Wednesday, 23 August 2017 UP FAMNIT's partners high on ARWU 2017
The ShanghaiRanking Consultancy published the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2017. On the subject ranking list for mathematics the University of Primorska reached position #401-500, which represents a good achievement for a small sized university.
The list of the world’s best higher education institutions includes many universities, where UP FAMNIT graduates continue their studies, and a considerable number of UP FAMNIT project and research partners.
UP FAMNIT graduates currently study, or recently graduated, at the following prestigious universities: University of Copenhagen (#30), University of Edinburg (#32), Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (#40), Technical University Munich (#50), Rutgers, The State University of New Yersey – New Brunswich (#79), University Amsterdam, University Paris Diderot – Paris 7, University of Birmingham, VU University Amsterdam, University of Bonn (all #101-150).
For many years, UP FAMNIT and UP IAM are cooperating in research and projects with more than 150 universities and research institutions, from which we also welcome guest lecturers and researchers. Our partners are:
Stanford University (#2), University of Cambridge (#3), University of Oxford (#7), University of Washington (#13), Northwestern University (#22), Imperial College London (#27), University of Wisconsin – Madison (#28), University of British Columbia (#31), Utrecht University (#47), Technical University Munich (#50), Vanderbilt University (#52), The University of Queensland (#55), University of Helsinki (#56), Aarhus University (#65), Peking University (#71), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (#79), Ohio State University (#80), University of California, Davis (#85), University of Western Australia (#91), Moscow State University (#93), George-August University Goettingen (#95), University of Southampton, University of Sheffield, University of Adelaide (all #101–150), University of Vienna, La Sapienza University Rome, University of Leipzig, Oregon State University (all #151-200).
This year, 1.300 universities have been ranked by ARWU and the best 800 are now published. ARWU adopts six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of Highly Cited Researchers, the number of articles published in journals Nature and Science, the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index – Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance.
ARWU has been recognised as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy league table.
Monday, 21 August 2017 Second (last) application term for undergraduate study starts 22 August
Tomorrow, 22 August starts the second application term for undergraduate studies at UP FAMNIT in Academic year 2017/18:
- candidates from EU can apply in the second term from 22 to 29 August 2017.
Candidates must fill in the online application form and send the needed documentation.
All information about the application procedure are available here.
For more information you can contact the Student Services (e-mail: referat@famnit.upr.si, tel. + 386 5 611 75 75).
Wednesday, 9 August 2017 Student exchange for study with partner universities from Egypt and Jordan
The University of Primorska publishes the call for student exchange (for study) with partner universities from Egypt and Jordan in the frame of the ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME - Higher Education Mobility Consortium (KA107).
The call includes 1 incoming mobility from Egypt and 1 incoming mobility from Jordan to UP Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (UP FAMNIT) for 6 months!
Read the CALL and the APPLICATION FORM!
Monday, 7 August 2017 Our first year students again successful at IMC 2017
The 24th International mathematical competition for University Students – IMC 2017, which takes place every year in Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria, finished on Sunday. This year's edition was held between 31 July and 6 August.
FAMNIT and the University of Primorska were represented by three of our first year Mathematics students: Filip Božić, Daniil Baldouski and Arbër Avdulahu, who received a honourable mention.
Results, problems and their solutions will be soon found on the competition's website.
We congratulate to our first year students for their achievements and we wish them a lot of success also in their future endeavours!
Friday, 4 August 2017 UP ORIENTATION DAYS
So… you've decided to come to the University of Primorska and move to the Slovenian coastile.
Now what?
No worries, we are here to help!
Join us a few days before the start of the semesterand learn how to survive here as a student!
Between Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September, we are organizing Orientation days for all new UP students from abroad!
We highly recommend that you attend, as you will:
- Learn about the university and the area
- Learn about the administrative procedures you need to do when moving to Slovenia
- See what you can do as a studen t besides studying (where to eat, where to party, and where to spend your free time)
- Meet fellow students
- Meet tutors
- Meet faculty members, professors, researchers
- Meet international officers
- Meet the Student Organisation of the University of Primorska
- Learn about the study and research at the University of Primorska
Preliminary programme:
Thursday, 28 September 2017:
- FIRST STEPS IN PRIMORSKA - Start at 2 pm
- Welcome at the University of Primorska
- About Slovenia, the region, and interesting spots
- Practical information important for your stay
- Excursion around faculties, including bus to Portorož
- Fair – present your own country*
- Party in Portorož
Friday, 29 September 2017:
- GETTING TO KNOW THE FACULTY - Start at 10 am
- Meeting with programme study coordinators, faculty members, and departments
- Discussions on expectations
- European researchers' night – a chance to see research equipment, meet researchers, and learn about UP's research
Saturday, 30 September 2017:
- USEFUL TIPS AND TRICKS - Start at 10 am
- Crash Slovenian course
- Socializing time
Sunday, 1 October 2017:
- RELAXATION BEFORE WE START
- Free time
Monday, 2 October 2017:
- 1, 2, 3, GO!
- Before noon: Faculty receptions• 11 am: rector's reception of all freshmen
The exact programme will be sent to you via e-mail before your arrival!
IMPORTANT ==> Confirm your participation at iris.skrt@upr.si, so that we can plan the event accordingly before 31 August 2017!
*Bring food and drinks that represent your country and anything else you believe would help others understand where you are coming from. Be creative!
More information: contact your faculty international office and/or student office.
Wednesday, 2 August 2017 Stronger cooperation with US universities and research institutions
UP FAMNIT and UP IAM have recently obtained new funds through a public tender for co-financing scientific research cooperation between Slovenia and USA. This means that in the next two years our researchers will strengthen the existing cooperation by hosting in the following US Universities and Research Institutions: National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, Seattle University, Vanderbilt University, Mississippi State University, University of Washington.
Leaders of the seven approved projects are: dr. Dragan Žnidarčič, dr. Andreja Kutnar, dr. Martin Milanič, dr. Štefko Miklavič, dr. Dragan Marušič, dr. Klavdija Kutnar and dr. Vito Vitrih.
The list of all approved projects is available here.
Tuesday, 1 August 2017 Until 15 August 2017: second application term for candidates from non-EU countries and Slovene nationals without Slovene citizenship
Until Tuesday, 15 August 2017 (second application term) the candidates from NON-EU COUNTRIES AND SLOVENE NATIONALS WITHOUT SLOVENE CITIZENSHIP can apply for undergraduate studies at UP FAMNIT: Mathematics, Mathematics in Economics and Finance, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Biodiversity and Mediterranean Agriculture.
All information about the application procedure are available here.
For more information you can contact the Student Services (e-mail: referat@famnit.upr.si, tel. + 386 5 611 75 75).
Tuesday, 1 August 2017 7th PhD Summer School in Discrete Mathematics
Last week, mathematicians from 20 countries took part of the 7th PdH Summer School in Discrete Mathematics which is traditionally organized by UP FAMNIT in UP IAM.
Two mini-courses were lectured by Vladimir Alexander Gurvich (Rutgers University, USA) and Robin Wilson (Open University, UK), while invited speakers were Marco Buratti (University of Perugia, Italy), Marston Conder (University of Auckland, New Zealand) György Kiss (UP and Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge, Canada), Mikhail Muzychuk (Netanya Academic College, Israel), Ilya Ponomarenko (Petersburg Department of V. A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics, Russia) in Tamás Szőnyi (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary).
For many of the participants this was not the first time at the Summer School in Rogla, which clearly shows both the popularity and the quality of this scientific mathematical meeting.
Read more about this year's programme here.
On the piuctures: participants of the Summer School, (below, from left to right) Prof. Vladimir Alexander Gurvich, PhD and Prof. Robin Wilson, PhD.
