, 6 th CASEE conference "Latest Trends in Bioeconomy in Danube Region 24th 26th May, 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovak Republic Prof. Peter Dovč, PhD Vice Dean
The biggest public university in Slovenia with a rich tradition. Established in 1919, encompasses 26 full members (23 faculties and 3 art academies). Three associated members (National University Library, University of Ljubljana Central Technical Library, University of Ljubljana Innovation-Development Institute). UL ranks among the top 500 universities according to: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (400-500), URAP - University Ranking by Academic Performance (284).
The UL covers all ISCED areas at BSc and MSc level with internationally recognized excelence in cognitive science, physics, nanotechnologies, environmental sciences, biomedicine and informatics. There are 160 BSc programmes, 7 integrated master programmes and 228 MSc programmes. At UL are avilable 21 doctoral programmes. UL belongs among larger universities in Europe with 45.607 students, 5.893 employees, 9.904 graduates and annual budget of about 300 Mio. UL has 286 research groups with over 3000 registered researchers, and 7 technological platforms. International R&D programmes: 2007-2013 UL was involved as coordinator- or partner institution in more than 750 European projects.
Number of employees: 537 2800 undergraduates (BSc and MSc) 160 doctoral students 7 departments: Department of Agronomy Department of Animal Science Department of Biology Department of Food Science and Technology Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources Department of Landscape Architecture Department of Wood Science and Technology
9 University BSc programs: - Biology - Biotechnology - Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources - Agriculture Agronomy - Agriculture Animal Production - Landscape Architecture - Wood Science and Technology - Microbiology - Food Science and Nutrition 4 Professional BSc programs - Forestry - Agriculture Agronomy and Horticulture - Agriculture Animal Husbandry - Technologies of Wood and Fibre Composites
14 MSc programmes: Agronomy Biology Education Biotechnology Ecology and Biodiversity Economics of Natural Resources Forestry and Managing Forest Ecosystems Horticulture Landscape Architecture Wood Science and Timber Engineering Microbiology Molecular and Functional Biology Nutrition Animal Science Food Science
Interdisciplinary PhD programme Biosciences Agronomy Bioinformatics Biology Biotechnology Economics (NR) Horticulture Landscape architecture Wood and biocomposits Nanoscience Nutrition Technical systems in biotechnics Forest management Preservation of natural heritage Animal science Cell science Food technology Agromicrobiology Bioengineering in health sciences
Central Biotechnical Library and 6 Departmental Libraries Departmental coordinators for exchange students for each study programme More than 110 signed Erasmus+ Bilateral Agreements Established tutoring system Involved in 4 CEEPUS networks Presently 146 research projects are running In 2014: 41 young researchers
70 Student Mobility at BF 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Outgoing 16 16 15 10 24 23 18 24 30 32 30 30 32 32 54 Incoming 0 3 4 5 7 8 19 28 28 30 38 55 69 55 48
Student Mobility for Traineeship at BF 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Outgoing 0 4 15 14 14 18 41 Incoming 0 0 3 8 10 21 30
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