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Extended opening hours during exam and pre-exam periods, more study spaces, clearly defined quiet and social areas, additional equipment, and a coffee machine are just some of the improvements shaped by your ideas and feedback at the CEK Library.

When you run out of energy or focus while studying at CEK Library, you do not have to go far – a quick coffee, drink, or snack now awaits you at CEK Blue Area on the second floor.

The festive season brings adjusted opening hours at the library. You can visit us until 24 December, after which The CEK Library will be closed until 4 January 2026.

The IMB Alumni hosted a fireside chat featuring two distinguished speakers whose work has profoundly shaped economic thought both globally and in Slovenia: Professor Jan Svejnar and Professor Janez Prašnikar. Professor Svejnar is the Richard N. Gardner Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University, with a long-standing academic career and extensive advisory experience with international institutions such as the World Bank, the EBRD, and numerous governments. He was joined by Professor Prašnikar, Professor Emeritus at the School of Economics and Business and founder of the IMB Programme, who is widely recognised as one of Slovenia’s leading economists and a pioneer of empirical economic research in the region.

Tourism management students visited Ljubljana’s City Hall, where they attended a guest lecture by Mitja Predovnik, Assistant Director of Tourism Ljubljana. He spoke about current challenges in destination management.

Laura Mlakar is one of those young entrepreneurs who grew up in an entrepreneurial environment, which is why she has carried an entrepreneurial drive within her since childhood. Her studies at the Faculty of Economics further encouraged her to put theoretical knowledge into practice as soon as possible. Already during her studies, she and a friend began building their first entrepreneurial story, and today they run a successful vertical video content agency, Createable, employing a ten-member team and collaborating with numerous companies.

Her view on entrepreneurship is clear: opportunities only arise when we dare to take the first step, explore new paths, and build relationships – both with people and with users.

Got any overdue library books at home? No worries, now’s your chance to bring them back stress-free and without paying any late fees!

The fourth issue of EBR has been released, featuring articles on internal control managers’ experience, shock transmission from large firms, market and nonmarket strategies, Gen Z’s views on loyalty programmes, and the evolving challenges of digital marketing.

On 26 November, students of the course Tourism Policy visited Vila Vipolže, where Tina Novak Samec, Director of the Institute for Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport Brda, delivered a lecture on tourism development in Brda. She presented key tourism policies and the destination’s achievements.

We recently hosted Matjaž Sušec, , Head of Policy Strategy and Institutional Relations at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) for an in-depth and highly informative guest lecture.

University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business has moved up in the Financial Times ranking of the 95 best business schools in Europe.

Our master’s students attended a guest lecture delivered by Eva Štravs Podlogar, Director of the Development Agency for Upper Gorenjska (RAGOR).

As part of the Human Resource Management course, IMB students at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, spent the past weeks working on real-world consulting projects addressing concrete HR challenges faced by Hofer, Lidl, and e-Študentski Servis Ljubljana.

On the second day of the 27th Portorož Business Conference, students of the 32nd generation of the International Master Programme in Business and Organisation (IMB) at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, took centre stage with an outstanding presentation of their capstone research project, drawing significant interest from the professional community. Adam Čeru, Tatiana Fedynskaia, Jethro Muwanguzi and Nadina Salemović presented the collective work of their entire cohort on a project designed by a group of mentors from the School.

The fourth and final FORCE Project Meeting took place on 13–14 November 2025 at the Faculty of Economics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, during a special week celebrating the Faculty’s 75th anniversary.