University of Primorska

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University of Primorska
Univerza na Primorskem

Established:	2003
Type:	Public
Rector:	Rado Bohinc
Staff:	260
Students:	5,338
Location:	Koper, Slovenia
Website:	http://www.upr.si/

University of Primorska (Slovenian Univerza na Primorskem, Italian Università del Litorale) is the third university in Slovenia. It is located in Koper, Izola and Portorož and is named for the Slovenian Littoral region (Slovenian Primorska) where it is located.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Faculty
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The very first efforts to found a Primorska university were made almost one hundred years ago, whereas the first concrete steps towards the establishment of a new Slovene university were taken after the country had become independent. Thus 1992 saw the preparation of the expert study of the development of higher education in the region of Primorska, and a year later a letter of intent was signed envisioning the establishment of the University Study Centre. In 1995, the Science and Research Centre of the Republic of Slovenia was founded in order to garner the intellectual potential of the future university, while 1996 witnessed the formation of the University Study Centre of Koper, which facilitated the development of higher education in the region and prepared the legal basis for founding the university. Two years later, the letter of intent was also signed by representatives of the regional economic sector and by regional chambers of commerce.

Finally, on 29 January, 2003, the Slovene Parliament passed the University of Primorska Charter. Two months later, on 17 March, 2003, the UP was entered into the register of legal entities kept by the District Court of Koper. The newly established university comprised three faculties, two colleges and two research institutes.