The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport is a member of the University of Ljubljana, which dates its origins back to the 16th century and was formally established as an independent institution in 1919. Today the university employs over 5,500 academic staff and has over 50,000 students. The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport is a higher education institution. Its mission is to provide educational as well as research activities, primarily in the fields of traffic and maritime studies. In June, 2010, it celebrated the 50th anniversary of establishment. The predecessor of the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport was the Junior Maritime College, founded in 1960. At the beginning it only consisted of a nautical and marine engineering department. Then the Business Department, which in 1977/78 developed into the independent Department of Traffic Technology, was founded. Important milestones in the development of the Faculty are the year 1992 when the Junior Maritime College was upgraded into a four-year Maritime and Traffic College, then the year 1993 when the new Higher Education Act was passed, dividing higher education institutions into universities, faculties, art academies, and colleges, and finally the year 1995 when following a decision passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia the Maritime and Traffic College developed further and became today’s Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport. The Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport has gained national and international standing in the education of academic and professional human resources in the fields of maritime studies and traffic, post-graduate (now second-cycle) professional masters and doctors of science, and research activities in the field of traffic sciences. In 2009/10 the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport completed the reorganization of all study programmes in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Reform of higher education.