The research activity of UP is conducted at its faculties, and especially at the two research institutes (UP ZRS and UP PINT). In the past 5 years within the university 50 international and more than 100 national research projects were successfully concluded. The research activity at UP is increasing every year, which is seen in the number of projects as well as in the increasing value in FTE points for national research, which reached 66,42 in the year 2008. The basic research activity is conducted within 14 Research Institutes, in which more than 365 researchers are included.
Research Institutes at UP:
- Institute for Biodiversity Studies (UP ZRS)
- Institute of Mediterranean Heritage (UP ZRS)
- Institute of Education, Technology and Mathematics (UP PEF)
- Institute for Linguistic Studies (UP ZRS)
- Institute for Kinesiology Research (UP ZRS)
- Inštitut za medkulturne študije UP FHŠ (Slovene) (UP FHŠ)
- Management Research Institute (UP FM)
- Institute for Mediterranean Humanitiea and Social Studies (UP ZRS)
- Institute for Mediterranea Agriculture and Olive Growing (UP ZRS)
- Institute for Historical Studies (UP ZRS)
- Research group PINT (UP PINT)
- Research group UP FAMNIT (UP FAMNIT)
- Research group UP VŠZI (UP VŠZI)
- Tourism (UP FTŠ Turistica)
National Research Programmes
National research programmes lead by members of UP:
- Management, education, informatisation and employment (UP FM)
- Biodiversity (UP ZRS)
- Slovenia and the Mediterranean (UP ZRS)
- Areas of cultural contact in integration processes (UP ZRS)
- Kinesiology for the quality of life (UP ZRS)
- Algebra with combinatorics and graph theory, probability and experimantal economy (UP PINT)
National research programmes in cooperation with other Slovene research institutes:
- Razvoj in ovrednotenje novih terapij za zdravljenje malignih tumorjev (Slovene) (UP VŠZI)
- Zdravje živali, okolje in varna hrana (Slovene) (UP VŠZI)
- Research, teaching and learning within the modern society (UP PEF)
- Computationally intensive methods in theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, combinatorial optimization, and numerical analysis and algebra with applications in natural and social sciences (UP PINT)
- Metrology and biometric systems (UP PINT)
- Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (UP FM)
- Languages and Cultures of Asia and Afrika (UP PEF)
Acronyms: UP = University of Primorska, UP ZRS = SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CENTRE OF KOPER, UP FHŠ = FACULTY OF HUMANITIES KOPER, UP FM = FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT KOPER, UP PINT = PRIMORSKA INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, UP FAMNIT = FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, UP VŠZI = COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE IZOLA, UP FTŠ Turistica = FACULTY OF TOURISM STUDIES PORTOROŽ- TURISTICA, UP PEF = FACULTY OF EDUCATION KOPER