Monday, 27 February 2023 Sadmir Kudin, new Doctor of Science
Today, 27 February 2023, we welcomed another doctor of science at UP FAMNIT.
Sadmir Kudin, student of the doctoral study programe Mathematical Sciences at UP FAMNIT has successfully defended his doctoral thesis Specifying bent functions outside M# and some results on correlation immune functions; under the mentorship of Prof. Enes Pasalic, PhD and co-mentorship of Assist. Prof. Samir Hodžić, PhD.
We sincerely congratulate the new doctor of science and wish him much success on his future journey in research!
Wednesday, 22 February 2023 PUBLIC CALL TO OBTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE UP SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
The University of Primorska invites all students of the following faculties: UP Faculty of Humanities, UP Faculty of Management, UP Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, UP Faculty of Education, UP Faculty of Tourism Studies - Turistica, UP Faculty of Health Sciences, who are eligible, to apply for the Public call to obtain scholarships from the Scholarship Fund of University of Primorska in the academic year 2023/2024.
The Scholarship Fund of the University of Primorska is based on a partnership between the University of Primorska, municipalities, and the private sector. Its aim is to reward and encourage the best students of UP, offer their knowledge to potential employers during the course of their study process, and provide opportunities for employment to these students as soon as they finish their studies. The objective of the Fund is at the same time to support all UP students in achieving the best possible results in their studies.
With this Public Call, the University of Primorska invites all:
- candidates for enrolment in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd cycle study programmes of UP and
- students who, in the academic year of 2023/2024, will be enrolled in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd cycle study programmes of UP,
to apply for this public call, and thus express their interest in joining the Fund.
The amount of the scholarship for the academic year 2023/2024 is from 2.000,00 EUR to 4.800,00 EUR.
In the case when the scholarships are awarded via UP, the scholarship amount is 2.000,00 EUR per academic year. In certain cases, a higher scholarship can also be awarded, namely:
- for students enrolled in the 1st and 2nd cycle, who score from 80 to 89 points, the scholarship can be as high as 300,00 EU per month, respectively as high as 3.000,00 EU per academic year;
- for students enrolled in the 1st and 2nd cycle, who score from 90 to 100 points, the scholarship can be as high as 480,00 EU per month, respectively as high as 4.800,00 EU per academic year;
- for students enrolled in the 3rd cycle, the scholarship can be as high as 1.000,00 EU per month, respectively as high as 10.000,00 EU per academic year.
Scholarship contracts will be concluded between UP, Fund partners (employers), and students with whom there is a mutual interest in the conclusion of the contract. By signing the scholarship contract, the student agrees that in the case that they are offered employment by a partner of the fund (employer) they will accept the offer and, after completing their studies, work for the partner of the fund for at least as long as they received the scholarship.
Application deadline: September 15th, 2023. The application is submitted in due time if it is submitted between February 16th, 2023 to September 15th, 2023.
On the website of the Career Center of the University of Primorska (KC UP) you will find all details and the public call: UP Scholarship Fund 2023/2024 - PUBLIC CALL!
PUBLIC CALL - 2023/2024
- Career Center of University of Primorska, Center for Lifelong Learning and Career Orientation
- Address: Titov trg 4, 6000 Koper, Slovenija
- Phone: +386 5 611 76 36
- E-mail: kariernicenter@upr.si.
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 The doctoral thesis defence of the student Sadmir Kudin
Sadmir Kudin, student of the doctoral study programe Mathematical Sciences at UP FAMNIT will defend his doctoral thesis Specifying bent functions outside M# and some results on correlation immune functions; under the mentorship of Prof. Enes Pasalic, PhD and co-mentorship of Assist. Prof. Samir Hodžić, PhD.
The defence will take place on Monday, 27 February 2023 at 9:00 in Famnit-VP3 and via Zoom:
https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/81738226081
Meeting ID: 817 3822 6081
The doctoral disertation is available in the library at UP FAMNIT.
Monday, 20 February 2023 Become volunteer at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
Become part of the team and volunteer at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
Info & Application form>>HERE
Saturday, 18 February 2023 High school students gathered information about UP FAMNIT study programmes
On Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, Informative days for future students took place in Slovenia. This year, Famnit was presented in an interactive way at both locations, where the study process is implemented, and once again we are recording great interest in our Undergraduate studies.
Before the start of the presentations with study programme coordinators, the students in Koper, at the faculty's headquarters (Glagoljaška 8), were greeted by the dean, Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović and in Izola (Livade 1.0), by Assoc. Prof. Dunja Bandelj, Head of the Department of Applied Natural Sciences and Vice-Dean for Education.
In Koper, the students obtained information about the study programs Mathematics, Mathematics in Economics and Finance, Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Biopsychology, while in Izola we presented them with Mediterranean Agriculture and Conservation Biology.
After the presentations in Koper, the students were able to attend Famnit's information fair, where they met student tutors and members of the Student Council. The Student Services Office and the International Office were also available for all questions regarding enrollment and the possibility of international exchanges. The departments of the faculty prepared interesting activities for the visitors of the fair, so the students could try using AR glasses, solving the math game SET, and we also presented them with the operation of the EEG cap.
In Livade, we showed students the new premises with high-tech equipment, which is especially intended for research in the field of applied natural sciences, biodiversity, bioinformatics, food, nutrition, health, urban planning, ergonomics and kinesiology, olive growing, gastronomy and wine culture, Mediterranean cultures and environmental technologies and the use of renewable materials.
The Saturday afternoon session was carried out for presentations in English via ZOOM for students who come from abroad and are interested in the Mathematics, Computer Science and Bioinformatics programmes, which are also offered in English at our faculty.
Students who are interested in how lectures are conducted in practice at UP FAMNIT and other faculties of the University of Primorska will be able to attend the Open Lecture Weeks, which will take place between February 20 and March 17, 2023. The entire program of lectures and other of events is published here.
Saturday, 18 February 2023 A successful conclusion of the Introductory training school on pollinator identification
Data show that pollinators' abundance is declining rapidly across Europe and elsewhere, regarding circumstances their monitoring and conservation becoming a high priority for researchers.
From the 15th to 17th of February within the ConservePlants COST Action (CA18201) the Department of Biodiversity UP FAMNIT organized a Training school on pollinator identification in Izola.
Training encourages knowledge and importance of wild pollinators, who provide one of the most crucial ecosystem services on the planet - pollination.
Therefore, participants obtained theoretical and practical knowledge about the meaning and identification of pollinators.
The three-day programme started with an introductory greeting, followed by the first lecture by Hugo Gaspari, who gave a presentation on the importance of the main groups of pollinators, including butterflies, hoverflies and bees, and introduced the participants to the conservation status and monitoring methods. Marco Bonifacinoo introduced participants to butterflies, later they transferred their knowledge to their identification and a demonstration of sample preparation.
The following day Simone Flaminio, Andrej Gogala and Hugo Gaspar gave a detailed presentation on bees, their biology, ecology and taxonomy. In the afternoon, within the workshop, they identified interactively bees diversity.
On the last day, Maarten de Groot gave a lecture on the importance of hoverflies, followed by a practical session on their identification given by Hugo Gaspar.
The program was led by European experts, coming from the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis (CREA), the University of Florence, the Slovenian Forestry Institute and the Centre for Functional Ecology (FLOWer lab) from the University Coimbra.
Thursday, 16 February 2023 Jaka Gašper Pečnik, new Doctor of Science
Today, 16 February 2023, we welcomed another doctor of science at UP FAMNIT.
Jaka Gašper Pečnik, student of the doctoral study programe Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments at UP FAMNIT has successfully defended his doctoral thesis Advanced Adhesive Applications for Timber Construction Elements; under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Matthew Schwarzkopf, PhD and co-mentorship of Vaclav Sebera, PhD.
We sincerely congratulate the new doctor of science and wish him much success on his future journey in research!
Tuesday, 14 February 2023 The doctoral thesis defence of the student Jaka Gašper Pečnik
Jaka Gašper Pečnik, student of the doctoral study programe Renewable Materials for Healthy Built Environments at UP FAMNIT will defend his doctoral thesis Advanced Adhesive Applications for Timber Construction Elements; under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Matthew Schwarzkopf, PhD and co-mentorship of Vaclav Sebera, PhD.
The defence will take place on Thurdsay, 16 February 2023 at 10:00 at InnoRenew Coe (Livade 6a, 6310 Izola) in classroom Sequoia.
The doctoral disertation will be available in the library at UP FAMNIT in the following days.
Monday, 13 February 2023 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
The Day of Women and Girls in Science, February 11, this year at the proposal of the United Nations, will be held under the slogan: Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance. Sustain. ( I.D.E.A.S.). Worldwide, there is still a huge gender gap in all scientific disciplines, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There are more and more women in higher education as well, but they are still underrepresented. According to UNESCO, less than 30% of all researchers are women.
At the University of Primorska, we have 253 female researchers who conduct research at six UP faculties and one research institute (51.4%). Among young researchers, 17 of them received training last year, of which nine were women (59%).
UP women scientists have also won numerous awards. In the ARRS's selection of achievements "Excellent in science" is included in the field of humanities the monograph "In the silence of memory Exodus in Istria" by Assoc. Prof. Katja Hrobat Virloget and, in the field of biotechnology, the article "Quantitative assessment of the risk of exposure to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) through various types of milk for the Slovenian consumer" Assoc. Prof. Jasna Prezelj.
The Prometheus of Science Award for excellence in communication was awarded by the Slovenian Scientific Foundation to Assoc. Prof. Suzana Todorović for her contribution to the promotion of the dialectal image of Slovenian Istria and her cooperation in the registration of Istrobenian languages in the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The awards for scientific excellence of UP for 2021 were awarded to Prof. Elena Bužan for the field of natural sciences, Assoc. Prof. Katja Hrobat Virgolet and Assoc. Prof. Martina Blečić Kavur for the field of humanities and assoc. Prof. Tina Štemberger for the social sciences.
We asked female UP researchers, students and PhD students:
"How has the decision to do research improved their life/opportunities in life?"
As a researcher, I have a more flexible schedule, so that I can organise my own commitments and balance them more easily with my private life. Research also gives me many opportunities for advanced training and visits abroad."
Katja Kramberger, researcher at the Department of Nutritional Counselling - Dietetics, UP FVZ
Minja: We've been fascinated by science since we were kids.
Aja: As part of our studies in Conservation Biology and Nature Conservation, we knew that we had to acquire additional competences alongside our studies. During our studies, we were actively involved in various student-funded projects, such as the "On the creative path to knowledge". Minja: So here we are today: two women in science working in the field of molecular ecology at the University of Primorska.
Aja: For us researchers, science is much more than just a job; it is our mission and our joy. Minja: If you also enjoy science, help researchers to obtain data on Slovenia's wildlife. As part of the Step Change project, we have developed the SRNA app, which allows all of you citizen scientists to help researchers collect data and monitor the status of Slovenia's wildlife.
Aja: Through this link, you too can become citizen scientists!
Aja Bončina, researcher at the Department of Biodiversity, UP FAMNIT (left in the picture) | Minja Krstić, researcher at the Department of Biodiversity, UP FAMNIT (right in the picture)
"My research is primarily in algorithmic graph theory. It is a young field, but it is developing very fast, and UP FAMNIT offers me opportunities to participate and organise international conferences, which enable knowledge transfer, even faster progress of science and co-authored papers with experts from all over the world."
Nina Chiarelli, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at UP FAMNIT and researcher at UP IAM
"During my studies, my desire to research suicidal behaviour was sharpened, which led me to the opportunity to work at the Slovenian Centre for Suicide Research at the UP IAM, where I am currently based. At the centre we are involved in various research and intervention projects. On the one hand, we are researching various factors associated with suicidal behaviour, protective factors, and on the other hand, we are integrating these findings into intervention programmes, projects and in this way "giving back" to society. The projects are well received by both the national and international public. As an example of the success of our work, we have been entrusted with the co-organisation of 32. World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention.
Attending and co-organising such congresses allows me to network with both local and foreign experts, which promotes a faster transfer of knowledge and insights. At the same time, it sharpens those aspects that remain unexplored or that require our further attention."
Vanja Gomboč, researcher at UP IAM (Slovenian Centre for Suicide Research)
"I am currently working on my master's thesis, in which I am researching anxiety, stress and depression among female handball players in Slovenia. I am happy that, in addition to seeing the issues first-hand, as a former athlete, I am now also learning about them as a researcher. I hope to use this knowledge as a sport psychologist to help sportswomen and sportsmen in my future career."
Lea Kranjc, Master's student in Biopsychology & full-time student of the Master's programme in Psychology at UP FAMNIT, former elite athlete
"I am grateful to have the opportunity to be involved in research work, projects during my studies, such as the "Creative Path to Knowledge" or the Student Innovation Projects for Social Benefit".
Lana Erjavec, student of the Master's degree programme Physiotherapy
"During my PhD at UP FHŠ, my mentor, Prof. Dr. Nives Zudič Antonič, repeated several times that real research work starts only after the completion of studies. Of course, this turned out to be true. Working in scientific research requires a lot of effort and time. It is sometimes difficult to balance work and private life, so I would not say with certainty that my life has turned around for the better. In some ways, it may even have made everyday life more difficult, because I have less free time for myself, my family and my friends. On the other hand, I have to admit that scientific research also improves me because it is very creative work. This profession allows me to be part of a wider European environment where I meet new people with whom I can exchange experiences and broaden my knowledge. But I also notice that the research environment, despite the efforts to promote gender equality in science, is still very much a male world in which women scientists are under-represented."
Dr. Lara Sorgo, (former) PhD student at UP FHŠ
Tuesday, 7 February 2023 INFO DAYS 2023
You are invited to join us at Info events, where the professors and students will present an insight into life on the Faculty and the benefits of the programmes.
17 February - 18 February 2023 | from 9.00 am |
More information about Info day > Here
The information about enrolment > Here
Monday, 6 February 2023 Training school on pollinator identification
Pollinators provide one of the most important ecosystem services on the planet – pollination. They make food production possible, protect and maintain ecosystems and species, contribute to biodiversity and often act as indicators of state of the environment. Their abundance is declining at a high rate all around Europe, due to habitat fragmentation, pesticide use, climate change and other factors, making their monitoring and conservation a high priority.
Within the ConservePlants COST Action (CA18201), the Department of biodiversity is organizing a Training school on pollinator identification in Izola from 15th to 17th of February. This Training school will teach the importance of pollinators, targeting groups like butterflies, hoverflies and bees, and their biology, ecology, monitoring methods, conservation, preparation of specimens, identification, etc. It will host 15 Early Career Researchers (including MSc and PhD students) and Conservation Practitioners from all over Europe, focused on pollinator taxonomy, biology, ecology and identification.
The program will be led by European experts, coming from the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis (CREA), University of Florence, Slovenian Forestry Institute and Centre for Functional Ecology (FLOWer lab) from the University Coimbra.
The Department of biodiversity has secured the opportunity of attending experts’ lectures in-person, in campus Livade, in Izola, for UP students, or online, for anyone else interested.
Agenda
Day 1
- Morning: Introduction of participants
-Lecture 1: Pollinators: importance, main groups, conservation status and monitoring methods (Hugo Gaspar)
-Lecture 2: Introduction for butterflies (Marco Bonifacino)
- Afternoon: Practical part: Identification of butterflies and demonstration of the preparation of specimens
Day 2
- Morning: Lecture 3: Introduction for bees: Biology, Ecology and Taxonomy (Simone Flaminio, Andrej Gogala, Hugo Gaspar)
- Afternoon: Practical part: identification of bees
Day 3
- Morning: Lecture 4: Introduction to hoverflies (Maarten de Groot)
- Afternoon: Practical part: Identification of hoverflies to tribe/genus level
Final discussion: Hugo Gaspar
More details on the event > HERE
Date: 15. - 17. 2. 2023
Lectures in campus Livade: 9 - 12h
Address for in-person lecture attendance: UP FAMNIT, Objekt Livade 1.0 Livade 4, Izola 6310
ZOOM access to lectures: https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/84058892779?pwd=ZFp6eURXK0ZkaElKYWsrdGN4ZDFodz09
(Meeting ID: 840 5889 2779; Password: 385200)
Monday, 6 February 2023 Call for enrolment into undergraduate study programs at UP FAMNIT
In the framework of the Call for Enrolment in undergraduate and unified master's study programmes in the academic year 2023/2024, the University of Primorska announces the following free enrolment places for 30 undergraduate study programmes (7 higher professional and 23 academic study programmes):
- 1.539 enrolment places for Slovenian citizens and EU citizens, of which 1.219 for full-time study and 320 for part-time study,
- 71 enrolment places for Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, of which 57 for full-time and 14 for part-time study,
- 247 enrolment places for foreign citizens of non EU countries, of which 212 for full-time and 35 for part-time study.
For the 1st year of study, there are also 91 enrolment places for candidates for parallel studies.
The Call of Enrolment is available at: LINK
The application for enrolment is entirely electronic on the eVŠ web portal. The candidate submits the application with a means of electronic identification of at least a medium level of reliability (with a qualified digital certificate, smsPASS, e-identity card) or with an AAI account (account of the authentication and authorization infrastructure) or with a username and password via the system SI-PASS , which operates within the framework of the Trust Service Authority of Slovenia.
Each candidate can submit one application for enrolment, where they select a maximum of three study programmes in the order of priority, in which they wish to enrol and for which they meet or will meet the conditions for enrolment by the deadline. The order of the selected study programmes is important, as the candidate will be ranked in the first one for which they will meet all the conditions.
The first application period for enrolment will be:
- for Slovenian citizens, citizens of the EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship from 17 February to 20 March 2023,
- for foreign citizens from non EU countries from 17 February to 22 May 2023.
Application procedure for enrolment
Application terms for non-EU citizens (enrolment in the first year of study):
- first application term: from 17 February to 22 May 2023,
- second application term: from 29 May to 24 July 2023,
- third application term: from 11 August to 4 September 2023,
- fourth application term: from 22 to 25 September 2023 (until 12.00).
Application terms for EU citizens and Slovene nationals without Slovene citizenship (enrolment in the first year of study):
- first application term: from 17 February to 20 March 2023,
- second application term: from 21 to 25 August 2023,
- third application term: from 22 to 25 September 2023 (until 12:00).
Application term for enrolment in the subsequent year of study:
- Candidates can apply from 1 to 15 September 2023.
More about enrolment > HERE
Wednesday, 1 February 2023 NEW! The ERASMUS+ Open Call for Student Mobility for TRAINEESHIPS in the year 2023/24 is now open
Students are invited to apply for an Erasmus+ Open Call for student mobilitiy for TRAINEESHIPS in the year 2023/24.
The call supports physical/combined (with a virtual component) long-term mobility of students of all three levels of study for the purpose of traineeship abroad and short-term mobility of doctoral students for the purpose of traineeship abroad.
Within the framework of this call (Erasmus+KA131) ), students can participate in an exchange in the following program countries: member states of the European Union (EU), Liechtenstein, Turkey, Norway, Iceland, the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia.
The application deadline for the Call is set as an OPEN APPLICATION DEADLINE and starts on the day the Call is published and lasts until the funds are available or until cancelation.
The Open Call and all related attachments are available at the following links:
- The Open Call
- Instructions for submitting the application
- Link to the Online Application Form (via VIS/ŠIS)
- Learning Agreement for Traineeships
- Guidelines, Learning Agreement for Traineeships
- Possibilities of cofinancing the mobility
- OLS
Wednesday, 1 February 2023 Blas Fernandez, new Doctor of Science
Today, 1 February 2023, we welcomed another doctor of science at UP FAMNIT.
Blas Fernandez, student of the doctoral study programme Mathematical Sciences at UP FAMNIT has successfully defended his doctoral thesis On certain problems related to Terwilliger algebras and distance-balanced graphs; under the mentorship of Prof. Štefko Miklavič, PhD and co-mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović, PhD.
We sincerely congratulate the new doctor of science and wish him much success on his future journey in research!
