowledge)

7. 01/24/08 Research Projects EUROPEAN PROJECTS ■ 6th European Framework ■ 117 projects (4 coordinated by UL) ■ 7th European Framework ■ 55 projects ■ 32 TEMPUS projects (in the last four years) ■ More than 70 projects financed by other EU programes: COST, EUREKA, LLP, IEEA, eContent, Leonardo da Vinci,… ■ Many projects financed by Structural Funds (RDF, ESF) and Community Initiatives (INTERREG, EQUAL ) ■ OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS ■ 288 projects in 2007 ■ 320 projects in 2008 ■ CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ■ 2 coordinated by the university ■ 6 in which university member schools participate

8. 01/24/08 7 STRATEGIC GOAL 2 INTRODUCING STUDY PROGRAMMES IN LINE WITH THE BOLOGNA PROCESS PRINCIPLES May 2009

9. 01/24/08 New study programms ■ UL managed to renew 254 study programs on all three Bologna levels, which is twice the amount than all other Slovenian universities together. ■ Well over 200 expert reviewers from Slovenian and abroad (Austria, Sweden, USA, GB, Croatia, Italy and many more) participated in evaluating proposed new programs in 2008.

10. 01/24/08 Interdisciplinary doctoral studies ■ Reduction of well over 100 PhD programmes to just under 20 3rd Level study programmes. ■ Introducing university level interdisciplinary programmes (e.g. Biomedicine, Environmental management) ■ Establishment of University Doctoral School.

11. 01/24/08 STRENGHTENING AND ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 7 STRATEGIC GOAL 3 May 2009

12. 01/24/08 Courses In Foreign Language ■ Number of courses that were (also) carried out in a foreign language by member schools Total UL foreign courses94194 all courses27735535 % of foreign courses 3,39%3,50% 2007/08 2008/09

13. 01/24/08 Student Exchange ■ Number of students in exchange programs

14. 01/24/08 INCREASING THE FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE 7 STRATEGIC GOAL 4 May 2009

15. 01/24/08 Platforms For Knowledge Transfer ■ University Innovation And Development Institute ■ University Incubator ■ RISC Consortium

16. 01/24/08 ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF QUALITY MONITORING AND ASSURANCE 7 STRATEGIC GOAL 5 May 2009

17. 01/24/08 Quality ■ Successful external quality assurance evaluation by the EUA. ■ Implementation of a self-evaluation protocol with 51 quality indicators. ■ Public tenders for all teaching positions. ■ Revision of the teacher evaluation poll for students. ■ The launch of a comprehensive online Digial Library (DiKUL).

18. 01/24/08 ■ Among the top 500 universities according to the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities. ■ Times THSE-QS ranking ■ Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities ■ Webometrics Ranking of World universities ■ UL Faculty of administration awarded with the elite EAPAA certificate 10 Achievements 2008 May 2009

19. 01/24/08 University of Ljubljana Short presentation UNICA Research Liaison Officers Meeting 18.-20. November, 2009 Vice rector Prof. Dr. Julijana Kristl