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University of Primorska
Univerza na Primorskem
Address: Titov trg 4, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
Telephone: + 386 5 611 7500
Fax: + 386 5 611 7530
E-mail: info@upr.si
The University of Primorska (UP), the third largest public universi-
ty in Slovenia, was established in 2003 as a centre of knowledge im-
plementing European educational strategies. The main objectives
of this vibrant university are to carry out high-quality study and
research programmes, which promote natural and cultural herit-
age while integrating and developing them with the educational, in-
tellectual and research potential opportunities for the rest of the
world. The university also aims to produce a mutual co-existence
and close collaboration with industry. UP is committed to transmit-
ting knowledge to future generations in order to produce inquisi-
tive thinkers and professionals. It provides an integrated develop-
ment of research work, based on two fundamental pillars, which
ensure the enhanced rationality of fund use, improved interdiscipli-
nary interlacing and also greater effect in developing both academic
study programs connected with research work and the university’s
international co-operation within the framework of selected prior-
ity research contents. While the first pillar concerns Mathematics,
Natural Sciences, and Technology, the second covers Humanities
and Social Sciences. UP is a young university established due to re-
gional demands and needs for greater availability of higher educa-
University of Primorska
Univerza na Primorskem
Address: Titov trg 4, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
Telephone: + 386 5 611 7500
Fax: + 386 5 611 7530
E-mail: info@upr.si
The University of Primorska (UP), the third largest public universi-
ty in Slovenia, was established in 2003 as a centre of knowledge im-
plementing European educational strategies. The main objectives
of this vibrant university are to carry out high-quality study and
research programmes, which promote natural and cultural herit-
age while integrating and developing them with the educational, in-
tellectual and research potential opportunities for the rest of the
world. The university also aims to produce a mutual co-existence
and close collaboration with industry. UP is committed to transmit-
ting knowledge to future generations in order to produce inquisi-
tive thinkers and professionals. It provides an integrated develop-
ment of research work, based on two fundamental pillars, which
ensure the enhanced rationality of fund use, improved interdiscipli-
nary interlacing and also greater effect in developing both academic
study programs connected with research work and the university’s
international co-operation within the framework of selected prior-
ity research contents. While the first pillar concerns Mathematics,
Natural Sciences, and Technology, the second covers Humanities
and Social Sciences. UP is a young university established due to re-
gional demands and needs for greater availability of higher educa-
