The Faculty of Design was established in 2005 in Ljubljana as a private independent institution of higher education. Since 2011, it has been an associated member of the University of Primorska.

The Faculty of Design offers undergraduate and postgraduate (master’s) programmes in Interior Design, Visual Communications, Design Management, and Textile, Fashion, and Jewellery Design.

Following its aims, the Faculty actively partners with various local institutions at the intersection of the public and private sectors. Faculty has been successfully transferring know-how into Slovenian business entities via innovations, patents and development projects which add value to the companies in their design and technological solutions and create new jobs.