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From education to practice: a successful start to the new academic year at FTPO
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From education to practice: a successful start to the new academic year at FTPO

Yesterday, we welcomed a new generation of students to the Faculty of Polymer Technology and together embarked on the 2025/2026 academic year.

On the Introductory Day, students learned all about how to study, extracurricular opportunities, and activities they can take advantage of for successful studies. First-year students had the opportunity to get to know each other, tour the faculty's premises and laboratories, and participate in occupational safety training.

The central part of the Introductory Day was the event "Employment Opportunities and Scholarship Options," where we were joined by eight organizations—companies and research institutions, potential future employers of our students. They presented their activities, employment opportunities, and scholarship opportunities, followed by individual meetings with employers, where students had the opportunity to introduce themselves, ask questions, and obtain information about internships, scholarships, and employment.

The response was exceptional – both from representatives of companies and research institutions and from our students, who showed great interest and enthusiasm. The event was an important step towards linking studies and career opportunities and a successful start to the new academic year.

Sincere thanks to everyone who made this excellent start to the academic year possible:

  •  Alba Systems, Orodjarna & inženiring Alba d.o.o.
  •  Kopur d.o.o.
  •  Gorenje I.P.C., d.o.o., del skupine Hisense Europe
  •  Plastika Skaza d.o.o.
  •  Kemijski inštitut
  • LOTRIČ Certificiranje d.o.o.
  • Polycom d.o.o.
  • Siliko d.o.o

Thank you for joining us in connecting study and career opportunities and opening doors to the future for our students!

 

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Faculty of Polymer Technology is a private non-profit higher education and research institution based in Slovenj Gradec. It was founded in 2006 as Polymer Technology College and was promoted to Faculty by the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in February 2017.

Its founders are companies from Slovene plastics industry (Adient Slovenj Gradec d.o.o., Grammer Automotive Slovenija d.o.o., Plastika Skaza d.o.o., Kopur d.o.o., BSH Hišni aparati d.o.o. Nazarje), Regional institutions (Municipality of Slovenj Gradec, RRA Koroška d.o.o) and Industry associations/Research organisations (GIZ Grozd Plasttehnika, TECOS - Razvojni center orodjarstva Slovenije).

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As the only academic institution focusing on polymer technology in Slovenia, Faculty of Polymer Technology bases its activities on three pillars: Education, Research and Industry cooperation. We provide our students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become innovative and competent engineers that are fit for responsible tasks in their future assignments.  We support society and industry in Slovenia and beyond to cope with the increasingly competitive economic and rapidly changing technological environment by knowledge creation through innovative application oriented research on polymer materials and technologies, Know-How transfer and opportunities for life long learning. We live by our values – Responsiveness, Continuous improvement, Practical Attitude and Personal Approach – to achieve these goals.

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