Students of the University of Ljubljana on International Exchange, 2013

The survey was carried out as part of the Free University Week (15-19). 4. 2013). The aim of the research was to compare UL students on international exchange (this survey) with foreign students on exchange at UL (ADP_IDNo. IZMTUJ13) according to knowledge, skills and conditions for studying . The main purpose of the research is to fill the gap in the research field related to the monitoring of international exchange in Slovenia (specifically at the University of Ljubljana), since none of the institutions related to the planning or implementation of international student exchange collects such data, let alone analyses it. The purpose of this database is to enable a comprehensive analysis of the comparability of domestic (UL) and foreign students according to the knowledge and skills required for study and acquired through study, according to study achievements and study conditions. Based on the analysis of data, the most far-reaching goal of the research is to recommend the improvement of planning and implementation of international exchange programmes at UL (and more broadly in Slovenia) with the aim of raising the quality of internationalization of Slovenian higher education and at the same time the possibility of building education as a component of the soft power of the state in international relations.