LJUBLJANA VETERINARY FACULTY – SLOVENIA  Country: Slovenia (20,151 km 2, 2,005,692)  Year of creation: 1953 (first students enrolled 1956/1957); member of the Ljubljana University  The only veterinary faculty in Slovenia

Length of the study & FTE  Lenght of the study: 6 years  Full time equivalents: lecturers: 67 lecturers: 67 non academic stuff: 293

Enrollment and admission requirements  Matriculation certificate from a secondary school  Selection process (in case of limit number): 1.general score in the matriculation – 60 % of points 2. score of grades in the 3 rd and 4 th year of secondary school – 30 % of points 3. the score of grades acquired in physics, chemistry or biology – 10 % of points  selection made by the University of Ljubljana Centre for Applications.

No. of students & graduates 2009/2010  No. of students: 439  No. of graduates: 58 (f 42, m 16)

Evidence of qualification  Diploma: Veterinary faculty  State exam: Veterinary administration of the Republic of Slovenia  Qualification award: Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Slovenia

Professional orientation of newly graduated veterinary surgeons over thhe last 5 years (2005–2009)  No. of graduates : 263 (193 f, 70 m)  Professional orientation: 1) private practice 46 % (small animal practice 7.6 %, large animal practice 2.1 %, mixed animal practice 36.3 %) 2) public service & administration (27 %) 3) education, research and diagnostics (14 %) 4) other employments (pharmacy, agriculture, army forces, husbandry, human medicine, police) (13 %)