Faculty of health Sciences in Celje is an independent higher education institution founded in May 2009. Its founder is the Regional Study Centre Celje, public institution which is responsible for developing tertiary education in the Savinjska statistical region.

Faculty of health sciences in Celje was accredited on 22 May 2009 with the decision made by the Accreditation Senate of the Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia No. 6033 61/2008. The Council of Higher Education of the RS also expressed their consent to the first degree study programme Nursing (Decision No. 6033-178/2009/2).

On 16 June 2022, the Council of the National Agency for Quality in Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia (NAKVIS) adopted a decision on the transformation of the Celje University of Health Sciences into the Celje Faculty of Health Sciences.

The Faculty offers the 3-year higher professional study programme Nursing as a full-time and part-time study programme and the 2-year Master’s degree programmes Nursing and Palliative Care as part-time study programmes.

Faculty of Health Sciences in Celje has set their aim to become an attractive HE institution for domestic and foreign students and HE lecturers and researchers. Locally, nationally and globally the Faculty of Health Sciences in Celje would like to serve the community as a higher education center that encourages, expands and uses professional knowledge in the field of nursing and other health-related sciences, and to encourage life-long learning activities and initiatives.