Slowenische Partnerin

RektorInnen-Gipfel Graz-Ljubljana: Christa Neuper, Ivan Svetlik und Harald Kainz (v.l.), Foto: Željko Stevanić

Universitäten Graz und Ljubljana stärken Zusammenarbeit

Gerade zwei Stunden mit Auto und 130 Kilometer Luftlinie entfernt, bildet die slowenische Universität Ljubljana eine wichtige Säule der Uni-Graz-Fokusregion Südosteuropa. Auf Basis der umfassenden und konstruktiven Partnerschaft hat die Karl-Franzens-Universität mit Ljubljana schon 1992 ein universitäres Kooperationsabkommen abgeschlossen.

Bei einem Besuch einer Grazer Delegation haben Rektorin Christa Neuper und TU-Graz-Rektor Harald Kainz in der slowenischen Hauptstadt mit ihrem Amtskollegen Ivan Svetlik Ende August 2014 weitere Möglichkeiten einer noch stärkeren Zusammenarbeit ausgelotet.

Neben zahlreichen Mobilitätsprogrammen werden auch Joint-Degree-Studien gemeinsam durchgeführt, darunter History of South-Eastern Europe sowie South Eastern European Studies.

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