University of Primorska

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University of Primorska (Slovenian "Univerza na Primorskem", Italian "Università del Litorale") is the third university in Slovenia. It is located in Koper, Izola and Portorož and is named for the Slovenian Littoral region (Slovenian "Primorska") where it is located.

History

The very first efforts to found a Primorska university were made almost one hundred years ago, whereas the first concrete steps towards the establishment of a new Slovene university were taken after the country had become independent. Thus 1992 saw the preparation of the expert study of the development of higher education in the region of Primorska, and a year later a letter of intent was signed envisioning the establishment of the University Study Centre. In 1995, the Science and Research Centre of the Republic of Slovenia was founded in order to garner the intellectual potential of the future university, while 1996 witnessed the formation of the University Study Centre of Koper, which facilitated the development of higher education in the region and prepared the legal basis for founding the university. Two years later, the letter of intent was also signed by representatives of the regional economic sector and by regional chambers of commerce.

Finally, on 29 January, 2003, the Slovene Parliament passed the University of Primorska Charter. Two months later, on 17 March, 2003, the UP was entered into the register of legal entities kept by the District Court of Koper. The newly established university comprised three faculties, two colleges and two research institutes.

Organization

These are the 3 faculties and 2 colleges in which the university is divided into:

* Faculty of Education - Koper
* Faculty of Humanities - Koper
* Faculty of Management - Koper
* College of Tourism - Portorož
* College of Health Care - Izola

The Institutes:

* Science and Research Centre
* Primorska Institute of Science and Technology

are also integrated in the structure of the University of Primorska.

Faculty

The members of the University of Primorska faculty include several prominent scholars, among which:

* Boris Cavazza
* Andrej Blatnik
* Lucija Čok
* Taja Kramberger
* Tonči Kuzmanić
* Igor Lukšič
* Egon Pelikan
* Jože Pirjevec
* Dimitrij Rupel
* Jože Stabej
* Andrina Tonkli Komel
* Marta Verginella

ee also

* List of colleges and universities
* University of Ljubljana
* University of Maribor
* University of Nova Gorica
* University of Trieste

External links

* [http://www.upr.si/ University of Primorska Website] sl icon it icon en icon