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Type
  
Public

Chancellor
  
Igor Tičar

Location
  
Maribor, Slovenia

Phone
  
+386 2 235 52 80

Number of students
  
16,680

Established
  
1975

Administrative staff
  
1,326

Website
  
www.um.si/

Founded
  
1975

Academic staff
  
12

University of Maribor

Address
  
Slomškov trg 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Notable alumni
  
Ljudmila Novak, Feri Horvat, Janez Drnovšek, Franc Kangler, József Györkös

Similar
  
University of Ljubljana, University of Primorska, University of Nova Gorica, IEDC‑Bled School of Management, Faculty of Economics and Busi

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The University of Maribor (Slovene: Univerza v Mariboru) is Slovenia's second largest university, established in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia and is internationally the best ranked university in the country, being among the best 600 universities in the world. It currently has 17 faculties.

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History

The university's roots reach back to 1859, when a theological seminary was established with the encouragement of Maribor bishop and patriot Anton Martin Slomšek. More faculties were established during the late 1950s and early 1960s; the faculties of economics, business, and technology in 1959, agronomy and law in 1960, and pedagogy in 1961. The university's opening ceremony occurred on 19 September 1975.

Reputation

The university has entered the top 1% of institutions in physics and, of the nine institutions entering the top 1% in this field, the University of Maribor did so with the highest number of citations, according to an analysis of data from Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters.

The University of Maribor has cooperated in European Framework Programmes since 1998 and the number of international research projects is increasing each year. According to "Ranking Web of World Universities", the University of Maribor is in the top 15 of “Top Central and Eastern Europe Universities". It currently (2010) holds 534th position (of 12,000) of the world universities ranking, which ranks it among the top 5% of universities in the world.

Organization

The university is divided into 17 faculties:

  • Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Criminal Justice (in Ljubljana) and Security
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Faculty of Economics and Business
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Energy Technology
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Organizational Sciences [1] (in Kranj)
  • Faculty of Logistics (in Krško and Celje)
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Faculty of Tourism (in Brežice)
  • The university also comprises several associated facilities, including the Maribor University Library, student housing, the Computing Center, the Leon Štukelj Sporting Center, and Postgraduate and Visiting Faculty Home.

    Distinguished faculty

  • Matjaž Perc, Physics
  • June Clark, Nursing
  • Oto Luthar, History
  • Mylan Engel, Philosophy
  • Darijan Božič, Music
  • Notable alumni

  • Brigita Brezovac, IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Feri Horvat, Politician
  • Drago Jančar, Author
  • Blaž Medvešek, Swimming champion
  • Ljudmila Novak, Politician
  • Mária Pozsonec, Politician
  • References

    University of Maribor Wikipedia