The Development Path from 1995 till Today

The School of Environmental Sciences, the first international postgraduate school in Slovenia, was the predecessor of the University of Nova Gorica. The School was founded on 24 September 1995 with the consent of the Council for Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia of 12 July 1995. It started operating in the 1995/96 academic year. The School was founded by the Municipality of Nova Gorica and the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana.