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Slovenia has been an EMBC Member State since 1997.
Facts and figures
The University of Ljubljana is Slovenia’s oldest and largest university and offers study programmes across the major disciplines.[1] It is one of six public or private universities and with 35 other higher education institutions[2] the sector has about 80,000 students enrolled in tertiary education in 2023-24.[3]
Around 47% of young adults in Slovenia attain a tertiary education.[4] In 2021, more than 17,000 people in Slovenia were employed in R&D work. [5]
In addition to university-based research and development, Slovenia also has a network of National Research Institutes and Centres of Excellence[6] conducting basic and applied science.
The European Patent Office granted 58 patents with first patentees residing in Slovenia in 2024[7] , and the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office granted 195 patents in 2022.[8]
Gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) fell slightly from 2015 to 2021, to 2.13%. [9] The main sectors financing GERD were business enterprise providing 48.7%, the national government (24.3%) and inward investment (26.4%). [10] Total R&D spending rose 20% between 2012 and 2021 to reach 1.12 billion Euro.[11]
Life scientists in Slovenia can apply for research funding from the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.[12] They also receive funding through Horizon Europe projects, European Research Council grants, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions[13] as well as EMBO[14].
Population: 2,120,937[15]
R&D spending: 2.13% of GDP
People employed in R&D: 17,000
Researchers: 16,8795
Foreign researchers: 4.1%[16]
Patents (European Patent Office): 58
Higher education institutions: 41
Higher education enrolment: 80,000 enrolled in 2023-24
Horizon 2020 funding[17]:
1,595 organizations and 356 SMEs involved in H2020 projects
15 ERC principal investigators
156 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funded researchers
Life scientists in Slovenia are eligible for all of the EMBO Programmes. Find out about all EMBO funding schemes here.
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All information as of June 2024.
References
[3] Republic of Slovenia Statistical Office
[4] Eurostat, Population by educational attainment level, sex and age
[5] OECD, R&D personnel by sector and function
[6] Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, Research in Slovenia
[7] European Patent Office, Country Dashboard
[8] World Intellectual Property Organization, Slovenia profile
[9] OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators
[10] European Commission, Intramural R&D expenditure (GERD) by source of funds
[11] OECD, Gross domestic expenditure on R&D by sector of performance and type of R&D
[12] Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
[15] Republic of Slovenia Statistical Office
[16] European Commission, 2022 Science, Research and Innovation performance of the EU, figure 6-2-2
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