Children who are foreign nationals and reside in Slovenia are entitled to compulsory primary school education from the age of six under the same conditions as nationals of the Republic of Slovenia. Enrolment in the international elementary school programme, intended for pupils who are foreign nationals, under the IBO (International Baccalaureate Organisation) system is possible at the Danila Kumar International School in Ljubljana. A primary school programme in French is offered by a private institution, the École française, in Ljubljana. There are also private Waldorf schools in Ljubljana and Maribor.

The language of instruction is Slovene (except in the ethnically mixed regions that are home to the Hungarian and Italian communities). An international baccalaureate programme is offered under the aegis of the IBO by Gimnazija Bežigrad, Ljubljana and II. Gimnazija Maribor, where English is the language of instruction. Tuition fees are payable. Slovenia also has a number of private schools, including the Euro Šola Ljubljana, diocesan elementary school and general secondary school (gimnazija) in Ljubljana (founded by the Roman Catholic Church) and a Waldorf secondary school.

Slovenia has four universities: the University of Ljubljana, the University of Maribor, the University of Primorska and the University of Nova Gorica. Individual faculties at all Slovenian universities are gradually introducing study credit schemes, where courses are weighted under the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS). The professional qualifications that graduates can obtain in numerous public and private institutions of postsecondary and higher professional education are weighted in the same way.