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Knowledge for progress!

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA. Knowledge for progress!. About Slovenia. Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe Independent since 25 June 1991 European Union member from 1 May 2004 Currency EURO since January 2007 Around 2 million population Official language: Slovenian

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Knowledge for progress!

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  1. FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA Knowledge for progress!

  2. About Slovenia • Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe • Independent since 25 June 1991 • European Union member from 1 May 2004 • Currency EURO since January 2007 • Around 2 million population • Official language: Slovenian • Capital city: Ljubljana – around 330.000 population

  3. Higher Education in Slovenia • 4 universities • 20 independent higher education institutions

  4. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • Established in 1919 • Public university • One of the biggest universities in the world scale with over60,000 students enrolled in 130 undergraduate and 110 graduate programmes • 22 faculties, 3 artsacademies and one university college. • University campus is spread all over Ljubljana

  5. Faculty ofEconomics (FELU) • Established in 1946 • The biggest member of the University of Ljubljana • FELU’s key activity: Education and Research • Number of students(January 2009): • undergraduates: 8,728 • postgraduates: 1,100 • doctoral: 124 (20 per year get a PhD) • Number of Faculty (January 2009) : • Total Number of Faculty: 157 • Administration & Support: 90

  6. Leadership team • Dean • Professor dr. Dušan Mramor • Vice-Dean for Student Affairs • Assistant professor dr. Andreja Cirman • Vice-Dean for Research • Assistant professor dr. Aljoša Valentinčič • Vice-Dean for Finance • Accociate professor dr. Mojca Indihar Štembergar

  7. Accreditations and Memberships • The FELU Accreditations • The FELU Memberships

  8. Faculty ofEconomics (FELU) • Accreditations: • EQUIS (2006 ) (EFMD) • 2009 reaccreditation? • TEDQUAL (WTO – tourism) • AACSB (in the pipeline, peer review: March 2010)

  9. Mission Statement • “As the leading international institution in South-east Europe, we develop • experts in business and economics, conduct an excellent and innovative • research programme, and facilitate the effective and socially responsible • transfer of knowledge to business practice.”

  10. Vision Statement • “ By 2013 FELU will be internationally recognised for excellence and be • the best and most prominent international centre for students, teaching • staff, researchers and the business community involved in business and • economics in Slovenia and South-east Europe.” • The mission and vision of the FELU will be achieved by respecting the following core valuesin all of its activities: • excellence; • an international orientation; • a client orientation; • openness and co-operation; • innovation; • ethics and social responsibility (including environmental • awareness).

  11. Studying at FELU

  12. Programmes • FELU was one of the first faculties in Slovenia to establish new internationally comparable programmes at both undergraduate and graduate levels accredited under the 3+2+3 system • First cycle (undergraduate) • Second cycle (graduate) • Doctorate (3 year full time)

  13. UndergraduateProgrammes

  14. GraduateProgrammes

  15. Programmes Offered in English • Marketing • International Business • Bank and Financial Management (Double degree) • Money and Finance (Double degree) • Economics (Double degree) • International Full-Time Master Programme in Business Administration • European Master in Tourism Management (Joint programme) • Business Administration in Co-operation with ICPE • Consortium Master in BusinessAdministration in Macedonia • Information Management (Double degree) • Public Sector and Environmental Economics (JMPSE) (Joint Triple degree programme) • Doctoral Programme in Economics and Business

  16. Research

  17. Research 133 researchers (87 % of all faculty) and 180 external researchers, the FELU is the leading research institution in Slovenia and in SE Europe in the area of business and economic Research Centre at the FELU (RCEF) 15 applied research institutes International academic journal ‘Economic and Business Review’for Central and South-Eastern Europe (EBR) FELU’s publishing unit Co-organising annual scientific and research conferences (the Portorož Business Conference, the Business Conference for the Public Sector, and the Student Business Conference)

  18. Research Institutes List ofApplied Research Institutes: Business Informatics Institute (IPI) Centre for EntrepreneurshipDevelopment (CRP) Institute for South-EasternEuropeanStudies (ISEE) Public Sector Institute (IJSEF) Marketing Institute Law Institute Statistics Institute (SIEF) Institute for Tourism • Management and Organization Institute (IMO) • Accounting and Auditing Institute • Macroeconomics Institute • Money and Finance Institute • Institute for European Programs and Studies (IEPŠ) • Institute for Socioeconomic and Business Evaluation “FELU lives by its slogan ‘Knowledge for Progress’ and continues to improve and strive for excellence even in those areas where the results are already relatively good.”

  19. ResearchEvaluation 2004-2008 researchers got published 515 articles in international scientific journals; 191 articles in domestic journals. researchers authored or co-authored338monographicpublications. researcherspresented 444 papers at international conferences (131 at conferences in SE Europe)and 239 papers at domesticconferences. researchers wrote 88 expert papers for international organisations and 66 for Slovenian organisations and the government. In addition, there were almost 900 articles in professional journals, newspapers etc COBISS database(Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services) CEK (Central Economic Library): 80,518 records

  20. Information and Documentation Facilities 1990 the European Commission granted the status of a European Documentation Centre (EDC)to the FELU. The Data Analysis Centre (PASEF) develops databases which are used primarily for research (both faculty and students). Currently the PASEF offers the following databases: financial reports of around 40,000 Slovenian companies provided by the AJPES (Agency for Public Evidence and Services of the RS) financial reports and some additional information for more than 8 million companies from 35 European countries for the past 10 years contained in the Amadeus database provided by the Bureau van Dijk; financial reports and some additional information of European banks in the BankScope database provided by the Bureau van Dijk; and online access to the DataStream database, provided by Thompson Financial.

  21. Important FELU's International Conferences Past events: EGOS 2004 (European Group for Organizational Studies) EFMD 2004 (European Foundation for Management Development) INSITE 2007 (Informing Science and IT Education) EFA 2007 (Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association) SCOS 2007 (Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism) EFMD 2007 (Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Small Business) EURAM 2008 (The European Academy of Management) EARIE 2009 (European Association for Research in Industrial Economics ) Future events: EMAC 2011 (EuropeanMarketing Academy ) EAA 2012 (European Accounting Association ) EALE 2014 (European Association of Labour Economists)

  22. Internationalisation

  23. Internationalisation Around 150 international agreements (130 EU-Erasmus). 16 agreements with Equis & 13 with AACSB accredited schools. More than 50 countries worldwide (EU, BiH, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Canada, Columbia, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, China, Korea, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). Annually more than 80 facultyand 15 staff can go on exchanges 83visiting professors Around 200outgoing students annually. Around 500international incoming students annually: Full time undergraduate: 142 students (49 Macedonia, 34 Croatia, 30 BiH … ); Full time graduate: 120 students; Exchange: 219 students.

  24. Internationalisation of the Research Internationalization of the faculty: Faculty studied abroad: 80% Faculty completed an MSc abroad: 23% Faculty completed PhD studies abroad: 14% 2004 to 2008 the FELU’s researchers published 515 articles in international scientific journals: 137 in SSCI or SCI journals, 217 in Econlit and 161 in other journals indexed in international databases 2004 - 2008 research and consulting projects 108 nationalprojects 29 international research projects 101 applied research and consulting projects FELU researchers presented 444 papersat international conferences

  25. International Projects for Students, Staff or Teachers/Researchers Life Long Learning Programmes Erasmus Mobility, Erasmus Interships Erasmus Intensive Programme Erasmus Mundus Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (Lot 9, 11, 14/1, 14/2) EU-South Korea project CEEEPUS Leonardo da Vinci Tempus 6. & 7. Framework Programme

  26. Ljubljana Summer School It is a three-week programme. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Company visits. Socialising with people from around the world. Many courses to choose/ ECTS credits. FELU and international lecturers. Rich social and cultural programme. Around 200 students from more than 25 countries. “Take the Best from East & West”

  27. Confucius Institute at FELU August 2009 - establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics. The Confucius Institutes will provide the following activities: Learning Chinese Business Practice; Lectures in Chinese Cultural Environment; Lectures in Doing Business in China; Learning Chinese language; Exchanging students and professors; Organizing events and summer camps; Providing information and consultative services concerning China’s education, culture.

  28. FELU and the Corporate World

  29. FELU and the Corporate World FELU carries out educational and research activity for the business community and with the help of the business community. until January 200977 agreements have been signed 2004 - 2008 research institutes have co-operated with over 260 corporate clients Center for Management Development and Training (CISEF) Open courses Customised programmes Consortium master’s studies (MBA) Companies have advertised 261 titles for undergraduate theses and 144 for master’s theses. Participation of guest lecturers from business world in the last 3 years Annuallyaround250 guest speakers Students 50 business projects Students have visited more than 50 companies.

  30. Contacts • Head of the programme: • Professor dr. Nevenka Hrovatin • Office Hours: Thursday 13.30 (or by appointment) • Tel. 5892 557 (00 386 1 5892 557) • E-mail: nevenka.hrovatin@ef.uni-lj.si • Administration and organisation (ICPE): • Neda Podergajs (neda.podergajs@icpe.si) • Živa Cotič (ziva.cotic@icpe.si)

  31. Obligations until February • December 20, 2009: • Title and brief description of the master’s thesis (one page A4) • End of January (31 January): • Synopsis • Mid-Februray: • Synopsis approved by the mentor • February – May: graduate committee approval • May – August - work on the thesis • 15-20 September: defense

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