Type Public Administrative staff 70 Website www.fu.uni-lj.si/ Number of students 1,500 Undergraduates 1,500 Dean Janez STARE | Established 1956 Location Ljubljana, Slovenia Phone +386 1 580 55 00 Founded 1956 Postgraduates 500 | |
Academic staff Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Address Gosarjeva ulica 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Similar University of Ljubljana, University of Primorska, IEDC‑Bled School of Management, University of Maribor, University of Nova Gorica Profiles | ||
The University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Administration is a faculty involved mainly with training students in management and finance in the context of the public sector.
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International cooperation
The Faculty of Administration as part of the University of Ljubljana has now been actively involved in international academic relations for a number of years. This includes exchanging students, teaching and research staff; the Faculty has also participated in various project activities, research programmes, publications and the organisation of scientific expert meetings.
The main activities of international cooperation at the Faculty of Administration include:
International exchange of students and teaching staff
The international exchange of professors has been a standard practice of the Faculty, realised through various professional training schemes and visiting lecturer positions.
Visiting lecturers
In recent years a number of renowned foreign professors have lectured at the Faculty of Administration.
International Accreditation of Study Programmes
The Faculty of Administration acquired European accreditations by the EAPAA - European Association for Public Administration Accreditation for two first cycle programmes and one postgraduate programme, becoming the first Slovenian educational institution with such a distinguished accreditation.
Joint study programmes
The Faculty now offers 2 joint study programmes.
Bilateral agreements with foreign universities
Bilateral agreements have served different purposes at different times, such as being actively used for student and staff exchange and also for project cooperation, curricula development and EU project participation. The Faculty has bilateral agreements with 51 universities and institutes in 24 countries for the 2014/15 academic year.
Theme networks
The Faculty of Administration actively participates in the following international organizations:
History
The Faculty of Administration is one of the youngest members of the University of Ljubljana as a full faculty, but is actually an institution with a long tradition. In 1956, the School of Public Administration was established; in 1995, it was transformed into the University School of Public Administration. On 5 April 2003 the University School of Public Administration officially became the Faculty of Administration.
Today the Faculty carries out its mission in undergraduate and graduate education programmes, research, development and consulting activities, professional training of civil servants, and international cooperation, concentrating on the following fields:
The Faculty continues to develop existing programmes, while introducing the new joint study programmes prepared in cooperation with faculties abroad.
It is also introducing new forms of study, such as distance learning, problem-based learning, and teamwork.