Monday, 2 October 2023 More than 1000 students enter the new academic year at UP FAMNIT
The academic year 2023/24 began with the traditional reception of the freshmen students at the meeting of the mayors of P.I.K.A., the representative of the ŠOUP and the media with the management of the UP with the introductory speeches. This time we welcomed the freshmen live in Koper's newest faculty building - UP FM.
The students were addressed by the Rector of UP, Prof. Klavdija Kutnar, who wished them above all to offer new challenges to UP with their proposals and bold ideas (the full speech is available on the link). Afterwards, they were welcomed by the Mayor of the host municipality, the Municipality of Koper (MOK), Aleš Bržan. This year, MOK is also the co-organiser of the ŠtartUP event. The President of the Student Council was absent, but her address was read by UP student Žiga Leban.The UP FAMNIT freshmen followed the introductory speeches live online in Koper and Izola, and then continued with the meetings with the study programme coordinators.
Via a recorded speech, the dean of UP FAMNIT, Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović, also shared his thoughts at the beginning of the new academic year.
After the meetings with the coordinators, UP FAMNIT freshmen had the chance to meet with this year's tutors and representatives of the Student Council, who are available to the students to solve any problems and help them get started in student life.
The events at the beginning of the new academic year will continue on Saturday, October 7, when we will hold the Štart UP event at the Žusterna Park - a sports and social event for all UP students, where presentations will be made by various organizations from the University and from the local environment. Students will have the opportunity to win prizes for successfully completed activities at individual points throughout the day.
Some more statistics
At UP FAMNIT, we welcomed the 17th generation of students, the biggest so far.
The final enrollment statistics for the academic year 2023/24 will be definite by the end of this month, however, according to unofficial data, 1028 students are enrolled at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, of which more than 50 % come from abroad. Foreign students come from 35 countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe.
420 students are enrolled in the first year for the first time this academic year; 305 of them in undergraduate study programmes, 104 in Master's programmes, and 11 students are enrolled in the first year of doctoral programmes.
We wish all students a successful, interesting and fun academic year!
