University of Nova Gorica

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University of Nova Gorica
Univerza v Novi Gorici

Established:	1995
President:	prof. dr. Danilo Zavrtanik
Provost:	prof. dr. Boštjan Žekš
Students:	2000
Location:	Nova Gorica and Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Website:	http://www.ung.si/

University of Nova Gorica - UNG (Slovenian Univerza v Novi Gorici), is the fourth university in Slovenia. It is located in the towns of Nova Gorica and Ajdovščina.

1 History
2 Organization
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The University of Nova Gorica grew out of the School of Environmental Sciences founded in 1995 by the urban municipality of Nova Gorica and the Jožef Stefan Institute. Later two more institutions joined is as the founders: the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the municipality of Ajdovščina. In March 2006 the former Nova Gorica Polytechnic was renamed the University of Nova Gorica. Today the University has 6 schools and 7 research institutes.