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Poročilo Za Leto 2013, Letnik 16 ISSN 1408 – 9602 UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI BIOTEHNIŠKA FAKULTETA POROČILO ZA LETO 2013 Ljubljana, januar 2014 Poročilo za leto 2013, letnik 16 ISSN 1408 – 9602 Izdala Biotehniška fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani Poročilo so pripravila vodstva in strokovni delavci dekanata in posameznih oddelkov Biotehniške fakultete Oblikovanje naslovnice: Bojan Dobravc Prelom strani: Vlasta Medvešek Tisk: Božnar in partner, vizije tiska d.o.o. Naklada: 50 izvodov KAZALO VSEBINE 1 UVOD ................................................................................................................................. 5 2 ORGANIZIRANOST BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE ............................................................ 7 2.1 ODDELKI BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE ....................................................................... 7 2.2 ORGANI BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE .......................................................................11 2.3 PREDSTAVNIKI BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE V ORGANIH UNIVERZE ....................12 3 OSEBJE ............................................................................................................................13 4 ŠTUDIJSKE ZADEVE .......................................................................................................16 4.1 DODIPLOMSKI ŠTUDIJ PRVE IN PODIPLOMSKI DRUGE STOPNJE ......................16 4.1.1 Študijski programi ................................................................................................16 4.1.2 Gibanje vpisa študentov .......................................................................................16 4.1.3 Vpis v študijskem letu 2013/2014 .........................................................................17 4.1.4 Prehodnost študentov v štud. letu 2013/14 ..........................................................22 4.1.5 Študentske ankete ...............................................................................................33 4.1.6 Oris razmer, v katerih je potekalo izvajanje študijskega programa in odprta vprašanja ............................................................................................................33 4.2. BOLONJSKI DOKTORSKI ŠTUDIJ TER STARI MAGISTRSKI IN DOKTORSKI PODIPLOMSKI ŠTUDIJ ............................................................................................40 4.2.1 Bolonjski Interdisciplinarni doktorski študijski program Bioznanosti ......................40 4.2.2 Nebolonjski podiplomski študijski program Bioloških in biotehniških znanosti ......46 4.3 STALNO STROKOVNO IZPOPOLNJEVANJE ...........................................................57 5 ZNANSTVENO RAZISKOVALNO DELO ..........................................................................63 5.1 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH PROGRAMOV BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE S PRIČETKOM 1.1.2009 ..............................................................................................66 5.2 INFRASTRUKTURNI CENTRI V OKVIRU MREŽE RAZISKOVALNIH INFRASTRUKTURNIH CENTROV UL (MRIC UL) V OBDOBJU 2009 -2013 ............69 5.3 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH SKUPIN (RS) BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE .................70 5.4 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH PROJEKTOV (temeljnih, aplikativnih, podoktorskih ter CRP-ov), KI JIH (SO)FINANCIRA JAVNA AGENCIJA ZA RAZISKOVALNO DEJAVNOST R S V LETU 2013 ..........................................................................72 5.5 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH PROJEKTOV (temeljnih, aplikativnih ter CRP-ov), KI JIH (SO)FINANCIRA JAVNA AGENCIJA ZA RAZISKOVALNO DEJAVNOST R S V LETU 2013 (BF soizvajalka pri drugi RO) ..........................................................78 5.6. DRUGI RAZISKOVALNI PROJEKTI ..........................................................................84 5.7 KRATEK ORIS RAZISKOVALNEGA DELA PO PODROČJIH ....................................88 6 MEDNARODNO SODELOVANJE ..................................................................................104 6.1 MEDNARODNO SODELOVANJE NA IZOBRAŽEVALNEM PODROČJU.............. 104 6.1.1. Dejavnosti BF v okviru različnih programov izmenjav .......................................104 6.1.3. Druge mednarodne pogodbe ............................................................................111 6.2 GOSTOVANJE PREDAVATELJEV BF S PREDAVANJI V TUJINI (BREZ PREDAVANJ V OKVIRU PROGRAMA VŽU/ERASMUS) .......................................112 6.3 GOSTOVANJE TUJIH PREDAVATELJEV S PREDAVANJI NA BF (TUDI PREDAVANJA V OKVIRU PROGRAMA VŽU/ERASMUS) .....................................118 6.4 MEDNARODNI PROJEKTI, KI SE IZVAJAJO NA BIOTEHNIŠKI FAKULTETI V LETU 2013 .......................................................................................................................122 6.5 MEDNARODNE ZNANSTVENE PRIREDITVE .........................................................135 7 STROKOVNO DELO ......................................................................................................137 8 KNJIŽNIČNA IN DOKUMENTACIJSKA DEJAVNOST ...................................................146 POROČILO ZA LETO 2013 UL BF ___________________________________________________________________________ 9 NAGRADE IN PRIZNANJA DELAVCEM IN ŠTUDENTOM ............................................150 10 FINANČNO POSLOVANJE V LETU 2013 ....................................................................158 10.1. ANALIZA PRIHODKOV .........................................................................................158 10.2 ANALIZA ODHODKOV ...........................................................................................159 11 BIBLIOGRAFIJA BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE V LETU 2013 .....................................160 11.1 Zbirni pregled bibliografije v letu 2013.....................................................................160 4 UL BF POROČILO ZA LETO 2013 ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 UVOD Biotehniška fakulteta je naravoslovno-tehniška akademska skupnost profesorjev, raziskovalcev, študentov in drugih sodelavcev, ki deluje na različnih področjih bioznanosti. Temeljne in aplikativne raziskave vseh področji znanosti o življenju, varstva okolja in naravnih virov so izhodišča za interdisciplinarno pedagoško delo. Tako pomembno prispevamo k racionalnemu nacionalnemu gospodarskemu razvoju ter varujemo naše naravne vire in dediščino, ki nam je zaupana. Raznolikost naravoslovno-tehniških znanj nam omogoča kakovostno interdisciplinarno delovanje, ki je osnovni pogoj za kompleksno reševanje problemov na tem področju. Biotehniška fakulteta igra v okviru Ljubljanske univerze pomembno vlogo. Številni profesorji in raziskovalci, sodelujejo v mednarodni izmenjavi znanja, vključeni so v izjemne mednarodne projekte. Prav tako študentje Biotehniške fakultete zadnja leta dosegajo odlične rezultate na mednarodnih tekmovanjih in izmenjavah. Številni sodelavci Biotehniške fakultete sodelujejo v različnih akademskih povezavah z gospodarstvom, raziskovalnimi inštituti, v strokovnih združenjih, ministrstvih in zavodih in civilno javnostjo ter imajo odmevne rezultate. V letu 2013 je bilo na fakulteti skupno zaposlenih 566 sodelavcev, kar je 35 manj kot v preteklem letu. V obravnavanem letu je bilo izvoljenih v naziv rednega profesorja 5 sodelavcev, v naziv izrednega profesorja 7 sodelavcev, v naziv docenta 31 sodelavcev, v naziv višjega predavatelja 1 sodelavec, v naziv asistenta 49 sodelavcev in v naziv znanstvenega in strokovnega sodelavca 1 sodelavec. Trenutno je na fakulteti skupno zaposlenih 566 sodelavcev od tega skoraj 70 % na pedagoškem in znanstveno-raziskovalnem področju. V letu 2013 smo se soočili z občutnim zmanjšanjem razpoložljivih sredstev za izvajanje pedagoške dejavnosti, prav tako pa je skrb vzbujajoče občutno zmanjšanje odobrenih mest za mlade raziskovalce. Če se bodo ti trendi nadaljevali, bomo, poleg zaostrenih razmer pri pridobivanju raziskovalnih projektov in zmanjševanju tržne dejavnosti, primorani poiskati še dodatne racionalizacije dela. V letu 2013 smo v tem delu uspeli, dolgoročno pa zmanjševanje števila zaposlenih in nižanje razpoložljivih sredstev za izvajanje osnovnih dejavnosti fakultete ni sprejemljivo in ne vodi k zviševanju kakovosti dela na Biotehniški fakulteti. Tem okoliščinam sledita Strategija in posledično akcijski načrt Biotehniške fakultete, ki sta bila pripravljena v letu 2013. Za univerzitetne programe prve stopnje je bilo razpisanih 465 vpisnih mest, za redne visokošolske programe prve stopnje 240 vpisnih mest, za izredne visokošolske prve stopnje pa 40 mest. V študijskem letu 2013/2014 Biotehniška fakulteta že šesto leto izvaja v skladu z Bolonjsko deklaracijo 9 prenovljenih univerzitetnih in 4 visokošolske strokovne študijske programe prve stopnje, ki se vsi izvajajo redno. Skupno vpisanih dodiplomskih študentov je 2829, od tega je približno 19 % absolventov. Biotehniška fakulteta ima akreditiranih tudi 16 magistrskih študijskih programov 2. bolonjske stopnje. Študij International Master of Fruit Science poteka kot skupni mednarodni program. Fakulteta je v juniju 2013 drugič razpisala 13 magistrskih študijskih programov 2. stopnje, ki se izvajajo redno z izjemo študija Ekonomika naravnih virov, ki se izvaja izredno. Na študij 2. stopnje je vpisanih 600 študentov. V tekočem študijskem letu se izvajajo vsi trije letniki Interdisciplinarnega doktorskega študija Bioznanosti 3. bolonjske stopnje, v katerega je vpisanih 159 študentov. Študijski program vključuje 16 znanstvenih področij, v izvajanje pa so vključene še Fakulteta za strojništvo, Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko ter Fakulteta za elektrotehniko Univerze v Ljubljani. Biotehniška fakulteta sodeluje tudi
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