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Graduation Ceremony for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral Students

On Wednesday, 4 December and on Thursday, 5 December, 2019, the graduation ceremony for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral students of the University of Nova Gorica was held at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

Škrabec Days 11

On Friday, 15 November, 2019 the School of Humanities (at the University of Nova Gorica) and the Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (specifically, its Research Station in Nova Gorica) organized a linguistic conference called Škrabčevi dnevi 11.

Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko became an honorary doctor

The Vice-rector for Education at the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko received the title of an honorary doctor of the Azerbaijan State Agricultural University (ASAU) in Ganja.

Slovenian Animated Film Association awarded two students of our School of Arts

During yesterday’s Slovenian Animated Film Association award ceremony, both of the main awards in the students section were given to two students of the School of Arts (at the University of Nova Gorica).

Gala Opening of the New Academic Year

The main event at the opening of the 25th academic year took place on Thursday, 17 October at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

The Mira award for Neda Rusjan Bric

Yesterday, at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, the Mira award was given as part of the event dedicated to the writer Luiza Pesjak (the event also featured Slovene and Austrian compositions for piano and solo voice).

European Health and Environment Criminal Court

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Professor Emeritus of the University of Nova Gorica prof. Antonino Abrami, with the support of the representatives of the present Italian Governing Parties, presented at the European Parliament the ambitious project of the establishment of the European Health and Environment Criminal Court.

An Award for Prof. Dr. Jadran Lenarčič

On Thursday, October 3, 2019, the French Ambassador to Slovenia Florence Ferrari awarded the Head of the Jožef Stefan Institute Prof. Dr. Jadran Lenarčič with the French national order of merit.

UNG’s student Maruša Mugerli Lavrenčič is the recipient of the Fanny Haussmann poetry award

On September 20th, the Association for Culture, Sports and Tourism Žalec (ZKŠT) announced the winner of the Fanny Haussmann poetry award at the Novo Celje Mansion.

Among the recipients of the Slovene Film festival awards also a student and two colleagues from the University of Nova Gorica.

The 22nd Slovene Film Festival took place in Portorož between September 17th and 22nd. The students and school members of the UNG’s School of Arts also presented their work there and they were, once again, successful.

Language Courses

In the 2019/2020 academic year, the School of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica will organise courses of English, German and Slovene.

The world-renowned Oxford University Press published the second edition of the scientific monograph by Prof. Dr. Tanja Pipan

Ten years after the first edition, the world-renowned Oxford University Press published the second edition of the scientific monograph of the associate of the University of Nova Gorica, and the Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU from Postojna, Prof. Dr. Tanja Pipan, The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats (Biologija jam in drugih podzemeljskih habitatov).

An International Workshop “Open Education Design” in Vipava

The University of Nova Gorica (UNG) and UNESCO’s department of Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) co-created and now for the second year in a row also coordinate an international mentor program, called Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW).

U-Multirank, the global university ranking

Exceptional Results of the University of Nova Gorica at the Global U- Multirank 2019 University Rankings

A school member of the University of Nova Gorica was given the Lirikonov zlát award

During the 18th Lirikonfesta Velenje, a faculty member of the School of Humanities at the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Barbara Pregelj, received a prestigious literary award called Lirikonov zlát.

Graduation Ceremony for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral Students

On Wednesday, 29 May and on Thursday, 30 May, 2019, the graduation ceremony for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral students of the University of Nova Gorica was held at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

The Opening of the University of Nova Gorica’s Gallery

Today, the University of Nova Gorica’s Gallery was opened at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

Master’s program student at the UNG’s School of Arts attended the prestigious Cannes festival

Urška Djukić, a Master’s program student at the School of Arts of the University of Nova Gorica participated at the Cannes festival this year.

The First Meeting of the CEEPUS Network Astro.CE at the University of Nova Gorica

This week, the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology of the University of Nova Gorica hosted the first meeting of the CEEPUS network Astro.CE: “Multi-messenger Astrophysics in Central Europe”.

Researchers of the University of Nova Gorica played an important role in the development of an x-ray free-electron laser

A fully coherent source of intense soft x-ray pulses