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Thursday, 24 April 2025 Dr. Ana Slavec chaired the Arnes HackathON award committee at the 32nd Slovenian Informatics Days Conference

Dr. Ana Slavec , assistant professor at UP FAMNIT and InnoRenew CoE researcher, attended the 32nd Slovenian Informatics Day Conference on the 15th and 16th of April 2025 in Portorož, held under the theme “Digital future for everyone”. At the event, she presided over the Arnes HackathON award committee that selected the three best student teams competing to create solutions for real-world challenges. The purpose of the hackathon is to promote the use of supercomputers and the use of open data.

      

This was the second time she participated in the committee, and she was impressed with the work presented by the students. The winning team developed an optimization of biological drug production, the second place was an app to help limit the spread of forest fires and the third focused on detecting deforestation. It is possible to watch all the competing presentations on the Arnes Video portal.

     

     

    

Wednesday, 23 April 2025 UP CAREER FAIR 2025

The UP Career Fair is designed for networking and connection between company and organization representatives (employers) and prospective students and graduates of the University of Primorska. Each year, an increasing number of companies and organizations participate in the UP Career Fair to discover promising talent among our students and graduates, offering various forms of collaboration.

   

The UP CAREER FAIR 2025 will occur on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, in the Multipurpose Hall at UP FAMNIT (entrance from Muzejski trg) in Koper.

This year, many organizations will also participate in the UP Career Fair, showcasing their activities and providing various opportunities for collaboration with students and graduates – from project-based and student work to internships and full-time employment.

Organisations:

As part of the fair, there will be a Job Café, where you can have direct conversations with organization representatives. To help us organize it more effectively, please schedule your meeting by signing up in the Job Café Schedule.

You are warmly invited!

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Call for Applications – Outgoing Staff Mobility under the “T4EU Chair” Programme

As part of the European Commission’s European Universities initiative, the partners of the Transform4Europe project have set an ambitious goal to create a new form of transnational inter-university cooperation and contribute to the development of the European Education Area.

We warmly invite academic staff to apply for a teaching visit at one of the T4EU partner universities through the T4EU Chair programme. The partner universities offer various support measures (such as teaching assignments, accommodation, etc.).

Detailed information on the specific conditions, application process and contact details are available in the call text for each partner institution individually.

The mobility includes teaching and extracurricular activities, as defined by each host university. These activities will be based on the use of innovative teaching methods.

The call for applications is open from 21 March 2025 onward, and applications can be submitted via the online form.

More information about the call and the application procedure can be found HERE.

You can view the full call text HERE.

Friday, 18 April 2025 Successful Execution of the UPgrade Fair – Expand Your Knowledge!

A week after the Call for Applications for Master’s Study Programmes, the University of Primorska hosted Upgrade, a fair dedicated to the university’s Master’s and Doctoral study programmes. The event provided students with valuable information about continuing their studies at the second and third cycle at UP.

  

The fair took place on Wednesday, 16 April 2025, in the lobby of UP Famnit, where six UP faculties presented 34 Master’s and 16 Doctoral study programmes. Students showed great interest in the possibility of transferring between UP faculties, with helpful advice provided by members of the Student Council and UP Tutors.

The International Office of UP and representatives of Transform for Europe (T4EU) also took part, presenting various opportunities for students to engage in international environments through UP. Once again, the UP Career Centre offered guidance on career development, while the UP Science Centre focused more specifically on career paths in research.

The University Library of UP introduced its services and recent updates, such as the possibility to borrow computer equipment. Meanwhile, ŠportUP livened up the event with short stretching sessions and promoted a series of exciting upcoming events, including the Wings for Life World Run in May, which is still open for registration!

You are always welcome to contact the Student Services Offices of the UP faculties for more information about individual study programmes.

 

Friday, 18 April 2025 First “Tea with Psychologists” successfully held at UP FAMNIT

On Thursday, April 17, UP FAMNIT hosted the first in a series of events titled “Tea with Psychologists” (Čajanka s psihologi) The event featured a lecture by Dr. Peter Janjušević, Univ. Dipl. Psych., Specialist in Clinical Psychology, who is employed at the Counselling Centre for Children, Adolescents and Parents in Ljubljana.

In his lecture, Dr. Janjušević presented the Cool Kids program, designed to help children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 manage anxiety. The presentation covered the program’s foundations, key interventions, and empirical evidence supporting its effectiveness, both internationally and in Slovenia.

Attendees had the opportunity to personally experience some of the program’s key therapeutic techniques, such as realistic thinking and exposure planning, which form the basis for facing fears “head-on.”

“Tea with Psychologists” will take place every third Thursday of the month at 5 PM. These events are open to everyone interested in psychology and mental health, regardless of prior knowledge. Each session will be interactive in nature. Upcoming events will be announced here: https://www.famnit.upr.si/sl/raziskovanje/seminarji/cajanka-s-psihologi

Friday, 18 April 2025 MeetUP - UP Alumni Week culminates with the award ceremony

From 14 to 18 April, Alumni Week is dedicated to all who have completed their studies at UP and who remain connected to the university through collaboration, mentoring, feedback, and acquiring additional skills, increasingly focused on micro-proofing. Thursday, 17 April 2025, was a celebratory day - at the UP Alumni Gala, for the second consecutive year, awards and prizes were presented to those who, through their efforts, support the work of UP Alumni and promote the positive reputation of the University. This year, three awards and three prizes were given, which are described below. We congratulate the recipients and thank all alumni for their active participation in the University's development.

We are proud to present this year’s Alumni UP Award, "Young UP" recipient: Dr. Nina Krohne, Alumni of UP FAMNIT.  

   

Nina Krohne became the first PhD student of the Suicidology and Mental Health programme at UP FAMNIT in 2024. She won the second prize at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention for the presentation of the results of her PhD thesis. She has participated in several projects of the Slovenian Centre for Suicide Research, including as a content leader of the E-knowledge for Mental Health project, and was selected as a mentor of the international Junior Researcher Programme. For her active involvement in this field, she has been awarded the UP Alumni "Young UP" Award.

Other award recipients are listed HERE.

Thursday, 17 April 2025 Presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation - Nedim Šišić

We invite you to the presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation Deep Iterative Segmentation of Whole Brain MRI of the student Nedim Šišić, enrolled in the doctoral study programme Computer Science.

The presentation will take place on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 15.30 in the classroom FAMNIT-MP3 and via Zoom on link:

https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/98207941592?pwd=ctRsUb0AL4h65wdXCcIGyWpslgVBVF.1

(Meeting ID: 982 0794 1592, Passcode: 586164)

You are warmly invited!

Tuesday, 15 April 2025 WINGS FOR LIFE GROUP RUN WITH THE APP ORGANISED BY UP

For several years now, the first Sunday in May (4 May) has been marked by the Wings for life run, which takes place in three ways - at a larger event, where runners are chased by a pursuit vehicle (this will be in Ljubljana) or with an app. This can be used by anyone who is going to run on Sunday at 13:00, or you can join one of the "app runs" organised by the app, where you are chased by a virtual car. This year, for the third time, this type of run will take place by the sea, organised by Sport UP, which is responsible for the recreation of students and staff at the University of Primorska. We will run from the building of the UP FTŠ Turistica to the last pier of the Portorož beach (short run, turning point after 2 km), to Seče (medium run, 4.4 km one way) or to the Sečovlje Salt Pans (8 km). 

    

With the run, we want to first of all encourage students and staff to enjoy additional recreation and pleasant socialising, and above all to help the charity project, as we are aware of the importance of supporting good research projects. We would like to invite local and regional runners who have not chosen to run in the capital but would prefer to run in the company of others to join us. And we will all follow the slogan of the run - I run for those who can't.

We will be especially inspired by the SportUP Wings for life World Run 2025 -App Campus Run UP ambassador, namely our alumnus Aljoša Habjan, a graduate of Applied Kinesiology at UP FVZ . Aljoša was severely injured during his studies and became a tetraplegic. Nevertheless, he persevered and passed all the missing courses and subjects and successfully defended his final thesis entitled "Physical/sport activity of tetraplegics" in December 2022, under the mentorship of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matej Plevnik. His story about the accident that did not stop him will surely be a motivation for all of us.

You can REGISTER FOR THE RUN via the run app, where you can also make a donation of 18,00 euros. There are no other costs for joining the organised run, and the UP Faculty of Education will also provide animation and childcare for the runners' children (from the age of 5, with prior registration HERE). After the run, all runners will be offered a drink and a snack on the terrace of the UP Turistica, where they can mingle and share impressions.

A BUS SHUTTLE FROM KOPER TO PORTOROŽ IS ORGANISED FOR ALL UP STUDENTS (REGISTER HERE)

Departure from Koper to Portorož 11.00  (meeting point is in front of the covered Olympic pool in Koper) / Return trip Portorož-Koper 17.00

Not a runner, but interested in helping? We need hard-working hands to help direct runners along the route, hand out water and other refreshments and food, and help set up the event with us. Are you coming? Please sign up here.

Tuesday, 15 April 2025 UP FAMNIT students invite you to the fourth edition of the Biological-Psychological Student Conference

Students from the Department of Biodiversity and Psychology at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Information Technologies at the University of Primorska (UP FAMNIT) invite you to the fourth edition of the Biological-Psychological Student Conference in Koper.

    

This conference is organised by students for students. Its goal is to bring together as many people as possible, regardless of their age, gender, or nationality, to promote science in all its forms. If you are interested in expanding your knowledge of biology and psychology, enhancing your presentation skills, or simply enjoying meeting new people and building your network, this event is perfect for you. 

The organizers invite current and former students in the fields of biology (including environmental science, conservation, and other areas connecting humans with the environment) and psychology (such as biopsychology, psychotherapy, neuroscience, and related disciplines) to participate actively.

Participants are invited to present their final theses from undergraduate or master's studies—these may include diploma or master's theses, dissertations, group projects, seminars, or topics of interest—either as oral presentations or posters. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee of professors and assistants from UP FAMNIT, who will select the presentations to be featured at the conference.

By participating in the conference, students will receive a certificate of participation, and their work will be cataloged in COBISS, serving as a valuable reference when searching for employment or applying for scholarships.

Professors from various universities will also deliver lectures at the conference, showcasing their work and ongoing projects. This is a great opportunity for students to meet potential mentors and expand their network of contacts.

The conference will be held at the University of Primorska in Koper, at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Information Technologies, from September 18 to 20, 2025.

It will feature two modules: biological and psychological.

The registration fee for active participants is €55.

IMPORTANT: The registration deadline is June 1, 2025, and can be completed via the website. Additional information is also available on their Facebook and Instagram pages.

 For any questions, please contact biopsi.konferenca@upr.si.

Monday, 14 April 2025 UPGRADE - UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL STUDY PROGRAMMES FAIR

You are invited to the postgraduate study fair,  UPgrade, on Wednesday, 16 April, 2025, from 11.00 to 15.00 in THE UP FAMNIT atrium (AVLA) in Koper.

                

The fair will host tutors, professors, postgraduate students, staff from the student office and the career center, all available to provide information about 2nd and 3rd cycle study programs.

Take this opportunity to have personal conversations with representatives of individual study programs and get firsthand information.

Follow the Facebook event and add it to your calendar.

UPgrade - transition between university members

This website is dedicated to all those who are thinking about continuing their studies at postgraduate level - Master's degree at the University of Primorska. You can choose to continue your studies in the field you have already chosen at undergraduate level, or choose another field of study to broaden your knowledge and skills.

In the academic year 2025/2026, the University of Primorska will offer 34 master's and 16 doctoral programmes. The flyers below provide indicative information on the additional requirements (number of credits for differential exams) which, if necessary, are a precondition for successful enrolment in the second study programme of your choice at the University of Primorska.

TRANSFERS BETWEEN STUDY PROGRAMMES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA

*For a preview of study opportunities, take the faculty from which you graduated or are about to graduate:

! For exact information on the number of additional requirements needed for successful enrolment, please contact the students office of the UP Faculty you have chosen.

PROCEDURE

    

1.  CALL

Please pay attention to the University of Primorska's Call for Applications for Masters Degree Programmes, which will be published at the end of March 2025, as it provides an overview of all the University of Primorska's study programmes and the documentation, restrictions and places available for each study programme. The application process via the electronic application on the eVŠ web portal will be possible as from 8 April 2025. Please make sure that you submit all the necessary documentation to the Student office in accordance with the Call for Admissions. The application process is followed by an electronic application on the Erasmus+ web portal, submission of the documents to the Student office and the final step, enrolment in the chosen study programme of the Faculty.

2. OBLIGATIONS

Check the possibility of applying for your chosen Master's programme and any additional requirements (see the flyers above for indicative information).

3. APPLICATION

You must apply online via the eVŠ portal.

4. DOCUMENTS

When you graduate, add your graduation certificate and other supporting documents to your application in accordance with the call for applications.

5. REGISTRATION

Keep an eye on your emails and sign up in time in case you are accepted

Monday, 14 April 2025 Conclusion of the Training Series on Core Topics of RIN within the MARiNKA Project

The training series on the core topics of Computer Science and Computational Thinking (RIN) successfully concluded with its sixth session at the end of April 2025. Since November 2024, the training has been conducted by Prof. Dr. Andrej Brodnik as part of the project titled "Youth with Core RIN Knowledge are Creators of the Future – UP FAMNIT."

     

These training sessions aimed to establish learning objectives for primary school students in grades 6 to 9. Nearly 120 participants took part in the series of interactive workshops, demonstrating a strong interest and clear need for high-quality professional development in this field.

The conclusion of this training series marks a significant step toward achieving the project's goals and enhancing the quality of computer science and computational thinking education in primary schools.

Monday, 14 April 2025 Presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation - Arsen Matej Golubovikj

We invite you to the presentation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation Capturing Subjectivity: A User-Centric Approach to Item Representation in Recommender Systems of the student Arsen Matej Golubovikj, enrolled in the doctoral study programme Computer Science.

The presentation will take place on Tuesday, 22 April 2025 at 9.00 in the classroom FAMNIT-MP3 and via Zoom on link:

https://upr-si.zoom.us/j/5389732484?pwd=bUxySzZhRkFmUjMrekozdFE5NTBwUT09

You are warmly invited!

Friday, 11 April 2025 Registration is now open for the workshop "Wood Science beyond Europe"

The University of Primorska, in collaboration with InnoRenew CoE, is organizing a 3-day workshop »Wood Science beyond Europe« featuring Dr. Laurence Schimleck and Dr. Scott Leavengood from Oregon State University, USA. 

Where: InnoRenew CoE (Livade 6a, Izola, Slovenija)

When: from 20 to 22 May 2025

Language: English  

Registration: fill out the online form HERE. The dealine for application is 9 May 2025.

The event aims to gather the regional wood science community for discussing on highly relevant research topics performed in USA, to share information and knowledge about forest-based industry and research and development activities in Oregon, USA and to kick off an open discussion on non-destructive testing in various applications supporting the advancement of forest-based industries.

The workshop is relevant for professionals in wood science and relative fields, students, early career researchers, industry representatives an policy makers.

Find here the detailed program.

We look forward to welcoming you at InnoRenew CoE and together discuss about the future of wood science in Europe and beyond.

Workshop is organized in collaboration with NEBA Alliance (GA #101160532), and WoodStock (GA #101181021).

The project Green, Digital & Inclusive University of Primorska (GDI UP) is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the European Union – NextGenerationEU. The project is implemented in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) under the development area Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, component Strengthening competencies, in particular digital competencies and those required by the new professions and the green transition (C3 K5), for the investment measure Investment F. Implementation of pilot projects, the results of which will serve as a basis for the preparation of a roadmap for the reform of higher education for a green and resilient transition to a Society 5.0: project Pilot Projects for the Reform of Higher Education for a Green and Resilient Transition. 

Thursday, 10 April 2025 Online Info Days for Master's studies

 If you are interested in studying at UP FAMNIT or you are still undecided about your postgraduate studies, join our Online Info Week for Master's study programs from 5 May to 6 May 2025! 

      

UP FAMNIT's Master's study programmes are interdisciplinary and diverse, providing students with everything they need: knowledge, project work, case studies, research activities, and well-equipped laboratories. 

You are invited to join the presentations of our study programmes, which will be held from May 5 to May 6, 2025, via Zoom. Programme coordinators will present our study and research activities and answer your questions as well. 

Programmes conducted in English will be presented in English. Each Master's study programme has a specific day and time for its presentation, so we encourage you to refer to the list below. More information about our info events and Zoom links can be found here. 

Discover all Master's study programmes at UP FAMNIT! 

The CALL FOR ENROLLMENT into UP FAMNIT postgraduate study programs for 2025/26 is available HERE. You are invited to join us!

DATE AND HOUR PROGRAMME
5 MAY, 5 PM Biopsychology - ZOOM 
5 MAY, 5 PM Nature Conservation - ZOOM
5 MAY, 5 PM Data Science - ZOOM
5 MAY, 5PM Mathematical Sciences - ZOOM 
5 MAY, 5 PM Computer Science - ZOOM
5 MAY, 5 PM Psychology - ZOOM 
5 MAY, 5 PM Mathematics with Financial Engineering - ZOOM 
5 MAY, 5 PM Sustainable Built Environments  - ZOOM 
6 MAY, 5 PM Data Science - PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH - ZOOM 
6 MAY, 5 PM Mathematical Sciences PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH  - ZOOM 
6 MAY, 5 PM Sustainable Built Environments PRESENTATION IN ENGLISH - ZOOM 

Thursday, 10 April 2025 More Choices, More Opportunities: New International Learning Options for Students at UP and UNITS

The University of Primorska (UP) and the University of Trieste (UNITS) have signed a significant agreement enabling the mutual recognition of elective courses between the master's programmes in Data Science (UP) and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UNITS). Starting from the academic year 2025/2026, students from both institutions will be able to enrich their academic experience by selecting electives from the partner university's course offerings.

For example, UP students will have access to a diverse range of courses such as Advanced Deep Learning and Kernel Methods, Bayesian Statistics, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Conversely, UNITS students will be able to explore courses at UP including Mining Massive Data, Graph Algorithms, Computational Social Science, and Big Data in Structural Bioinformatics.

The agreement ensures automatic credit recognition under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), further supporting student mobility and simplifying the academic recognition of coursework completed abroad. This initiative strengthens the academic cooperation and programme development between the two universities and expands the international study opportunities available within the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance, of which both UP and UNITS are active members.

In addition, a joint double degree master’s programme in data science is currently in development, promising to offer students an even more integrated and in-depth international education experience.

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 Meta Lavrič, new Doctor of Science

Yesterday, 9 April 2025, we welcomed another Doctor of Science at UP FAMNIT.

Meta Lavrič, student of the doctoral study programe Suicidology and Mental Health at UP FAMNIT has successfully defended her doctoral thesis Doživljanje pripovedovanja zgodb: razvoj in deljenje pisanih zgodb kot intervencija za krepitev duševnega zdravja pri vratarjih sistema (Experiencing Storytelling: Developing and Sharing Written Stories as an Intervention to Strengthen Mental Health in Gatekeepers), under the mentorship of Prof. Vita Poštuvan, PhD.

We sincerely congratulate the new Doctor of Science and wish her much success on her future journey in research!

Wednesday, 9 April 2025 Successful completion of the FTDCHE project

The final meeting of the Erasmus+ KA220 FTDCHE/Sollertia project (Promotion of Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education) took place today at the UP FAMNIT premises.

      
                                                           Project partners FTDCHE/Sollertia

This Erasmus+ project lasted for 30 months and involved five partner institutions: the University of Primorska, the University of Malaga, the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Leuven-Limburg University, and Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences.

As part of the project, the partners aimed to complete teaching materials for a pilot course on digital competencies. This course is designed for students and graduates from various fields of higher education and emphasizes acquiring in-demand digital skills relevant to today’s job market.

   

Sollertia is the collective name of the 3-year Erasmus+ project KA220-HED »FTDCHE« (Fostering the Transversal Digital Competences in Higher Education), which started in December 2022, and its LMS (Learning Management System), funded by the European Commission.

For more information, visit the project’s website >>> HERE.

Thursday, 3 April 2025 UNECE Regional Forum 2025: a dynamic nexus for equitable and resilient societies

Prof. Dr. Vita Poštuvan, Deputy Head of the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research at UP IAM and lecturer at the Department of Psychology at UP FAMNIT, participated as a speaker at the UNECE Regional Forum 2025, organised by the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Culture in Europe.

The web event, Education and well-being for learners: a dynamic nexus for equitable and resilient societies, brought together experts in education and mental health to take a holistic approach to mental well-being in education systems.

In the discussion, Prof. Dr. Vita Poštuvan presented good Slovenian practices in the field of integrating mental health into education policies. She highlighted how education systems can contribute to increasing learner resilience, reducing inequalities and promoting inclusive societies. Other speakers were Dr. Anna Mazenod, WHO Academy, and Dr. Edward Duca, Faculty of Education, University of Malta. 

Today’s event highlighted the importance of building resilience and reducing disparities in access to education and the link between education and mental health and introduced participants to effective national strategies in Slovenia and Malta.

The Forum was well attended and contributed to a broader understanding of the importance of mental health in education. Participants highlighted the need for further cooperation and exchange of experiences and good practices between countries.

For more, visit: https://www.unesco.org/en