17th Slovenian Consultation on Plant Protection with International Participation   The Plant Protection Society of Slovenia, which has been based at the Faculty of Biotechnology in Ljubljana since its inception, announces that the 17th Slovenian Consultation on Plant Protection with International...

BFestival 2026 announced! In 2026, we will again organise the BFestival, a one-day event where faculty researchers present their achievements on a selected topic. Next year, it will be biodiversity conservation, as we want to contribute to the achievement of European policy goals, such as the EU...

FACULTY PREŠERN AWARDS FOR 2025 On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, exactly 225 years after the birth of Slovenia's greatest poet France Prešeren, the University of Ljubljana Rectorate will host a ceremony to present the UL BF 2025 Prešeren Awards. The ceremony will begin at 2...

The Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana invites students to the Alumni Mentoring Programme for Students event, which will take place on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, from 15.00 to 17.30 at the Department of Forestry (G6/7). In the academic year 2025/26, we are continuing with the new...

Final workshop of the V4-2211 project on risk management in forests   The Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana invites you to the final workshop of the targeted research project V4-2211: Managing risks in forest management due to climate change. The event will take place on 21...

Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at 5 pm Lecture SEED BANK AT THE BOTANICAL GARDEN FOR THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE KEW MILLENNIUM SEED BANK This year, the Botanic Garden of the University of Ljubljana was invited to contribute to the 25th anniversary celebration of the largest seed bank of natural species...

12th Scientific Consultation in Animal Husbandry - Ločniškar Days 2025 Theme: Challenges in the Dairy Chain - Opportunities for Research and DevelopmentTuesday, 18 November 2025Faculty of Biotechnics, Department of Zootechnics, Knight's Hall (Groblje 3, Domžale) Dairy farming today is at...

You are invited to the 16th Slovenian Hunting Day, which will take place on Saturday, 15 November 2025, in Ljubljana (Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Večna pot 83). The 16th Slovenian Hunting Day will focus on the increasingly topical issue of encroachment...

Bioscience and Human   Bioscience and Human is a new annual event of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, which will take place the day after the Slovenian Science Day and will focus on the links between science, man and society. This marks the start of a tradition of meeting,...

Dear Sir or Madam, You are cordially invited to the 3rd KAEPP seminar on Discrete Choice Evaluations (DCE) as a tool for evaluating environmental and social preferences, which will take place on Friday, 7 November, from 14.00 to 15.30. The seminar will be held in a hybrid format, in the Chamber Hall...

TRAVEL LECTURES  The Department of Forestry is starting this year's series of travel lectures. The season will open with a lecture by Nik Šabeder on Wednesday, 5 November at 16:00 in Lecture Room G6, on Work, Adventures and Experiences of Exploration in Namibia. We will manoeuvre...

Is there still a need to read books about farmers and agriculture? - Discussion on the occasion of the publication of the translation of A. V Chayanov's book The Organisation of the Peasant Economy Tuesday, 4 November, 17:00, Trubar House of Literature, Stritarjeva 7, Ljubljana Speakers: Dr Emil...

On Wednesday and Thursday, 29 and 30 October, we are organising a mushroom exhibition as part of the elective course Useful and poisonous autotrophic plants and fungi.     The exhibition will be held in the lobby of the Department of Agronomy and is being organised in cooperation with...

INVITATION TO THE FINAL EVENT OF THE FULL MIRROR (V3-2310) and SCHOOL CROCHET (V4-2307) OBJECTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS on Friday, 24 October 2025, at 12 noon, in the Janez Hribar Hall at the Biotechnical Faculty, 101 Jamnikarjeva Street, 1000 Ljubljana The two targeted research projects, co-funded by...

You are cordially invited to the launch of the Agronomic Terminology Dictionary Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 14.00 Lecture room A4, Department of Agronomy, UL BF (Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana) Registration until 22 October 2025: External link to https://forms.gle/avYBKGMACF3iLNw87 Open in new...

Opening of the exhibition "Illustrations with botanical motifs in lithographic technique" The Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana invites you to the opening of the exhibition "Illustrations with a botanical motif in lithographic technique", which will take place on...

Dear Sir or Madam, At the end of this year, the National Institute of Biology is finishing the European Twinning project CutCancer (https://www.cutcancer.si/, FB, Instagram). The project focuses on the implementation of state-of-the-art approaches and methodologies in the field of preclinical cancer...

Professors from Ilia State University of Georgia visit the Biotechnical Faculty    Dear Sir or Madam, Next week we will host two professors from Ilia State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Tbilisi, Georgia, in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme at the Institute of...

Press conference: Brown bear management in Slovenia is moving away from science Ljubljana, 9 October 2025 Scientists at the University of Ljubljana are warning of the harmful consequences of abandoning proven, effective, science-based solutions to brown bear management and introducing so-called...

BIOTECHNOLOGY DAY 2025 Biotechnology's responsibility towards society and the planet Wednesday 15 October 2025, Prof. Dr. Janez Hribar Hall Biotechnology Day is a day-long event where students have the opportunity to learn about the ways in which biotechnology is changing, or has already...

Expert chat room: digitisation of (postal) services The Association of Business Law Societies of Slovenia would like to invite you to an online expert chat room titled Digitisation of (postal) services - how to use it to your/the country's advantage, which will take place on Thursday, 2 October...

The Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana is delighted to welcome the new generation of students who will start their studies in October. On Wednesday, 1 October 2025, we will hold a reception for first-year students in the Prof. Dr. Janez Hribar Hall, where they will be addressed by the...

75 years of study and 50 years of the Department of Wood Engineering - opening of the renovated laboratories The Department of Wood Engineering at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, celebrates three important milestones this year: the 75th anniversary of the study of wood engineering...

Arena of Technologies is coming to Križanke! The UL BF Department of Microbiology will also be present. When? 25 September 2025 from 8.00-16.00 Where? Ljubljana, Križanke Entrance is free! Arena of Technologies is the technology event of the year, brimming with innovation, energy and stories of...

INVITATION TO THE ROUND TABLE "Crisis science communication: How to say the right thing at the wrong time?" The Student Council of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, in the framework of the Summer School "Science at a Crossroads: From Popularisation to Manipulation",...

Dear students, We would like to invite you to join us for a student work action in the Iški morost Nature Reserve on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 (reserve date in case of rain: Tuesday, 30 September 2025).  During the work action we will plant seedlings of native plant species and clean...

Final presentation of the project Circular Technology Concepts and Business Models in Slovenian Agriculture (V4-2208) 22 September 2025, 10:00-14:00 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Lecture Room G6 We invite you to the final...

BF Summer School for students: science at a crossroads 22.9.2025 - 25.9.2025 Location: Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, UL Organiser: Student Council, Faculty of Biotechnics, UL This summer will be lively again at the Biotechnical Faculty, UL - the Student Council of the Biotechnical...

HOTEL FOR RESIDENTS Gift from the Botanical Garden "Jevremovac" from Belgrade  When the "Hotel for Wild Pollinators" was opened on 31 October 2023 at the Botanical Garden "Jevremovac" in Belgrade, the Serbian Embassy in Ljubljana immediately contacted the Faculty...

You are invited to the international conference "Regional Contextualisation in Architecture", co-organised by the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Faculty of Architecture and the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. The conference explores adaptive approaches...

  Summer School "Nature data - from the field to the information system 2025" Location. Place: Na Logu v Trenta 31, 5232 Soča Organiser: Faculty of Biotechnics and Triglav National Park Public Institute You are cordially invited to the summer school "Nature data - from the field...

PLANT A TREE IN A BOTANICAL GARDEN The Association for Intercultural Dialogue in cooperation with the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana invites you to a symbolic event on Monday, 15 September 2025, at the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana (Ižanska cesta 15, Ljubljana). ...

Dear Sir or Madam,  We invite you to join us and participate in the Science Cafe event What's in Our Glasses, which will take place on Wednesday, 10 September, at 5 pm in the University Room of the Rog Centre (Trubarjeva 72).    The event is free of charge and will be held in...

Dear Sir or Madam, We would like to announce two special events on the occasion of the European Meteorological Union Conference. By External link to registering Open in new window, you are helping to organise the events. On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at 15.30, at the University of Ljubljana,...

Summer School "Healthy diet - between tradition and innovation" at the Biotechnical Faculty From 4 to 12 September 2025, the Erasmus+ BIP Summer School "Healthy diet - between tradition and innovation" will take place at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, bringing...

8th Simčič Symposium: Alcohol under the microscope   When: 4 September at 16.00 Location: Prof. Dr. Janez Hribar Hall, Dean's Office of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana Venue: Biotechnical Faculty, 101 Jamnikarjeva Street, Ljubljana Organiser: BF UL   Active students...

Invitation to the 5th International Bioinformatics Summer School We are delighted to announce the 5th International Bioinformatics Summer School, which will take place from 1 to 5 September 2025 at the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Ljubljana. The Summer School, accredited with 3 ECTS, is...

Invitation to a free professional excursion for teachers Get to know the pedagogical programmes of the DINA Centre and the Pivka Lakes Ecomuseum! The Pivka Tourism Institute and the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana invite teachers of primary and secondary schools, especially those...

Dear Sir or Madam, we would like to invite you to the final event of the Erasmus+ BOOST European project - Promoting Farming and Establishing a Digital Hub through an Advanced Training Programme on Sustainable Precision Agriculture, organised at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, in...

Invitation to the Summer School on the challenges of coexistence with large carnivores 21-27 July 2025, Pivka In the framework of the international research project CoCo - Co-creating coexistence, we invite you to the Summer School on Challenges of Coexistence with Large Carnivores, which will take...

You are cordially invited to a press conference on the occasion of the 215th anniversary of the Botanical Garden on Friday 11 July at 11:00 at the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana, Primula Teahouse. Another year has come and gone and we have been quite active again in the past year....

Summer Equestrian Camps at Krumperk 2025 This year we are organising summer camps for children at PRC Krumperk, where we will spend 5 days in the company of horses, nature and friends. What does the camp offer? Children will be from 8.00 to 16.00 every day: learn about the life of horses - their diet,...

Press conference: SNAKES IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: MYTHS, FACTS AND COEXISTENCE   Thursday, 3 July 2025, 9.00 a.m. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty UL, Lecture Room B5 (Večna pot 111, Ljubljana) A few days ago, Slovenia was shocked by the news of the death of an elderly lady after...

You are cordially invited to the 14th Summer Concert ODA TO NATURE by Timothy Kosovince (guitar) with guests Cristina Basili (cello) and Tomaž Rajterič (guitar) at the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana on Wednesday, 2.7.2025 at 20:00!  Ode to Nature is not just a concert, but a...

Dear Sir or Madam! We would like to cordially invite you to the guest lecture of Prof. Paul Behrens entitled: "Food system transitions: enabling rapid transformations to reduce impacts and increase resilience", which will take place on Tuesday, 1 July 2025, at 14:00 in Prof. Dr. Janez...

Summer School for high school students - BioTehSummer 2025: Discover, Create, Enjoy 30 June - 4 July 2025   Biotechnical Faculty is opening its doors again this year to students interested in the world of natural sciences, natural heritage and modern sustainable solutions. The five-day BioTehSummer...

Lecture on flax - a traditional oilseed and spinning plant   The Association for Biodynamic Management AJDA SOSTRO, in cooperation with the Department of Agronomy of Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, invites you to an interesting lecture entitled "Flax - a traditional...

Invitation to the consultation "Exploiting by-products in agriculture - from prototypes to working business models"   The Biotechnical Faculty of UL in cooperation with the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry invites you to an expert consultation to be held on Wednesday, 18 June...

Nature as a place of connection: pre-event of the Global Heart Summit at the Ljubljana Botanical Garden When: Sunday, 15 June 2025 Where: the Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana Event: A Day of Ecological Belonging in LjubljanaIn the framework of: The Wellbeing Project, prelude to the...