1. University of Ljubljana collaboration with Hungarian universities Prof
University of Ljubljana collaboration with Hungarian universities Prof. dr. Martin Čopič, Vice-rector
March 2017

2. Slovenia
We are comprehensive, traditional, research oriented University.
40.833,5 students
9.684 graduates
5.747 employees
an annual budget of app. 287 mio €

3. Research focus at University of Ljubljana
3946 registered researchers
331 young researchers + 16 post-docs
196 long-term research programmes
440 research projects
Every teacher is expected to be involved in research

4. Internationalisation - Foreign Students

5. Strong in research AREAS ACROSS/HORIZONTAL AREAS
ICT – Creative Industries – Sustainability of Environment
HEALTH
Translational medicine and new medicaments;
New technologies in medicine;
Healthy life.
ENERGY
Alternative sources of electricity;
Smart energy networks;
Efficient use of energy;
Energy saving.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS
Wood, wood production technologies and innovative construction;
Biotechnology and waste recycling;
Advanced production processes – robotics, lasers…;
Advanced composit materials and alloys.
QUALITY OF LIFE
Economic, legal and organisational efficiency;
Social justice and ethical acceptability;
Culture and arts.

6. Strong involvment in EU projects
Participation of UL in numbers:
163 projects within 7th Framework Programme (in the amount of nearly 30 mio € for UL) 
1ERC Starting Grant, 1 ERC Advanced Grant  
56 H2020 projects
67 ERASMUS+ projects
More than 242 projects financed by other EU programmes: COST, EUREKA, LLP, CIP, ERA-NET, LIFE+, Health, Safer Internet Plus, etc. of which
161 projects were financed by Structural Funds and European Territorial Co-operation (RDF, ESF, Transnational Cooperation)
7 Competence Centres
8 Centres of Excellence (2 UL coordinator, 6 as a partner)

7. Research expenditure at UL National funding decreasing, European and international funding increasing

8. Current collaboration with Hungarian universities
UL currently collaborates in about 15 H2020, FP7, and Interreg programs with different Hungarian universities
About 40 current Erasums+ programs with
EÖTVÖS LORAND UNIVERSITY,
BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS,
CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST, SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY,
Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary,
PAZMANY PETER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY,
BUDAPESTI MÜSZAKI FÖISKOLA,
UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE,
UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN, SZENT ISTVAN UNIVERSITY,
UNIVERSITY OF PECS,
UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY,
UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

9. Interest for cooperation with Hungarian universities
Faculty of electrical engineering: with Budapest University of Technology and Economics on "Photonics millimeter-wave signal generation approaches for 5G mobile systems", current application in the call of NKFIH 
Faculty of natural science and technology: with University in Miskolcu in the field of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Biotechnology:
with University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest in the field of biology
with University of West Hungary, Sopron in the field of wood technology
with St. István University on Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
Faculty of computer and information science: with Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

10. Interest for cooperation with Hungarian universities
Faculty of Arts:
with Eotvos Lorand University on Cognitive science, History of art, and Slavic language studies
With Corvinus University of Budapest Erasmus program in History
With Berzsenyi Dániel College on Slavic language studies
With University of Debrecen on literature, didactics in literary didactics.
Within the current call for bilateral projects a number of projects have also been submitted.

11. Thank you for attention
March 2017

12. Direct Cooperation with Business and Society
674 applied projects in all science and professional areas (10 mio €)
0 young researchers from industry (40 in 2014)
607 guest speakers from business
473 guest speakers from different applied research institutions
28 accredited life-long learning programmes
135 other forms of life-long learning with more than attendees
113 projects of students in cooperation with employers as a part of study programmes
Theses (all study levels) in cooperation with business and public sector institutions
Direct Cooperation with Business and Society
Resolutely on chosen paths

13. FUND for the promotion of cooperation in EU projects
In 2014 UL established the UL Fund for the promotion of cooperation in EU projects (form 2017 on called UL Development fund) from which we finance:
Incentives for young researchers
Incentives for multidisciplinary and coordinating projects
Education and trainings of researchers (special focus on ERC and Marie Curie)
Memberships in different networks

14. UL cooperation in HORIZON 2020
With the amount of more than 13 mio € of EU contribution University of Ljubljana (which contributes almost half of the research results in Slovenia) is among the
leading organisations in Slovenia.
56 approved H2020 projects

15. Stategic partnerships for EU research cooperation
KU LEUVEN - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
CELSA – Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance
LERU- CE7 Central European Universities
GUILD
VISION2020 network

16. Mobility of Researchers – HR Excellence in Research
From 2008, the University of Ljubljana is committed to respect the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for Recruitment of Researchers in its strategy for the development of researchers’ careers. The commitment is worded in the UL Strategy for Researchers’ Career Development for the Period and the Action plan. As a result of its efforts UL received the right to use the logo HR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH in 2013 and successfully carried out internal evaluation in External evaluation is expected in 2017.

17. Reccomendations for FP9
More funding for research in FP9
More buttom up research (no predefined topics) in all pillars covering also basic science
More two stage calls
More small – middle sized projects
Introdution of the possibility of shared coordinatorship
Separated calls for upper TRLs
Dissemination of research results to Higher education as one of the core demands of dissemination&communication activities
Improved Widening instrument

18. Reccomendations for SPREADING EXCELLENCE and WIDENING instrument
More money for TEAMING, TWINNING and ERA CHAIRS;
Support of Excellence: Funding of excellent ERC proposals from Widening countries that go to the second step of review but are finaly not funded through ERC budget;
Additional budget for MSCA IFs for the host organisations from widening countries;
Support for development of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) strategies and practices in organisations from Widening countries together with the most excellent European institues and HE organisations;