Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture has been until nowthe only institution in Slovenia which has taught for theprofession of architect-urbanist, whose knowledgeand tasks place the professional between thelevels of architect and space designer-planer. Theexisting personnel void is even more detrimental forSlovenia, because the profile of architect-urbanist(town architect) has received new professionalcompetencies in accordance with the new legallydefined tasks, and through these architect-urbanistswill sharpen their personal professional responsibilitywhen creating and changing spatial policies ofmunicipalities as basic territorial units.For this purpose, graduates of both levels will haveto obtain complex knowledge or general awarenessabout theoretical and practical aspects of urbanplanning and design, about planning methods, thelegal basis for space arrangements, elements ofaction planning and strategic evaluation, about thebasics of municipal and housing economy, and indepthknowledge of the public sector operations, fromthe national level to local levels to the corporate publicservices. They will need to acquire knowledge aboutthe basics of project and quality management, and,last but not least, master the basics and techniquesof urbanistic design, planning and projecting. Therole of the proposed programme in the economicand cultural development of the country is evident,because according to the wording of the Europeandirective, ‘urbanism, much like architecture,architectural design, quality of buildings, their harmonywith the environment, respect for natural and culturallandscape’ is a matter of ‘public interest’ in allEuropean countries.2. Information about the study programmeThe duration of the First cycle university studyprogramme Urbanism is 3 years (6 semesters) andencompasses 180 credit points all together. Theprofessional title received by the graduate is Bachelorof Architecture Urbanism (UN); abbreviation B Arch.Urb, (UN).3. Programme objectives and subject-specificcompetencies of graduates3.1 Programme objectivesThe programme educates an architect-urbanist. Theprogramme’s basic objective is to qualify professionalsfor less demanding tasks from the field of urbanisticplanning and design, and spatial management. Anarchitect-urbanist’s responsibility comes from themeaning of urbanistic design, quality of urbanisticlay-outs, their harmony with the environment withrespect to the natural and urban landscape, which isin public interest. Public interest regarding the qualityof physical space is protected by the Slovene as wellas the European legislation. The Slovene legislationdetermines conditions for an architect projectengineer-urbanist, a supervisor, a reviser of plannedspatial development, a spatial planner, a managerof spatial plan preparation, a municipal urbanist, aresearcher, etc.The profile of an architect urbanist is extremelycomplex, because architect-urbanists have to becapable of thinking about people and their spatialproblems in most different criteria: from regionaldevelopment criteria to architecture and vice versa.6 <strong>URBANISM</strong> STUDY PROGRAMMESTUDY PROGRAMME<strong>URBANISM</strong>7