Meta Dobnikar started her career at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, where she worked as a researcher and teacher at Department of Geology for almost 20 years. Within this time she headed the Chair for Mineralogy and petrology for five years and the Department of geology for two years. In 2009 she took the position of the Head of Higher education unit at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, in 2013 she continued her work at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport at Science unit, where she took the position of the Head of the Science unit in july 2015.