On the 17th of December 2018, as a representative of the University of Ljubljana, prof. dr. Iztok Tiselj attended the first meeting of the partners of the joint study program SARENA. SARENA master's program (MSc in SAfe and REliable Nuclear Applications) is coordinated by IMT Atlantique University. Within the program also cooperate Lappeenranta Univ. of Technology, Madrid Technical University and the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics). The progmram is co-financed by the EU through the Erasmus + program. In the program, 4 generations of 15 students will graduate with the degrees from two of the four participating universities.

Year 2018/19 is a preparatory year for the SARENA program. The first generation will enroll in the autumn of 2019. During the work meeting, the website of the program was opened, which will collect applications by the end of March 2019. This is followed by a selection of students who will be accepted for study and those who will receive EU scholarships.