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Study in Slovenia

Study in Slovenia is one of the greatest options of the current age. There are a lot of reasons why students are choosing nowadays to study in Slovenia. On this page, you will find all information regarding study in Slovenia including admission process, living cost, universities, tuition fees, English taught programs, and online application process.

Why Slovenia?

There must be a question in your mind why to study in Slovenia? No doubt Slovenia is an emerging country to promote its education for attracting international students. The fact Slovenia wants more and more international students in its universities, it has taken the following steps:

  • Decreased the tuition fees (find exact tuition fees find below)
  • More and more English taught programs
  • Low living cost
  • Benefits to students for extra expenses such as transportation card and other recreational activities
  • Streamlined online admission process
  • No heavy bank statements required
  • Speedy visa application processing
  • Good visa ratio

Tuition fees

Slovenian universities make sure that they offer a high quality of education against lower tuition fees to attract more and more international students. Here is a common break down of tuition fees:

  • from 2000 EUR to 5000 EUR for Bachelor’s degree per year
  • from 2500 EUR to 7500 EUR for Master’s degree per year
  • from 3000 EUR to 12000 EUR Doctorate/Ph.D. per year

Please do note to confirm tuition fees from your desired university as they may change with the passage of time without prior notice. Tuition fees could either be paid as a one-time payment or in installments (if the university agrees).

Scholarships

Slovenian universities do offer scholarships to international students. This could be partially funded or fully funded. Make sure to read complete information about these on the following links:

Admission process

To get admission in Slovenian universities, there is a really good online system called EVs. On this online portal, you can first create an account by putting your personal details and email address in and then can apply online for your desired courses in intended universities. You need to fill in all details and then print out the application form to send it to universities with additional documents by post. To apply online for admission in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, click here

Admission requirements

To get admission into Slovenian universities, you must have the required qualification as follows:

The chosen level of studies Required qualification
Bachelor’s degree 13 years of education or university entrance qualification
Master’s degree A bachelor’s degree or equivalence of bachelor’s degree

Additionally, you will have to provide proof of English language requirement for English taught programs. The best way to do that is to provide the IELTS test report form with a minimum of CEFR level B2 (5.5 band score) for admission in a bachelor’s degree and an overall score of 6.5 for admission in a master’s degree.

English Language Programs

Slovenian universities have started to increase the number of English taught programs. This will surely increase the number of international students there. Find here a complete list of English taught programs in Slovenian universities. Click here to open the complete list

Living cost

Living cost in Slovenia is way less than other European countries. Living cost simply means the cost of accommodation, transportation, study material, food, clothing, and other things, etc.

ACCOMMODATION Ljubljana Maribor Primorska
STUDENT DORMITORIES €80 – €160 €100 – €170 €100
PRIVATE FLATS – DOUBLE BEDROOM (EXCLUDING EXPENSES) €100 – €130 €90 – €120 €100 – €150
PRIVATE FLATS – SINGLE BEDROOM (EXCLUDING EXPENSES) €120 – €160 €120 – €150 €140 – €180

 

TRANSPORTATION  Ljubljana Maribor Primorska
MONTHLY TICKET €20 (student) €26.5 (student) €10 (student)

 

List of Universities in Slovenia

There are in total of 4 universities in Slovenia. Along these, there are 50 other independent higher educational Institutions. Universities details are as follows:

Public Universities

Private University

University of Nova Gorica

Following are the Independent higher education institutions:

How to apply for a student visa?

For applying a student visa of Slovenia, you must get information directly from the local Slovenian embassy. Not in all countries do the Slovenian embassies exist. In some countries, there are only consulates or other representative European embassies.

Click here to check local Slovenian embassy in your home country

Click here to go to the official website of Slovenian Government

Click here to go to the online admission portal