University of Maribor

Institution Info

The University of Maribor is a broad-based institution committed to excellence in education, the extension of knowledge through basic, advanced, and applied world-quality research, and creative and artistic expression. With its complement of Arts and Sciences, Law, Business, Engineering, Medicine, and Pedagogy, the University promotes cooperation, competition, and multi-disciplinarity. The University strives to provide equal opportunity for higher education to students, and embraces as its core values both freedom of thought and expression and freedom from discrimination. The University is committed to the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity. Internationalisation plays an important role; the University encourages student and staff mobility and active participation in international associations, networks and projects, and at the same time it promotes and protects Slovenian language, national identity, heritage and culture. The University aims to promote partnerships with businesses, governmental and non-governmental and other institutions in society to enrich university teaching, research and creative activity; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic and ethical values, and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; respect ecological and environmental issues; promote sustainability in development; and contribute to the public good.

VISION

The University of Maribor strives to provide the very highest quality of undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional education. It will remain one of the leading academic institutions in Slovenia contributing to world-quality research in the arts and the sciences.