University of Ljubljana
| University of Ljubljana | |
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| founding | 1919 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Ljubljana |
| country |
 Slovenia
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| Rector | Igor Papič |
| Students | 37,874 |
| Employee | 6.093 |
| including professors | about 400 |
| Annual budget | EUR 330.7 million (as of 2018) |
| Networks | AARC |
| Website | www.uni-lj.si |
The University of Ljubljana ( Slovene Univerza v Ljubljani , Latin Universitas Labacensis ) in Ljubljana (Laibach) is the oldest, largest and internationally best-rated university in Slovenia . According to the Shanghai ranking, it is among the top 500 or top three percent of the world's best universities. The university has about 40,000 enrolled students.
The role of the university library is played by the Slovenian National and University Library .
history
The University of Ljubljana was founded in 1919 in the center of Ljubljana, what was then Ljubljana. Humanistic and theological academies existed in Ljubljana / Laibach as early as the 17th century and the first university was founded under French rule in 1810, but it only lasted for a short time. Today it employs around 3,500 professors and scientific assistants as well as almost 900 technical and administrative employees. Until the founding of the universities in Maribor ( University of Maribor ) (1978) and in Koper ( University of Primorska ) (2001) it remained the only university in Slovenia for almost 50 years.
Research and Teaching
The University of Ljubljana has around 40,000 students enrolled in 22 faculties , three art academies and one university college . The majority of the faculties are housed in different buildings in the city center, near the central building of the university. However, this is only used for administrative and representative purposes. Some faculties are outside the city.
The international visibility of the University of Ljubljana is promoted as a venue for conferences and annual summer schools . These include, for example, the political science summer school on methods of social science , which is organized by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and the communication science summer school The European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).
Personalities (alphabetical)
- Kristina Brenk (1911–2009), writer
- Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), politician
- Ivan Gams (1923–2014), geographer and university professor
- Janez Potočnik (* 1958), EU Commissioner
- Albin Tahiri (* 1989), dentist, first Kosovar winter Olympian as a ski racer
- Melania Trump (* 1970), ex-model and first lady of the USA
- Teja Vidic (* 1998), chess player
- Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), electrical engineer, university teacher and chess grandmaster
See also
- List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
- Ljubljana Music Academy
- Academy for theater, radio, film and television
Web links
- University of Ljubljana (Slovenian and English)
- Student organization SOU at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenian and English)
- twitter account of the student organization SOU at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenian and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Univerza v številkah. In: www.uni-lj.si. Retrieved July 23, 2019 (Slovenian).
- ^ Members of AARC. In: www.alps-adriatic.net. Rector's Conference of the Universities of the Alpes Adriatic Region, accessed on September 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics (by Country) of Academic Ranking of World Universities | ARWU | First World University Ranking | Shanghai Ranking . ARWU. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ University of Ljubljana once again on Shanghai and Webometrics ranking lists
- ↑ ECPR Summer School
- ↑ ECREA Summer School
Coordinates: 46 ° 2 ′ 56.2 " N , 14 ° 30 ′ 14.2" E