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In accordance with the Rules on a first and second cycle programs (Article 22), students must enter electives when enrolling in the study year. The change of elective courses is possible on the basis of an approved application no later than 5 working days after the start of the winter semester, for courses that are carried out in the first and second semester (the whole year), and 5 working days after the strart of the second semester for courses that are carried out iin the second semester.

Enrollment and change of elective courses is possible only in accordance with the number of courses determined by the study program and according to the available course enrollment quotas.

You submit a request to change an elective course in a Web Office (no attachments are required). All applications received after the submission deadline will be rejected.

Despite the possibility of substitution, we recommend that you carefully review the schedule before enrolling to avoid enrolling in overlapping courses.

Yes. Within two years from the loss of student status the student may, upon payment in accordance with the current price list, carry out his or hers study obligations (taking exams, etc.), unless the program's accreditation expires.

Student status ends after the last semester of the final year or additional year. In exceptional cases, some students also have an extended status for legitimate reasons (Article 126 of the UL Statute). It does not matter whether they are employed or unemployed.

In accordance with the Higher Education Act, students who have not yet repeated or they were not enrolled in another master's program (at FDV or at any other faculty), i.e. they did not change the program during their studies.

In accordance with the amendments to the Act on Higher Education (Article 70), the student retains the status of a student until the end of the academic year in which he/she obtained his/her master's degree, regardless of whether he/she obtains the master's degree before the end of the academic year.

FDV has signed more than 230 bilateral student exchange agreements with universities both within the EU, as well as in the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, the countries of SE Europe... After returning to home faculty his/hers completed obligations, which written in the study agreement, are entered in the list of completed study obligations on FDV. More information is available on the website about studying abroad, but you can also contact the International Office of the FDV directly.

All foreigners who are not EU citizens (except citizens of Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and all those (Slovenian and foreign citizens) who have already taken advantage of the right to full-time studies (have already achieved or recognized the 2nd level of education, have changed their study program more than once in the past or repeated their enrollment program) will have to pay the tuition fee.

Yes, as long as you did not repeat or change the enrolled study program at the 2nd level.

A student who has already successfully completed an exam in a particular study unit and wishes to obtain a higher grade may repeat the exam once if two conditions are met: • that no more than 6 months have passed since the last exam was taken; • that the holder of the course agrees to the correction, which he confirms with his signature. If both conditions are met, the professional associate of the student's professional service registers for the next exam period. A student can submit an application only once. Applications are submitted via Web Office, and are processed by the student affairs administrator, which checks the conditions for submitting the application specified in the regulations. The improving of the grade is possible in the same academic year when the student obtained a positive exam grade or the final grade of the course and only until the date of completion of the study. On the day of graduation, the student does not have the opportunity to take an assessment in the courses that are part of the program he has completed. A student does not have the possibility of correcting a positive grade in an exam in which he failed two or more times.

In the case of repeating the exam from the previous paragraph, the higher grade applies, and the evidence includes the grade of both exams

 An FDV student who passed a certain exam while studying at another faculty may apply for their recognition, and must provice all elevant evidence. The main lecturer of the study unit decides on recognition.

Yes. Within two years from the loss of student status the student may, upon payment in accordance with the current price list, carry out his or hers study obligations (taking exams, etc.), unless the program's accreditation expires.

No, as long as the notice you were originally issued was valid for the entire time you were in school at the faculty, your status as a student with special needs is valid for the 1st and 2nd cycles.

If you are applying for Special Needs Student status for the first time, you must submit a Special Needs Application in your Web Office(Online Report - Other - Applications - Special Status - Special Needs Status). The application in pdf format must be accompanied by the appropriate opinion from the appropriate Commission on the Classification of Children and Adolescents with Mental and Physical Disabilities or the opinion of the Commission on Disabilities, as well as other specialized medical evidence showing that your health has not improved in the last calendar year. The application must also be accompanied by the "Form for Adjustments for Students with Special Needs" completed by a medical specialist, which can be found on the homepage under Forms. You will be granted special needs student status for the entire time you attend the faculty.

Complete and submit the Application for Student Athlete or Artist Status electronically via a Web Office. You can access electronic applications by submitting an application in the oWeb Office (Web Office - Other - Applications - Special Status - Athlete Status). You must submit your application in pdf format and attach the appropriate supporting documents to the format. You will be granted status for the current academic year only and may renew each academic year with a new application and supporting documents.

The student acquires the special status of a parent (mother, father status) with the birth of a child, insofar as the student also had the status of a student at the time of the child's live birth (in the year of the child's birth, he/she was enrolled in study program and year).

 

To assert the status of a parent, the student submits an application in his/her Web Office (Web Office - Other - Applications - Extension of status due to the birth of a child). An extract from the civil registry about the birth of a child from an administrative unit is considered as appropriate proof for the application.

 

Students who care for a long-term sick, physically injured child or a child with special needs also have the right to obtain parental status (mother, father status), if the person is a single parent. To the application for obtaining the status of a parent, the student shall attach the Social Work Centre (CSD) decision for the care allowance or the Pension and Disability Insurance Institut of Slovenia (ZPIZ) decision on the aid and service allowance as appropriate proof.

When the student agrees with the mentor on the topic of the master's thesis, he/she completes the online form through the Web Office of MY FDV (the form can be found here: Web Office - Other - Forms - Thesis Applications).

Students can also follow the review process of the topic through the Web Office. First, the mentor (and then any co-mentor) will receive the application for their online thesis. If the mentor has no comments and approves the topic, the registration goes to the program administrator responsible for the program in which the student is enrolled. If the topic is also approved by the program administrator, the topic is accepted.

You can complete and submit requests and applications through the Web Office (Other - Applications, Requests or Complaints). Your personal information is automatically entered into the form, and you select the type of request (request or complaint), enter your statement, and attach the required attachments. In the Web Office you will also receive a response to your request and you can access the contents of the report at any time.

In accordance with the Rules on a first and second cycle programs (Article 22), students must enter electives when enrolling in the study year. The change of elective courses is possible on the basis of an approved application no later than 5 working days after the start of the winter semester, for courses that are carried out in the first and second semester (the whole year), and 5 working days after the strart of the second semester for courses that are carried out iin the second semester.

Enrollment and change of elective courses is possible only in accordance with the number of courses determined by the study program and according to the available course enrollment quotas.

You submit a request to change an elective course in a Web Office (no attachments are required). All applications received after the submission deadline will be rejected.

Despite the possibility of substitution, we recommend that you carefully review the schedule before enrolling to avoid enrolling in overlapping courses.

The topic is valid for three years. Once the topic of the master's thesis has been confirmed by the mentor and the head of the department, the student must submit the master's thesis within three years at the latest. The topic must still be valid when the master's thesis is submitted, otherwise the student must re-register it.

The same applies to former students who have interrupted their studies. The validity of the topic and the student's current status must be taken into account when considering deadlines for completion of the degree. Even if the topic is still valid at the time of submission of the master's thesis, the deadline for completion of the study program is no later than two years after termination of student status.

Students may complete their degree in their registered program within two years of their last status. They must submit a master's thesis that is organized in terms of content and subject matter. When submitting the master's thesis, they must have an accepted (and still valid) master's thesis topic.

All students without status who have unfulfilled teaching obligations in addition to the thesis must make up all unfulfilled obligations - including the master's thesis defense.

Students whose student status ends on September 30 of the current year must ensure that they have completed all subjects during the status period and have accepted the master's thesis topic no later than 6 months after losing status - otherwise they must pay the cost of the thesis defense.

The costs for processing the application for continuation or completion of studies (after an interruption of studies of more than two years) and for making up missing courses are based on the annually valid price list of the University of Ljubljana.

All students who have not interrupted their studies for more than two years, but have not passed all examinations during their student status (according to the UL price list), must also pay for the defence of their master's thesis.

According to the Rules on final thesis in the first and second cycle study programs, students must register the topic of the master's thesis no later than March 15* in the final year of study. If they do not register the topic by this date, they cannot register it until after October 1 of the same calendar year if they are already enrolled in the additional year. This means that they will not be able to complete their degree while they have final year student status.

Students in the additional year and those who take a break of up to two years after their last status can register the topic of their master's thesis at any time during the current academic year, starting October 1. At this point, we would like to remind you of the provision of Article 128 of the Statutes of UL, which states that all those who do not pass all examinations during the status period and have the thesis topics accepted no later than six months after the loss of status will have to pay the costs of defending the Master's degree.

The number of mentorships per educator is limited - he/she can take a maximum of 8 mentorships per academic year.

Students may choose from the master's thesis topics listed below (https://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/en/study/study-at-the-FDV/masters-programmes/topics-of-masters-theses/0/2022-23/0/0); or agree with professors on a different topic.

When the student agrees with the mentor on the topic of the master's thesis, he/she completes the online form through the Web Office of MY FDV (the form can be found here: Web Office - Other - Forms - Thesis Applications).

Students can also follow the review process of the topic through the Web Office. First, the mentor (and then any co-mentor) will receive the application for their online thesis. If the mentor has no comments and approves the topic, the registration goes to the program administrator responsible for the program in which the student is enrolled. If the topic is also approved by the program administrator, the topic is accepted.

Student status ends after the last semester of the final year or additional year. In exceptional cases, some students also have an extended status for legitimate reasons (Article 126 of the UL Statute). It does not matter whether they are employed or unemployed.

In accordance with the Higher Education Act, students who have not yet repeated or they were not enrolled in another master's program (at FDV or at any other faculty), i.e. they did not change the program during their studies.

In accordance with the amendments to the Act on Higher Education (Article 70), the student retains the status of a student until the end of the academic year in which he/she obtained his/her master's degree, regardless of whether he/she obtains the master's degree before the end of the academic year.

Students who have interrupted their studies for more than two years (the completion of the last status is taken into account, but not the date of the last examination or topic registration) must apply to continue their studies.

Continuation applications (the completion of their studies ) students can submit in the Web Office My FDV (Web Office - Other - New application for continuation of studies). They log into the Web Office (My FDV) with their username and password. A student who has forgotten their password can reset it on the portal UL ID: https://id.uni-lj.si/index.php?action=resetpass.

Only when he/she receives the decision on completion of their studies, he/she will have access to the entire Web Office again, which will allow him/her to make further inquiries and requests and to register the topic of the master's thesis, if the topic has not yet been accepted.

The decision on completion of the studies is valid for the respective academic year - until the end of the academic year in which the student applied for completion of the studies. If the applicant has not fulfilled all the obligations specified in the decision by the end of the academic year ( by September 30), he/she may reapply for completion of the studies in the new academic year in the following academic year. An application for continuation of studies can only be approved if the program in which the student has enrolled still has a valid accreditation.

 Any consideration of the request must be paid in accordance with UL's current price list.

The costs for processing the application for continuation or completion of studies (after an interruption of studies of more than two years) and for making up missing courses are based on the annually valid price list of the University of Ljubljana.

All students who have not interrupted their studies for more than two years, but have not passed all examinations during their student status (according to the UL price list), must also pay for the defence of their master's thesis.

A person employed full time can normally enroll in a degree program and obtain or maintain student status, but full-time employment affects the social rights that derive from student status. A student who is employed full-time cannot work on the recommendation of Student Services, receive a stipend, or be eligible for subsidized transportation, meals, or residence hall accommodations. Similarly, a working student cannot be enrolled in health insurance through his or her parents as a dependent.

Answers to questions about status and rights are posted on the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation website.

FDV has signed more than 230 bilateral student exchange agreements with universities both within the EU, as well as in the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, the countries of SE Europe... After returning to home faculty his/hers completed obligations, which written in the study agreement, are entered in the list of completed study obligations on FDV. More information is available on the website about studying abroad, but you can also contact the International Office of the FDV directly.

When submitting an enrollment application (via the eVŠ portal, which is also accompanied by all the required documents), it is not necessary for the enrolled applicants to have already completed 1st cycle of the study, but they must meet the conditions of the call for enrollment.

Applicants applying for enrollment during the first application period must have completed the 1st cycle of study or meet the enrollment requirements by the date specified in the call for enrollment. If they do not meet the enrollment requirements by this date, they may reapply for the vacancies advertised in the second application period. In this case, he/she must meet the enrollment requirements by the deadline set for the second application period.

A submitted application does not imply enrollment, but we do consider it a serious intent on the part of the student to enroll. Unfortunately, not everyone who applies will enroll, as some do not manage to complete their undergraduate studies on time.

In the application form, candidates for enrollment will be able to indicate three wishes for three different programs at FDV.
The first wish is a priority, and the other two are "reserve", if the applied candidate will not be accepted at the first wish or the program that he/she stated as the first wish will not be implemented at all ( due to the insufficient number of applications for enrollment).

As a graduate of the 2nd cycle, can I apply for admission to the master's program at FDV?
With the completion of the 2nd cycle, you can apply for enrollment in the 3rd cycle (PhD), or you can also apply for the 2nd cycle. Applicants who have completed the 2nd cycle and therefore enroll in the program with the same educational level as before must pay the tuition fees according to the current legislation.

For applicants who wish to enroll in a second or third degree program and have completed their studies abroad, the same rules apply as for students who have completed their studies in Slovenia. Applicants who have completed their studies abroad submit an application for recognition of foreign education at the same time as applying for enrollment (the entire application process is done through the eVŠ portal). When registering in the eVŠ system, they submit all relevant documents or evidence of completed studies abroad. Before enrollment, the applicant must receive a positive decision on the recognition of foreign education.

The deadline for submitting applications for vacancies for foreigners from countries outside the EU and for Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship is set each year in accordance with the current call for enrollment.

All foreigners who are not EU citizens (except citizens of Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and all those (Slovenian and foreign citizens) who have already taken advantage of the right to full-time studies (have already achieved or recognized the 2nd level of education, have changed their study program more than once in the past or repeated their enrollment program) will have to pay the tuition fee.