1. IAAO Conference 2017 Update from Slovenia
Stockholm 26 September 2017

2. Current situation
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport established a records and analytical information system for higher education in the Republic of Slovenia (eVŠ) at the end of
As a central source of data on student status, the eVŠ also helps to verify students’ eligibility for public subsidies and different forms of financial aid instruments
The Higher Education Enrolment Procedure in Slovenia is centralized via online eVŠ web portal since
Candidates who wish to enroll, have to fill in the enrolment application online via eVŠ web portal, which is obligatory for all undergraduate and postgraduate study programs at public and private HEIs.
Selection procedures are done by the HEIs.
For undergraduate study programmes selection is done centraly by (4) central application offices.
The ministry is the manager of the IT system and coordinates the activities.

3. Current situation in numbers
Total number of students decresed by 24 % since 2012
Foreign students present 5,4 % (academic year 2015/16)
Academic year
Total number of students
2011/2012
90.251
2012/2013
86.170
2013/2014
79.328
2014/2015
74.105
2015/2016
69.805
2016/2017
68.702

4. Current situation in numbers
4 universities (57 faculties) + 48 free-standing HEIs
90 calls for enrolment
177 dealines for enrolment application
places for enrolment

5. Current situation in numbers 2017/18
4 universities + 48 free-standing HEIs
90 calls for enrolment
177 dealines for enrolment application
places for enrolment

6. Supporting internationalization of Slovene HE
A form “Application for recognition for access to education“ for recognition of foreign education was integrated into the online enrolment application to HE with the aim to simplify enrolment procedures for foreign candidates
First for academic yaer 2016/17
Before:
A separate written form for the recognition of foreign education was used. Candidates had to send the same document to different addresses or organizational unites of the same HEIs.
The deadlines for submitting each form were not always synchronized.
When candidates submitted an application for recognition of foreign education, but later did not apply for an enrolment, HEIs had to carry out the whole recognition procedure.

7. Legally established enrolment framework
All HEIs have to announce calls for enrolment by 30 March. Period for publishing calls for enrolment was unified for all HEIs (Higher Education Act).
First for academic year 2017/18.
Before the date was set only for public HEIs, and it was 30 March for undergraduate studies and 1 June for postgraduate studies.
The deadline also applies to the accreditation of study programmes and their changes if they wish to be included in the call for enrolment.
The enrolment must be completed by 30 September.

8. Future upgrades
IT support for selection process – the tool will be available to all HEIs
Monitoring of employability of graduates
Legal basis ensured in HE Act in 2016
Feasibility studies were done for the monitoring of employability of graduates and for predicting the needs of the labour market for Slovene HE graduates
Monitoring of progression from secondary to HE
Support self-evaluation of HEIs
Giving feedback to secondary education and schools