20 let Medicinske fakultete Univerze v Mariboru

20 years of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Maribor. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Maribor (MF UM) was established on 2 October 2003. The Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Higher Education ratified the university study programme “General Medicine” on 3 December 2003, and in autumn 2004, the first 89 students enrolled in the programme. Until the end of 2023, 1,090 students completed their studies with a degree. The Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Higher Education gave consent to the implementation of a new doctoral study programme called “Biomedical Technology” at the MF UM on 15 April 2005. In the academic year 2005/06, the first generation of postgraduate  doctoral students enrolled, 29 students in the first and 16 students in the second study year to be exact. Until the end of 2023, 156 Doctors of Science were promoted at the MF UM. The Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education bestowed the accreditation of the UMSP “Dental Medicine” programme on the MF UM on 9 January 2020, with the first generation of 20 students enrolling in the academic year 2021/22. In the beginning,  the MF UM operated in numerous locations. On 30 April 2004, the renewed building at Ljubljanska ulica 5 was handed over to the Faculty for use, and on 27 January 2006, the building at Magdalenski trg 5 followed. The foundation stone for the new building at Taborska ulica 8 was laid on 20 June 2011. The construction lasted for two years and three months, after which the building was handed over to the Faculty on 18 September 2013. The MF UM comprises of 36 university departments and 11 institutes. Professional services are organised into three departments: the Student and Study Affairs and the International Cooperation Department, the Economic and General Affairs Department and the Legal and General Affairs Department.