Exchange programmes
The University of Primorska boasts 68 agreements on the international level with 64 universities from all over the world. Within the Erasmus+ programme, UP collaborates with over 250 universities and has more than 350 inter-institutional study agreements in a variety of study fields.
Each semester UP welcomes around 110 students under different mobility schemes.
For additional details, refer to the UP Fact Sheet for Students or the UP Fact Sheet for International Offices for the academic year 2025/2026.
The largest mobility programme is the ERASMUS+ programme. UP has well established links with numerous institutions around the world to facilitate Erasmus+ student and staff exchanges.
In programme countries (EU, EEA, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey), known as Erasmus+ KA131, the home institution selects the candidates, provides them with a grant and nominates them to the host institution. Therefore, if you come from a programme country, please contact your international office for procedures related to selection processes and funding.
We are also active in the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (Erasmus+ KA171), which supports mobilities with institutions from around the globe. More about Erasmus+ KA171 here.
Every year, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia offers a number of scholarships to foreign nationals, on the basis of bilateral agreements (between the governments/ministries) and reciprocity with the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, People’s Republic of China, North Macedonia, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey.
CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) covers mobility grants for students and teachers in Central Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia).
Mobilities are based on established networks. UP’s faculties participate in several CEEPUS networks:
UP Faculty of Humanities: GEOREGNET: Geography and regional development in Central and Southeastern Europe; ARHEOPED; Red de Hispanistas de Europa Central; Shared History of Central Europe.
UP Faculty of Management: Applied Economics and Management; Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy.
UP Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies: Managing forests for climate change
UP Faculty of Health Sciences: Education, Training and Research in the multidisciplinary field of Sport Sciences
However, if your home university is not part of a network, you can apply as a CEEPUS freemover. Each year, UP faculties accept many CEEPUS freemover students, usually in the spring semester. The deadline is 30 November for attending the mobility in the 2nd semester of the academic year. For more information, contact the International Relations Office of the chosen host faculty.
For further specifics, please check the CEEPUS webpage.
If you come from a university or a country which is not eligible for any of the above programmes, we can still accept you as a regular freemover. Freemover arrangements are always done individually.