The University of Nova Gorica aims to be a research, internationally established university, which will be recognised as a driving force of social development in the region and in a wider context. With its innovative teaching approaches in both Slovene and English, the university aims to develop teaching excellence at its contemporary study programmes, thereby securing a high level of employability to home and international students. The university will endorse its motto Scientia vinces (“with knowledge to victory”) by providing a creative environment for researchers, professors and students, thereby enabling opportunities for top achievement results in the cutting-edge fields of science, technology and art.
The University hosts several laboratories and research centres which are performing state-of-the-art research in several fields ranging from materials science to astrophysics. The laboratories involved in Nanoregion project are:
1. Laboratory for Environmental and Life Sciences (LELS)
2. Laboratory of Organic Matter (LFOS)
3. Materials Research Laboratory (LRM)
4. Laboratory of Quantum Optics (LKO)