Applicants to first-cycle undergraduate study programmes must submit the application for enrolment via the eVŠ portal within the deadline specified in the call for enrolment. Call for enrolment in first-cycle undergraduate study programmes in the academic year 2026/2027 is published here (only available in Slovene).
Instructions on how to fill in the application can be found here.
The call for enrolment in first-cycle undergraduate study programmes is published annually, usually in February for the following academic year.
More information can be found here:
Tuition fees are listed in the price list and are charged in accordance with the applicable price list for each academic year.
Students pay tuition fees in a lump sum or in instalments.
Tuition fees are paid by students:
• in part-time studies,
• in full-time studies, but only under the conditions specified below:
a) Slovenian citizens, Slovenians living outside the borders of the Republic of Slovenia, and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship and citizens of EU members or countries with which Slovenia has signed a bilateral agreement * (principle of reciprocity) *:
• if they have already obtained at least an equivalent level of education **;
• if, upon changing the study programme, they enrol in the same or a lower year and have previously exercised the right to repeat the year or change the study
programme at the same level of study;
• if they re-enrol in the same study program/course of study from which they previously withdrew.
b) Foreign citizens:
• if they come from non-EU countries or countries with which Slovenia has not signed a bilateral agreement (principle of reciprocity);
• if they have not completed secondary school education in the Republic of Slovenia and passed the matriculation examination in accordance with Higher Education Act (ZViS-1);
• if they do not have a permanent residence in the Republic of Slovenia and they themselves or at least one of their parents or guardians are not residents of the Republic of Slovenia for tax purposes before the start of the selection process.
* This currently applies to citizens of the Republics of Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.
** Students are not charged tuition fees for one parallel studies at the same level if they enrol in the parallel studies before the start of the final year of the first study programme, in which they have made regular progress and in which they were regularly enrolled.
The number of available places for admission to higher education institutions is available here.
Candidates applying for first-cycle undergraduate study programmes should prove that they meet the enrolment conditions according to the Higher Education Act as well as other admission criteria, according to the chosen study programme.
In the case of limited access, applications will be assessed based on selection criteria specific to the study programme for which the candidates have applied to.
Enrolment conditions and selection criteria (in case of restricted access) are available in the presentation brochures as well as in the call for enrolment that is available here.
The deadlines for applying to undergraduate study programs (first cycle) in the first year are as follows:
Slovenian citizens, citizens of EU Member States and Slovenians abroad; citizens of non-EU Member States with permanent residence in Slovenia who are, at the start of the selection procedure, residents of the Republic of Slovenia for tax purposes, or whose parents/guardians are residents of the Republic of Slovenia for tax purposes; persons granted international/temporary protection status and applicants for international/temporary protection who have been granted this status by the start of the selection procedure; citizens of non-EU Member States who have completed their secondary education in the Republic of Slovenia and passed the matura examination (this does not apply to persons who have completed international secondary school education in the Republic of Slovenia and who are required to follow the procedure for the recognition of foreign secondary education) apply for places available for Slovenian citizens, citizens of EU Member States and Slovenians abroad, namely:
- to apply in the first application period, the application must be submitted electronically to eVŠ from February 18th to March 18th, 2026;
- to apply in the second application period (to possible places that will remain unfilled after the first application), the application must be submitted electronically to eVŠ from August 20th to August 27th, 2026;
- in order to apply within the deadline for filling still available enrolment places (for part-time studies only!), the application together with the attachments must be submitted electronically to eVŠ from September 23th to September 24th, 2026 by 10 a.m.
After the end of each application period, changes and cancellations of individual registered study preferences are no longer possible.
Citizens of non-EU Member States apply to the corresponding available enrolment places for citizens of non EU member states, namely:
- to apply in the first application period, the application must be submitted electronically to eVŠ from February 18th to March 18th, 2026. The deadline for submitting the attachments to the application is March 18th, 2026 at the latest for candidates who already have final certificates, and no later than July 31st, 2026 for candidates to whom the certificate will be issued in 2026.
- to apply in the second application period, the application must be submitted electronically to eVŠ from 2nd to 3rd September, 2026, the deadline for submitting the attachments to the application is 3rd September 2026 (the decision on recognition of education is a mandatory attachment).
Candidates should pay attention to when the deadline is for the electronic submission of applications and attachments to the application for enrolment, as after these deadlines the submission of applications or attachments is no longer possible. After the end of each application period, changes and cancellations of individual registered study preferences are no longer possible.
Study programs where enrolment places are still available will be published on this site.
Deadline for applying to undergraduate study programs for enrolment in the higher year of studies (according to the criteria for transitions or under the conditions for faster advancement) is from September 1st to 8th, 2026.
Registration takes place via the eVŠ portal.
It is necessary to carefully follow the instructions for registration and filling out the application.
For any support in filling in the application form, please contact:
Assistance with entering the application for enrolment - SI-PASS system:
E-mail: ekc@gov.si
Phone: 00 386 1 478 85 90 (from 8:00 AM until 22:00 PM CET during working days).
The admission procedure at the University of Ljubljana is also shortly presented here.
Application for enrolment in the first year of studies
Candidates should submit their applications to the call for enrolment into 1st year of studies by the deadlines in the call for enrolment if they want to enrol into 1st year or change their programme/course.
Application for enrolment in the higher year of studies
Application for enrolment in the higher year of studies is meant for:
- Candidates who are already students of Faculty of Arts and fullfil the criteria for enrolment into higher year of the new study programme/course (have obtained the required number of ECTS for enrolment into higher year of new programme/course)
- Other candidates, who have already passed some study obligations in other study programme in Slovenia or abroad (have obtained the required number of ECTS for enrolment into higher year of new programme/course), and wish to continue/finish their studies at the Faculty of Arts
Candidates who wish to apply for enrolment into higher year of studies, should contact the Adminitrative Office Undergraduate Programmes for more information.
The information day for undergraduate study programmes (first-cycle) of the Faculty of Arts for academic year 2026/2027 will take place on 13th and 14th February 2026. All information on information days for the individual cycle of studies (the schedule of the information day and all information on study programmes/courses) will be published here.
The admission procedure at the University of Ljubljana is also shortly presented here.
According to the Assessment and Recognition of Education Act, candidates, holders of foreign qualifications (certificates obtained outside the Republic of Slovenia), who wish to enrol in undergraduate (first-cycle) study programmes of the Faculty of Arts, must fulfil of the enrolment conditions by the decision on the recognition of foreign education.
Candidates with foreign qualifications are considered to have applied for the recognition of their entry qualifications with the application form with which they have applied on the eVŠ portal.
The following documents for recognition of foreign education are required:
1. Original of the final (upper secondary school) certificate(s) legalized according to the system of legalization in the country of issue, legalised based on:
- The 1961 Hague Convention (at the court with territorial jurisdiction where the certificate or diploma has been issued); with properly filled in apostille form affixed or
- The Authentication of Documents in International Traffic Act.
Countries for which no legalization is required:
- Austria,
- Bulgaria,
- Bosnia and Herzegovina,
- Cyprus (for documents issued by public higher education institutions and universities),
- Czech Republic,
- France,
- Greece,
- Croatia,
- Hungary,
- Republic of Macedonia,
- Romania,
- Serbia.
2. Photocopy of the original certificate(s) referred to in No. 1.
3. Certified Slovene or English translation of the certificate(s) referred to in No. 1 (not necessary for certificate(s) in Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian - if issued in Latin alphabet).
4. Annual report cards, transcripts, a diploma supplement or some other evidence on the contents and duration of education.
5. Certified Slovene or English translation of the certificate(s) referred to in No. 4 (not necessary for certificate(s) in Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian - if issued in Latin alphabet).
6. Short chronological description of the entire education (statement by the applicant).
Parallel Study
Parallel study is study following separate programmes of the University of Ljubljana. In case of studying on other universities this is not perceived as parallel study.
First-cycle students may enrol in parallel study after having successfully completed the first year of the first-cycle studies. The application to another parallel study programme is also possible after successful completion of higher year of studies, but at the latest upon enrolment in the final year of the first study programme. During enrolment in additional year the enrolment in parallel study is not possible.
Student has to send the following supporting documents:
- certificate of enrolment in a higher year of the first study programme;
- a copy of general Matura certificate or vocational Matura certificate with the notification of the passed appropriate general Matura examination (fifth subject). Candidates for enrolment in parallel studies submit the application for parallel studies within the deadline specified in the annual call for enrolment (expected from September 1 to September 17) via an electronic application on the on the eVŠ portal.
If the number of candidates for parallel enrolment exceeds the number of available places for parallel study, candidates will be selected based on the criteria as stated in the call for enrolment.
Enrolment in combined study programmes or courses is not considered parallel study.
Students enrolled on parallel (full-time) studies (first cycle) are not charged with tuition fees if they are already enrolled in the study programme or course in which they obtain the level of education that corresponds to at least the level of education obtained in the parallel study programme or course. (applies only to students who graduate from 17.10.2023 onwards)
Study of graduates
Graduates can also apply for undergraduate studies (first cycle) for enrolment, either:
- on the avaialble places for full-time or part- time studies in the manner and within the deadlines referred to in point I of the Call for enrolment, where they are applying with a secondary school.
In accordance with Article 77 of the Higher Education Act, tuition fee payment is provided for studies at these enrolment places, regardless of whether they are full-time or part-time studies.
During their first year at the University of Ljubljana, international students may attend the so-called Year Plus, in which they can learn Slovene. Year Plus is designed to help international students to adapt to the Slovenian system and culture in their first year of study in Slovenia.
More information regarding conditions and how and when to apply is available here.