The University of Ljubljana (UL) is a public autonomous educational, scientific research and artistic institution of higher education. It was established in 1919 upon the tradition of semi-university institutions from the 17th century. It has 26 member institutions: 23 faculties and three academies. UL ranks among the top 500 universities according to the ARWU Shanghai. UL employs 5730 employees. Of these, 2681 are teaching and assistant staff, who are mainly registered as researchers, 995 are full time researchers and others are professional, technical and administrative staff. UL is very active in the international research and education programs.The list of European and international projects in which the University of Ljubljana is involved can be found at the following link.