Student tutors

Tutoring is an organized help for students based on a personal approach.

Student tutors guide their protégés (students) and advise them on how to solve their problems. The tutor can also advise students on their choice of study fields, elective courses, further studies, etc. The purpose of tutoring is  to strengthen the contacts between students by exchanging useful information and experiences in the field of studies and student affairs.

Tutors from Master's study programs can offer undergraduate students information from their personal study experience.

Who are student tutors at UP FAMNIT?

For general information, you can write to the tutors at: famnit.tutor@upr.si.

In the academic year 2024/2025, UP FAMNIT students can turn to the following student tutors:

Name and surname	Study programme
Matic Bončina	Computer Science (BsC)
Dunja Kostić	Computer Science (BsC)
Anastasija Temova	Computer Science (BsC)
Luka Risteski	Computer Science (BsC)
Zhivko Stoimchev	Computer Science (BsC)
Danilo Lazić	Computer Science (BsC)
Andrej Natev	Computer Science (BsC)
Luka Radošević	Computer Science (BsC)
Simona Filiposka	Computer Science (BsC)
Hasib Kolaković	Computer Science (BsC)
David Chonev	Computer Science (BsC)
Amir Garipov	Computer Science (BsC)
Simona Cholakova	Computer Science (BsC)
Artem Nesterov	Mathematics (BsC)
Midjana Miljković	Mathematics (BsC)
Dmytro Tupkalenko	Mathematics (BsC)
Martin Skok	Mathematics (BsC)
Yllkë Jashari	Mathematics (BsC)
Naume Karamitreski	Mathematics (BsC)
Diar Gashi	Mathematics (BsC) Currently student of Mathematical Sciences (MsC)
Teodora Ilić	Mathematics in Economics and Finance (BsC)
Ivana Kresevič	Mathematics in Economics and Finance (BsC)
Andrijana Jakšić	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Miloš Jakovljević	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Sibora Kaçuri	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Luka Ložar	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Saša Krajnović	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Miha Rupar	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Angela Nikolova	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Jelena Pašagić	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Stefan Petrovski	Bioinformatics (BsC)
Minja Tomašević	Biopsychology (BsC)
Anđela Bošnjak	Biopsychology (BsC)
Yelyzaveta Karazhova	Biopsychology (BsC)
Maja Plateis	Biopsychology (BsC)
Špela Možgan Nose	Biopsychology (BsC)
Lana Gorinjac	Biopsychology (BsC) Currently student of Psychology (MsC)
Jovana Lukić	Biopsychology (BsC) Currently student of Psychology (MsC)
Ema Milojević	Biopsychology (BsC)
Ajda Oražem	Biopsychology (BsC) Currently student of Psychology (MsC)
Anđela Končar	Biopsychology (BsC)
Hristina Gelevska	Conservation Biology (BsC)
Lina Kramberger	Conservation Biology (BsC)
Makar Korshunov	Agronomy (BsC)
Aylin Alenabi	Biopsychology (MsC)
Alja Polanec	Biopsychology (MsC)
Nuša Šijanec	Psychology (MsC)
Eva Krebl	Psychology (MsC) UP FAMNIT STUDENT TUTORS COORDINATOR
Marija Rakić	Data Science (MsC)
Amina Selmanović	Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments (Doctoral)

More information about the tutoring system is available HERE.
It is recommended that students make initial contact with the tutor by e-mail and agree on the next step as soon as possible.

Academic year 2024/25 student tutor coordinator about tutoring

Tutoring at FAMNIT is crucial for students' success, providing individual support and mentorship often unavailable during regular lectures.

Additionally, we actively collaborate with professors and academic staff to ensure that tutoring effectively aligns with the curriculum and subject goals. We regularly communicate with professors to understand students' needs and coordinate our activities with the schedule of lectures and exam dates.

Special attention is given to assisting foreign students facing linguistic, cultural, and academic challenges. We strive in various ways to provide equal opportunities for success to both foreign and domestic students, fostering open dialogue, exploration, and trust.

Of course, we also encounter various challenges, primarily time limitations, as tutors are usually students involved in many extracurricular activities. We must be attentive to individual student needs and, most importantly, offer guidance and direction towards independent work.

Tutors are dedicated to creating a supportive environment where students feel encouraged and motivated to learn.

As the coordinator of tutors, I play a crucial role in informing, guiding, and supporting tutors in their work.  I aim to encourage collaboration among students, tutors, and professors, creating an environment that fosters open dialogue, exploration, and learning. 

Tutoring satisfies me because it allows me to directly impact the student's experience and assist students in their academic and personal growth.  It also allows me to develop organisational and communication skills and collaborate on various projects. Through tutoring, I am constantly learning and growing, where every day brings new challenges and encounters opportunities to improve study environment.  

The tutor role is important and valuable because we can directly contribute with our efforts and encouragement to students' well-being and help them tackle everyday academic challenges. Every success, every moment when we see how a student develops their abilities and pushes their limits, reminded us why we choose to become tutors. The biggest accomplishment of our work is the satisfaction and fulfilment that we feel in the gratitude of the students. Therefore, we are happy that the faculty allows us to be part of this and that we insist and continuing our mission with passion and optimism because every smile, step, and encouragement from us can make someone's day brighter.   -EVA KREBL, UP FAMNIT STUDENT TUTORS COORDINATOR- 

How do I become student tutor?

It's easy! Student tutor can be any student who successfully completed their first year and is enrolled as a BSc, MSc or PhD student at UP FAMNIT. Tutor candidate should fill in the application form and deliver it to the Office of Student Services. Applicants who meet the conditions of the call for applications and are selected will receive a formal decision on their appointment as student tutors. The term of office of a student tutor is one academic year.

The Senate of the University of Primorska at its 26th regular session on 23. 3. 2022 adopted the new Rules on the tutoring system at the University of Primorska, which came into force on 9 May 2022.

The Rules stipulate that the Open Call for tutors is published at least once a year, no later than 1 March.

Tutor work report

By October 10, the student tutor must submit a work report for each academic year to the coordinator of faculty student tutors on the prescribed form. Student tutor must ensure that the report is (co)signed by the coordinator of the student tutors at the faculty.

The coordinator of faculty student tutors submits a report on the work of the tutors to the coordinator of teacher tutors of the faculty by October 15 at the latest.

The coordinator of faculty teacher tutors reviews the report of student tutors and proposes to the competent committee the confirmation of the report.

Useful information

The tutors have some useful materials available to help them with their work.

You can read everything about the tutoring system in the Priročniku za tutorje Univerze na Primorskem.Tutoring guides for students with special needs and for foreign students are also available.

Training of student tutors

Tutors have the opportunity for education and training in various workshops and sessions. These are conducted within the framework of Continuing Education for tutors.

Here you can watch a short video about the training of tutors during past academic years.

Teacher tutors

Teacher tutors advise mainly individually. They help students with their studies with the aim of improving their academic achievements in individual fields of study, advise on the choice of elective courses and answer questions about progression to a higher year, completion of studies, and the choice of mentor in the final work. In particular, teacher tutors are available to students with the status of a student with special needs and together they create an individualized study plan.

In the academic year 2023/2024, UP FAMNIT students can turn to the following teacher tutors:

Matjaž Hladnik	Bioinformatics (BSc)
Vesna Jug Urša Mars Bitenc Tina Tinkara Peternelj Tjaša Ogrizek	Biopsychology (BSc)
Alenka Baruca Arbeiter	Mediterranean Agriculture (BSc)
Nina Chiarelli	Mathematics (BSc)
Nina Chiarelli	Mathematics in Economics and Finance (BSc)
Branko Kavšek	Computer Science (BSc)
Vladimir Ivović Katja Adam Sara Zupan	Conservation Biology (BSc)
Vesna Jug Urša Mars Bitenc Tina Tinkara Peternelj Tjaša Ogrizek	Biopsychology (MSc)
Vesna Jug Urša Mars Bitenc Tina Tinkara Peternelj Tjaša Ogrizek	Psychology (MSc)
Marko Tkalčič	Data Science (MSc)
Nina Chiarelli	Mathematical Sciences (MSc)
Matjaž Kljun	Computer Science (MSc)
Matthew Schwarzkopf	Sustainable Built Environments (MSc)
Vladimir Ivović Katja Adam Sara Zupan	Nature conservation (MSc)
Nina Chiarelli	Mathematical Sciences (Doctoral)
Klen Čopič Pucihar	Computer Science (Doctoral)
Matthew Schwarzkopf	Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments (Doctoral)
Vesna Jug Urša Mars Bitenc Tina Tinkara Peternelj Tjaša Ogrizek	Suicidology and Mental Health (Doctoral)
Vladimir Ivović Katja Adam Sara Zupan	Conservation Biology (Doctoral)