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

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 students, employees and an annual budget of 300 Million Euros. May 2009

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

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 November, 2009 Vice rector Prof. Dr. Julijana Kristl

01/24/08 Researchers ■ 284 research groups with 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.

01/24/08 Number Of Articles Number Of Articles (source: ISI Web of Knowledge)

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 courses % of foreign courses 3,39%3,50% 2007/ /09

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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