Flensburg University of Applied Sciences’ (FUAS) roots in the region date back to 1852 when the Royal Danish School for Navigation was founded. This lay the foundation for what is a firm part of our identity still today: There was and still is a close connection between our university, our region and its people. Flensburg, the Flensburg Firth and local industry have shaped our university, our degree programmes and research activities: the broad range of fields we teach and research include maritime technologies, business and energy as well as biotechnology, communication and engineering.

The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport is a member of the University of Ljubljana, the oldest and most reputable Slovenian University, which dates its origins back to the 16th century but was formally established as an independent institution in 1919. Today, the university employs more than 5,500 academics and has around 45,000 students per year.

The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport is located in Portoroz, a touristic city positioned on the Slovenian coast. Slovenia is EU member state and travelling to Slovenia is possible with an ID card for European citizens. Slovenia uses EUR as a currency.

University of Zadar is the largest fully integrated public university in Croatia consisting of 27 departments with 5500 students. Zadar has a centuries-old university tradition, the longest in Croatia: following the tradition of ecclesiastical education, first mentioned in the 10th century, a Dominican higher education institution Studium generale, later known as the Universitas Iadertina, was founded as early as 14 June 1396. The town of Zadar was not chosen as a university centre by chance: at the time, it flourished as the most important naval point in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where the seats of governmental institutions were situated, including the seat of the Austro-Hungarian Ban and the Hungarian-Croatian War Navy.