The University of Maribor (Slovene: Univerza v Mariboru) is the second university in Slovenia, established in 1975. It currently has 17 faculties. The university's roots reach back to 1859, when a theological seminary was established with the encouragement of Maribor bishop and patriot Anton Martin Slomšek. More faculties were established during the late 50s and early 60s of the 20th century; the Faculties of Economics, Business and Technology in 1959, Agronomy and Law in 1960, and Pedagogy in 1961. The University's opening ceremony occurred on 19 September 1975. The University has entered the top 1% of institutions in the field of Physics and of the nine institutions entering the top 1% in this field, the University of Maribor did so with the highest number of citations, according to an analysis of data from Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters. The University of Maribor cooperates in European Framework Programmes since 1998 and the number of international research projects is increasing each year. According to "Ranking Web of World Universities", University of Maribor is in the top 15 of “Top Central and Eastern Europe Universities".