University of Nova Gorica – UNG (Slovene: Univerza v Novi Gorici), is the fourth university in Slovenia. It is located in the towns of Nova Gorica, Gorizia (in Italy), Vipava and Ajdovščina.

History

The University of Nova Gorica grew out of the School of Environmental Sciences founded in 1995 by the City Municipality of Nova Gorica and the Jožef Stefan Institute. Later two more institutions joined as the founders: the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Municipality of Ajdovščina. In March 2006, the former Nova Gorica Polytechnic was renamed the University of Nova Gorica. Today the university has 7 schools and 10 research institutes.

Organization

Faculties and schools:

Graduate school
School for Viticulture and Enology
School of Science
School of Engineering and Management
School of Environmental Sciences
School of Humanities
School of Arts
Research institutes:

Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology
Center for Atmospheric Research
Center for Cognitive Science of Language
Centre for Information Technologies and Applied Mathematics
Research Centre for Humanities
Wine Research Centre
Laboratory for Environmental and Life Sciences
Laboratory of Organic Matter Physics
Laboratory of Quantum Optics
Materials Research Laboratory