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Poročilo 2008 UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI BIOTEHNIŠKA FAKULTETA POROČILO ZA LETO 2008 Ljubljana, februar 2009 Poročilo za leto 2008, letnik 11 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: 220 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 IZOBRAŽEVALNO DELO.............................................................................................. 16 4.1 DODIPLOMSKI ŠTUDIJ.............................................................................................. 16 4.1.1 Študijski programi................................................................................................... 16 4.1.2 Gibanja vpisa študentov .......................................................................................... 16 4.1.3 Vpis v študijskem letu 2008/2009........................................................................... 17 4.1.4 Prehodnost študentov v štud. letu 2008/09.............................................................. 21 4.1.5 Študentske ankete.................................................................................................... 27 4.1.6 Oris razmer, v katerih je potekalo izvajanje študijskega programa in odprta vprašanja................................................................................................................. 28 4.2. PODIPLOMSKI ŠTUDIJ.............................................................................................. 33 4.2.1. Podiplomski študijski programi ............................................................................. 33 4.2.2 Število študentov podiplomskega študija................................................................ 34 4.2.3 Izvajanje programa.................................................................................................. 35 4.2.4 Pregled doktorskih disertacij v letu 2008................................................................ 37 4.3 STALNO STROKOVNO IZPOPOLNJEVANJE ......................................................... 45 4.4 MEDNARODNO SODELOVANJE NA IZOBRAŽEVALNEM PODROČJU ........... 48 4.4.1 Dejavnosti BF v okviru programa Vseživljenjsko učenje (VŽU)/Erasmus............ 48 4.4.2. Druge mednarodne pogodbe .................................................................................. 50 4.4.3 Gostovanje predavateljev BF s predavanji v tujini (brez predavanj v okviru programa Socrates/Erasmus).................................................................................. 50 4.4.4 Gostovanje tujih predavateljev s predavanji na BF (tudi predavanja v okviru programa Socrates/Erasmus).................................................................................. 57 5 ZNANSTVENO RAZISKOVALNO DELO..................................................................... 61 5. 1 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH PROGRAMOV BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE ZA OBDOBJE OD 01.01.2004 DO 31.12.2008 ................................................................ 62 5.2 PREGLED INFRASTRUKTURNIH CENTROV ZA OBDOBJE 01.01.2004 DO 31.12.2008.................................................................................................................... 64 5.3 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH SKUPIN (RS) BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE......... 65 5.4 PREGLED RAZISKOVALNIH PROJEKTOV (temeljnih, aplikativnih, podoktorskih ter CRP-ov), KI JIH (SO)FINANCIRA JAVNA AGENCIJA ZA RAZISKOVALNO DEJAVNOST RS V LETU 2008................................................................................. 67 5.5 MEDNARODNI PROJEKTI, KI SE IZVAJAJO NA BIOTEHNIŠKI FAKULTETI V LETU 2008................................................................................................................... 76 5.6 DRUGI RAZISKOVALNI PROJEKTI ......................................................................... 88 5.7 MEDNARODNE ZNANSTVENE PRIREDITVE........................................................ 92 5.8 KRATEK ORIS RAZISKOVALNEGA DELA PO PODROČJIH ............................... 95 5.9 BIBLIOGRAFIJA BIOTEHNIŠKE FAKULTETE V LETU 2008 ............................ 110 5.9.1 Zbirni pregled bibliografije v letu 2008 ................................................................ 110 5.9.2. Pregled pomembnejših objav v letu 2008 ............................................................ 111 6 STROKOVNO DELO....................................................................................................... 149 7 KNJIŽNIČNA IN DOKUMENTACIJSKA DEJAVNOST .......................................... 162 8 NAGRADE IN PRIZNANJA DELAVCEM IN ŠTUDENTOM................................... 166 9 FINANČNO POSLOVANJE V LETU 2008................................................................... 173 9.1. ANALIZA PRIHODKOV........................................................................................... 173 9.2 ANALIZA ODHODKOV............................................................................................ 174 UL BF POROČILO ZA LETO 2008 ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 UVOD Biotehniška fakulteta je pestra naravoslovno-tehniška akademska skupnost profesorjev, raziskovalcev, študentov in drugih sodelavcev, ki deluje na področju narave in naravnih virov, jih vzdržuje, sooblikuje in hrani za prihodnje generacije. 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. Njeni številni profesorji in raziskovalci, ki sodelujejo v mednarodni izmenjavi znanja so zelo cenjene osebnosti na svojih področjih. Prav tako študentje Biotehniške fakultete zadnja leta dosegajo odlične rezultate na mednarodnih tekmovanjih in izmenjavah. Številni sodelavci Biotehniške fakultete doma sodelujejo v različnih akademskih povezavah z gospodarstvom in civilno javnostjo ter imajo odmevne rezultate. Pomen biotehniških znanj potrjuje tudi vpis študentov v zadnjih letih. V vse letnike biotehniških študijev vpis v zadnjih letih dosega čez 2600 študentov (brez absolventov). Delež študentov visokošolskega strokovnega študija počasi upada in je v tem trenutku pri 30%. Delež izrednih študentov je pričakovano upadel na dobra 2 %. Fakulteta je rahlo zmanjšala število razpisanih študijskih mest (25) po posameznih študijskih programih. V študijsko leto 2008/2009 pa so se vpisali prvi absolventi na univerzitetnem študiju biotehnologije. Za univerzitetne programe prve stopnje je bilo tako razpisanih 475 vpisnih mest, za redne visokošolske programe prve stopnje 265 vpisnih mest, za izredne visokošolske prve stopnje pa 80 mest. Skupaj je bilo razpisanih tudi 22 mest za vpis diplomantov VSŠ na UNI študij. Fakulteta je v tem letu izvajala 9 univerzitetnih prvostopenjskih programov in 4 visokošolske prvostopenjske študijske programe ter podiplomski študijski program na 10 znanstvenih področjih, sodelovala pa je tudi v 5 univerzitetnih oz. medfakultetnih študijskih programih. Leto 2008 bo zapisano tudi kot leto, ko sta na fakulteti diplomirali prvi dve diplomantki univerzitetnega študijskega programa Biotehnologija. V študijskem letu 2008/2009 pa 288 podiplomskih študentov. Manj kot z vpisom smo lahko zadovoljni s študijskim uspehom, saj ponavlja 1. letnik povprečno 16,55 % študentov, kar je manj kot v prejšnjem študijskem letu, prehodnost čiste generacije iz 1. v 2. letnik pa se je v letu 2008 zmanšala na približno 47,59. Tudi delež študentov, ki so opustili študij je previsok, saj znaša okoli 35,85 %. Sicer pa je v letu 2008 diplomiralo skupaj 460 študentov od tega 309 na univerzitetnih in 151 na visokošolskih strokovnih študijih. V letu 2008 je magistriralo 20 in doktoriralo je 42 študentov. Na fakulteti je bilo v letu 2008 vloženo veliko truda v pripravo prenove študijskih programov po principu dvostopenjsekga študija (3+2). Akreditiranih je 15 drugostopenjskih študijev: ekologija in biodiverziteta, molekulska biologija, strukturna in funkcionalna biologija, biotehnologija, gozdarstvo in upravljanje gozdnih ekosistemov, agronomija, hortikultura, znanost o živalih, krajinska arhitektura, lesarstvo, mikrobiologija, prehrana, živilstvo, ekonomika naravnih virov, varstvo naravne dediščine 5 POROČILO ZA LETO 2008 UL BF ___________________________________________________________________________ Prav tako smo pripravili program doktorske šole Bioznanosti, ki je bila predana v postopek akreditacije na UL. V letu 2008 je bilo na fakulteti skupno zaposlenih 615 sodelavcev, kar je več kot v preteklem letu, k čemur so največ prispevali tudi mladi raziskovalci. V obravnavanem letu je bilo izvoljenih v naziv
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