University of Ljubljana: Statistics

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#332 of 14,131 In the World
#130 of 2,785 In Europe
#1 of 32 In Slovenia
#1 of 12 In Ljubljana
#100 of 1,118 For Landscape Architecture
Top50% For 229 other topics
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Quick Review

Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
www.uni-lj.si
Languages
Slovenian
Acceptance rate
54%*

* The University of Ljubljana is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Admissions RequirementsSecondary school certificate (matura) and entrance examination for Music, Drama, Cinema, and Television, Fine Arts, Architecture, Art Education, Pre-school Education, Textile Design, Sports, Musicology, Landscape Architecture
Academic CalendarOctober to May (October - January; February-May)

Research profile

University of Ljubljana is a world-class research university with 78,259 scientific papers published and 1,762,313 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Medicine, Computer Science, Quantum and Particle physics, and Organic Chemistry.

Publications
78,259
Citations
1,762,313

University of Ljubljana majors

by publication & citation count

Biology
40,320 / 1,058,104
Chemistry
38,337 / 990,137
Engineering
37,808 / 892,650
Physics
37,703 / 967,236
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
30,668 / 593,824
Environmental Science
30,021 / 739,066
Medicine
27,105 / 660,251
Computer Science
26,835 / 693,642
Quantum and Particle physics
26,428 / 695,651
Organic Chemistry
20,114 / 499,224
Materials Science
19,567 / 460,274
Biochemistry
19,537 / 575,221
Genetics
17,983 / 511,437
Philosophy
15,807 / 265,475
Geology
15,795 / 424,781
Geography and Cartography
15,208 / 339,241
Psychology
13,812 / 315,365
Political Science
13,385 / 266,008
Mathematics
12,907 / 312,325
Ecology
12,503 / 325,691
Law
12,147 / 256,764
Business
11,724 / 255,298
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
10,596 / 244,501
Sociology
10,532 / 202,463
Paleontology
10,349 / 286,469
Pathology
10,199 / 250,010
Statistics
10,142 / 271,445
Optical Engineering
10,027 / 253,919
History
9,558 / 193,954
Archaeology
8,433 / 185,556
Mechanical Engineering
7,787 / 169,278
Metallurgical Engineering
7,745 / 197,797
Economics
7,716 / 168,428
Electrical Engineering
7,548 / 190,822
Linguistics
7,443 / 146,861
Botany
6,635 / 179,215
Art & Design
6,544 / 113,183
Surgery
5,750 / 117,957
Management
5,594 / 135,149
Nuclear Physics
5,524 / 203,300

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1993 406 1767
1994 448 2156
1995 466 2313
1996 533 3030
1997 592 3255
1998 685 3476
1999 745 4293
2000 936 4707
2001 868 5552
2002 1203 7293
2003 1324 9588
2004 1321 11002
2005 1475 13492
2006 1533 16224
2007 1789 19403
2008 1989 23691
2009 2247 27251
2010 2232 32282
2011 2701 40370
2012 2869 48573
2013 2996 55511
2014 3072 62901
2015 3217 69106
2016 3289 78239
2017 3213 84611
2018 3617 93197
2019 3859 107818
2020 4625 133150
2021 5039 159464
2022 4613 153398
2023 4723 168248
2024 3903 167229
2025 2915 150056
Academic rankings

Tuition

The tuition table for University of Ljubljana gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Faculty Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Doctoral Degree
Faculty of Arts €2,500 per year €2,500 per year €3,000 per year
Faculty of Economics €3,000 per year €3,000 per year €3,500 per year
Faculty of Law €3,000 per year €3,000 per year €3,500 per year
Faculty of Medicine €5,000 per year €5,000 per year €5,500 per year
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering €3,000 per year €3,000 per year €3,500 per year
Faculty of Social Sciences €3,000 per year €3,000 per year €3,500 per year

The tuition costs are in Euros (€).

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Ljubljana.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes Yes
Biology Yes Yes Yes
Business Yes Yes Yes
Chemistry Yes Yes Yes
Computer Science Yes Yes Yes
Economics Yes Yes Yes
Engineering Yes Yes Yes
Environmental Science Yes Yes Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Yes Yes Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Medicine Yes Yes Yes
Physics Yes Yes Yes
Psychology Yes Yes Yes
Diploma o pridobljeni univerzitetni izobrazbi 1. stopnje Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Home Economics, Information Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Music Education, Natural Sciences, Painting and Drawing, Performing Arts, Religion, Restoration of Works of Art, Sculpture, Social Sciences, Technology, Theatre, Transport and Communications, Welfare and Protective Services
Diploma o pridobljeni visokošolski strokovni izobrazbi 1. stopnje Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Business Administration, Engineering, Health Sciences, Home Economics, Information Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Technology, Transport and Communications
Diploma o pridobljeni magistrski izobrazbi 2. stopnje Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Home Economics, Information Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Music Education, Natural Sciences, Performing Arts, Religion, Social Sciences, Technology, Transport and Communications, Welfare and Protective Services
Diploma o doktoratu znanosti Agriculture, Architecture and Planning, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Information Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Technology, Transport and Communications, Welfare and Protective Services

University of Ljubljana alumni

  1. Slavoj Žižek

    Slavoj Žižek
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Enrolled in the University of Ljubljana
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
    Occupations
    sociologistuniversity teachertheologianpsychoanalystactor
    Biography

    Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian neo-Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.

  2. Aleksander Čeferin

    Aleksander Čeferin
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    lawyersports official
    Biography

    Aleksander Čeferin is a Slovenian lawyer and football administrator. Between 2011 and 2016, he was president of the Football Association of Slovenia. Since September 2016, he has been the president of UEFA.

  3. Janez Janša

    Janez Janša
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Ivan Janša, better known as Janez Janša ([ˈjàːnɛs]), is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia, a position he had held from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2020 to 2022. Since 1993, Janša has led the Slovenian Democratic Party, which has emerged as the pre-eminent Slovenian conservative party. Janša lost his fourth bid for prime minister in April 2022, his party was defeated by the Freedom Movement party.

  4. Borut Pahor

    Borut Pahor
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Borut Pahor is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012.

All 100 notable alumni

University of Ljubljana faculties and divisions

Academy : Fine Arts and Design Design, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Restoration of Works of Art, Sculpture
Academy : Music Music, Music Education
Academy : Theatre, Radio, Film and Television Cinema and Television, Film, Fine Arts, Graphic Arts, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Singing
Faculty : Architecture Architectural and Environmental Design, Architectural Restoration, Architecture, Building Technologies, Environmental Studies, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Regional Planning, Structural Architecture, Town Planning
Faculty : Arts African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Asian Studies, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, Dutch, English Studies, Ethnology, French, Geography, Germanic Languages, History, Italian, Library Science, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Musicology, Oriental Studies, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Psychology, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages, Social Sciences, Sociology, Spanish, Swedish, Translation and Interpretation
Faculty : Biotechnology Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Architecture and Planning, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Fishery, Food Science, Food Technology, Forest Products, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, Microbiology, Natural Resources, Welfare and Protective Services, Wood Technology
Faculty : Chemistry and Chemical Technology Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
Faculty : Civil Engineering and Geodesy Civil Engineering, Geophysics, Surveying and Mapping, Water Management
Faculty : Computer and Information Sciences Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty : Education Art Education, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Education, Education, Home Economics Education, Mathematics Education, Physics, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Special Education, Technology Education
Faculty : Electrical Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Power Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering
Faculty : Health Sciences Health Sciences, Medical Technology, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Occupational Therapy, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Public Health, Radiology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Sanitary Engineering
Faculty : Law Administrative Law, Air and Space Law, Canon Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, European Union Law, Fiscal Law, History of Law, International Law, Labour Law, Law, Maritime Law, Private Law, Public Law
Faculty : Maritime Studies and Transport Air Transport, Marine Science and Oceanography, Marine Transport, Railway Transport, Road Transport, Transport and Communications, Transport Management
Faculty : Mathematics and Physics Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Space Science, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biophysics, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Meteorology, Nuclear Physics, Optics, Physics, Solid State Physics, Statistics, Systems Analysis, Thermal Physics
Faculty : Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Faculty : Medicine Anaesthesiology, Biological and Life Sciences, Biomedicine, Cardiology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Forensic Medicine and Dentistry, Gastroenterology, Gerontology, Haematology, Health Sciences, Hepatology, Hygiene, Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Occupational Health, Oncology, Paediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Pneumology, Podiatry, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Radiology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Rheumatology, Social and Preventive Medicine, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Tropical Medicine, Urology, Venereology, Virology
Faculty : Natural Sciences and Engineering Chemical Engineering, Computer Education, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology, Graphic Arts, Higher Education Teacher Training, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Natural Sciences, Textile Technology
Faculty : Pharmacy Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Pharmacy
Faculty : Public Administration Business Administration, Public Administration
Faculty : Social Sciences American Studies, Anthropology, Communication Disorders, Communication Studies, Comparative Politics, Comparative Sociology, Cultural Studies, European Studies, Family Studies, Government, History of Societies, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Studies, Journalism, Management, Military Science, Political Sciences, Social Policy, Social Sciences, Sociology, Welfare and Protective Services
Faculty : Social Work Social Work
Faculty : Sport Parks and Recreation, Sports
Faculty : Theology Religion, Theology
Faculty : Veterinary Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry, Veterinary Science
School : Economics and Business Accountancy, Banking, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Insurance, International Business, Management, Marketing

General information

Alternative names Univerza v Ljubljani
Founded 1919
Accreditation NAKVIS - SQAA Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Location and contacts

Address Kongresni trg 12
Ljubljana, 1000
Slovenia
City population 284,000

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