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Tuesday, 27 June 2017 New possibilities for exchanges!

We are happy to announce that UP FAMNIT successfully attained Erasmus+ support for exchanges in academic years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.

We will be able to offer scholarships to incoming students from nine countries outside the EU:

• Australia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Egypt
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• New Zealand
• Russian Federation
• Serbia
• United States of America

Under the scheme we already supported students from Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Russian Federation, Serbia and United States of America, while we still have funding possibilities for students from Izrael.

Additional support was granted to the faculty for staff mobility.
We will be accepting them from Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Kazakhstan and Russian Federation, while our colleagues will visit institutions in Australia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, New Zealand.

For details on the arrangements, please contact the international office at your institution or at UP FAMNIT (international@famnit.upr.si).

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Koper!

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 20 international students are exploring good practices on wood use in Slovenia

A diverse group of international students will be staying on the Slovene coast between 28 and 30 June. They are participating at the international summer school The Forest Sector’s Contribution to Sustainability of the Built Environment in Alpine Europe, which is organised jointly by the University of Primorska Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies and Oregon State University College of Forestry (USA). Young researchers from Finland, Indonesia, China, Sweden, Ukraine, United States of America and Slovenia will be travelling for two weeks, during which they will learn about traditional and modern architecture of the built environment and explore good practices related to wood use in Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

The summer school started on Sunday, 25 June in Ljubljana. The group then headed to Gozd Martuljek and Bled and today they are visiting Kočevje and the virgin forests in the region, while they will also stop in Ribnica to see the company Riko hiše.

As already mentioned, the group will arrive to Koper on 28 June, where they will visit the Port of Koper and Škocjanski zatok. They will continue the trip to Dragonja and Sečovlje salt pans, more specifically Lepa Vida Spa, where they will be discovering good practices of wood use in building modern buildings. They reserved Thursday for visiting the University of Primorska, more specifically UP FAMNIT, where students will learn about the rich international research work of the faculty.

Students will then continue their trip towards Venice and towns of Castelnuovo, Pieve and Cavalese and Bressanone. After a stop in Austrian Innsbruck, the summer school will finish in Zürich (Switzerland).

The aim of the summer school is to learn about sustainable built environment in Alpine Europe on specific examples. For this purpose, a number of visits to research organisations and companies active in modern research and development are planned.

The summer school is another example of the efforts made by the University of Primorska in the field of sustainable construction. UP FAMNIT researchers from the Department of Applied Natural Sciences are especially active in this area. They are trying to minimise the impact of the construction on the pollution and are trying to discover new technologies and support methodologies to decrease the environmental pollution. Their research focuses on different ways materials from sustainable resources (esp. wood) can be used. They are solving technological challenges in the use of sustainable materials and are trying to improve their characteristics. With fundamental research they are learning how the modification of natural materials impacts the environment and perform substantiated psychophysiological research of human perception of naturalness of different materials, and the impact of different materials in the living environment on health and wellbeing of people.

All of these ideas are implemented also by the Centre of Excellency InnoRenew CoE while the faculty will offer a new study programme next year: Sustainable Built Environment. The programme will educate professionals, who will be able to solve complex problems emerging in the sector of sustainable built environment.

Follow the blog maintained by the participants of the summer school and stay up-to-date with what is happening daily. 

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Public Tender for Young Researchers Candidates for the Year 2017

University of Primorska publishes a Public tender for young researchers candidates for the year 2017.

The purpose of the Public Tender is the selection of the candidates for young researchers to be trained in the programme group P1 – 0285 (Algebra, discrete mathematics, probability and game theory) at the University of Primorska Andrej Marušič Institute (UP IAM) for obtaining a doctorate of science.

Candidates may apply until 28 July 2017.

The Public Tender and the needed documentation are available here.

Monday, 12 June 2017 Courses for exchange students in 2017/18 published

All incoming students can check the offer of courses for 2017/18 academic year in the file here or on the page here. 

For support in creating learning agreements contact international office at international@famnit.upr.si. 

Friday, 9 June 2017 TUM Alumni meeting in Slovenia

We are very happy to announce a TUM (Technisches Universität München) Alumni event in Slovenia!

Prof. Dušanka Janežič, PhD is very engaged in the TUM Alumni network and she is really looking forward to meet other TUM Alumni in Slovenia. Therefore, she invites all interested to the University of Primorska in Koper on Saturday, June 17 at 1 p.m. for a nice get together in a beach café afterwards.

The meeting is also a great chance to get in touch with other TUM Alumni and exchange experiences about your time at TUM and your (business) life after that.

Please find more information about the event and your guide in the Community-Blog (https://www.community.tum.de/wp-login.php).

Feel free to share this invitation with all other TUM Alumni you know and who might be interested in the event.

See you on Saturday, June 17 in Koper!

Tuesday, 6 June 2017 Visiting lecturers and researchers met the Rector of the UP

At the end of spring semester, UP Rector Prof. Dragan Marušič, PhD, met lecturers and researchers from abroad who are currently involved in the pedagogical process and research activity at the University of Primorska.

The reception offered a pleasant opportunity for an informal networking and for planning interdisciplinary integration and cooperation.

 The meeting was attended by some of current UP FAMNIT visitors:

• Prof. Janko Gravner, PhD (University of California Davis, USA),
• Adrian Gradinar (Lancaster University, UK),
• Assist. Prof. Miklos Kresz, PhD (University of Szeged, Hungary),
• Prof. Ted Dobson, PhD (Mississippi State University, USA),
• Marcin Anholcer, PhD (Poznan University of Economics and business, Poland),
• Rachel Barber (Mississippi State University, USA),
• Kawa Arkadiusz, PhD (Poznan University of Economics and business, Poland).

In the Academic year 2016/17 UP FAMNIT hosted 70 lecturers and researchers from abroad. Their visits were supported under the project GUEST UP, different bilateral projects or they visited us individually.

Monday, 5 June 2017 Scholarship opportunities at UP FAMNIT

The University of Primorska offers scholarships for students of BSc study programmes Mathematics and Computer Science.

If you are interested in studying at UP FAMNIT, and you have some excellent high school achivements in the field of Mathematics or Computer Science, send us an informative PRE-APPLICATION for the 2017/18 academic year.

To apply, please fill in our informative pre-application form and return it to us as soon as possible. You will be then notified, whether you are eligible for scholarship.

For additional clarifications and explanations, please visit our website or contact our International Office at international@famnit.upr.si.

Thank you very much for considering UP FAMNIT in your plans for future studies!

Friday, 2 June 2017 Another success of our students at the Open International Internet Olympiad

UP FAMNIT students continue achieving great results in international mathematical competitions. Two of our mathematics students successfully finished the first two rounds of the Open International Internet Olympiad for Higher Education Students and entered the finals on 23 May 2017.

Among 6,413 participants from 175 universities, Arber Avdullahu (1st year Mathematics, BSc) placed 4th and won the silver medal, while Marko Palangetić (1st year Mathematical Sciences, MSc) placed 33rd and won the bronze medal.

The super final round of the competition will be held in Israel in October.

Famnit's students traditionally participate in the Open International Internet Olympiad. Last year, due to the excellent participation of our students, University of Primorska won the title »University winner«.

We congratulate our students for their fantastic achievements!