February Orientation Days at UP
This year's February Orientation Days took place from 13 to 15 February 2025. A varied programme of activities allowed international students to get to know the university environment, the possibilities of extracurricular activities, the city of Koper and the rest of Primorska, where they will be staying for the next few months.
On Thursday, ESN Primorska students welcomed them in the afternoon and made sure they socialised and made new friends. On Friday, the international students were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Michael Mrissa and UP Student Council President Lana Erjavec. They also met the coordinators of the international offices, representatives of the different faculties and tutors.
They had the opportunity to listen to a presentation of the Studo app, the tutor network, the UP University Library, European university Transform4Europe, of which UP is a member, the work of SportUP and the Student Organisation of the University of Primorska (SOUP). They had the opportunity to listen to the basics of the Slovenian language and taste Istrian delicacies, as well as to try their hand at a treasure hunt organised by ESN Primorska. Saturday was the perfect day for a trip to the Škocjan Caves.
Around 60 international students are coming from 20 different countries this semester, most of them from France, Portugal, Turkey and Spain. This year, students from Brazil have also joined us. Other international students come from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and Finland:
- Brasil: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso,
- France: Neoma Business School, Universite de Technologie de Belfort Montbeliard, Université Paris Nanterre,
- Finland: Kaakkois-suomen ammattikorkeakoulu XAMK,
- Germany: Bergische Universität Wupperta,
- Italy: Università degli Studi di Verona, Universita' degli Studi di Teramo,
- Slovakia: Slovenská zdravotnicka Univerzita v Bratislave,
- Turkey: Gebze Technical University, Izmir Institute of Technology,
- Belgium: Athena school,
- Czech Republic: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Metropolitan university in Prague, Charles University
- Greece: University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki,
- Latvia: Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies,
- Litva: Vytautas Magnus University,
- Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University,
- Netherlands: Stichting Breda University of Applied Sciences,
- Norway: Nord Universitet,
- Poland: University of Economics in Katowice, University of Physical Education in Krakow,
- Portugal: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Universidade de Coimbra,
- Romania: Transilvania University of Brasov,
- Spain: Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Universitat de Girona, Universidad de Murcia
- Serbia: University of Belgrade.
