Admission Procedure
Before being admitted to the study programme of Art Education at the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, candidates must pass a test for talented students in art. Talent is considered 80% of the grade, the rest are the results of the learning achievements at high school and external examinations. The proportion between the candidates and the admitted students to the study programme is from 1:4 to 1:2, which means that only talented students in art can enter the programme.
There are two components of the test: drawing figures and painting of still life motifs.
Some test samples of drawings and paintings together with the assessment criteria and the grades awarded will be discussed. Difficulties in assessing of artistic talent are double: how to distinguish talent from knowledge and how to ensure adequate objectivity of the assessment. After the admission process to the study programme
This part is illustrated with some selected achievements of the students of the final year of the Master Year in Experimental graphics elective course. The key competence of the study programme includes autonomy in formulating questions, exercises and concepts.
Students are generally well aware of their own art potentials and their "strong" areas; therefore, they select elective courses in accordance with their interests and potentials.