Kocijancic Becomes First Female Chancellor of Ljubljana University

Ljubljana, 21 june

Andreja Kocijancic, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, was elected the new chancellor of the University of Ljubljana in Tuesday's run-off, succeeding two-term Chancellor Joze Menciger.

The new chancellor, the first woman at the helm of the University of Ljubljana in its 86-year history, received 19 votes while Ivan Leban, of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, received 11 votes from the 34-member electoral college.
"There are so many women at this university that it's high time a woman has been appointed to this post," Kocijancic said, adding that her main task in the four-year term would be to reform study programmes.
The reform will be carried out with the help of the faculties. After that is done, finances will be tackled as well as problems with facilities and student issues.
Kocijancic says that she is taking over an institution that is in a "very nice and solid state". "This is a good basis...From here on it is easy to start into the world, to Europe, and to reform," she added, saying that her predecessor has done his job very well.
She promises to turn the university into a "modern university which will move like all universities around us." Not only will the university keep in lockstep with other higher education establishments, she also hopes it will overtake kin institutions.
In the agenda that she presented in her bid for the post, Kocijancic underscored the need for reform and emphasised the university's unity and autonomy. She is against tuition fees.
The new chancellor, who will take over from Mencinger in the autumn, does not believe politics interferes with the work of the university at the moment, but believes that the university should be consulted on all important matters.

Kocijancic Becomes First Female Chancellor of Ljubljana University

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