The programme was approved by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Senate on October 5, 2006, University of Maribor Senat on October 17, 2006, and by the Council for Higher Education on December 8, 2006. On 9 November 2012, the Senate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science accepted the application for re-accreditation of the study programme, and the Senate of the University of Maribor accepted it on 24 January 2013. On 20 March 2014, the Council of the National Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Quality Assurance in Higher Education adopted a decision extending the accreditation of the study programme.

Conditions for advancement to the second study year: A student advances to the second study year if they collect at least 52 ECTS credits by passing the first study year exams. Conditions for advancement to the third study year: A student advances to the third study year if they have passed all first study year exams and if they collect at least 52 ECTS credits by passing the second study year exams. The conditions for promotion under extraordinary conditions and the conditions for repetition are defined by the Statute of the University of Maribor https://www.um.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Statut-Univerze-v-Mariboru-uradno-precisceno-besedilo-UPB-13.pdf

The undergraduate first-degree higher professional study programme Electrical Engineering does not contain individual parts.

A graduate of the study programme for obtaining a first-degree higher professional education may continue with master’s studies in the second-degree study programmes in accordance with the conditions determined by the higher education institution announcing the postgraduate study programme.

Information on study programmes offered by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are available on the following website https://feri.um.si/en/study/programmes/.

There are no other obligations.

Examination and assessment of student learning outcomes is performed in accordance with the criteria and methods defined in the Rules on the Examination and Assessment of Knowledge at the University of Maribor https://www.um.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pravilnik-o-preverjanju-in-ocenjevanju-znanja-na-Univerzi-v-Mariboru-stev.-A4-2009-41-AG-uradno-precisceno-besedilo-UPB1.pdf In the case of an individual study unit, the type and manner of taking the examination and the conditions for taking the examination are determined by the curriculum, which is an integral part of the study programme. The curriculum determines the share of each method of examining and assessing the knowledge, which contributes to the final assessment. For all subjects in all study programmes of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, knowledge assessment is regulated by a single Assessment Scale, which is available at the following website: https://feri.um.si/studij/vprasanja-in-odgovori/. Methods of continuous examination and assessment of knowledge are encouraged, thus enabling students to continuously monitor their own progress in their studies.

The fundamental objectives of the programme are the following: • To provide practical knowledge of engineering mathematics, physics, materials and technologies, as well as computer science; • To provide expertise in the field of Electrical Engineering that will enable the graduates to successfully work in the field of testing, operating and maintenance of electrical devices, systems and processes; • To provide basic knowledge on narrow areas of Automation and Robotics, Electronics and Power Engineering, as well as Telecommunications; • To provide basic knowledge and communication skills to manage the operational teams with technical and vocational education; • To teach the students how to use modern engineering tools, methods and techniques and to impart the necessary skills to the students; • To provide practical training in the workplace; • To teach the students how to use technical regulations, standards, rules and recommendations; • To encourage student mobility; and • To enable the graduates to advance their formal and informal education.

General competencies that are acquired through the programme: The graduates of the higher vocational study programme in Electrical Engineering will, in accordance with the fundamental objectives, in the context of general competencies gain in particular the following: • The ability to use mathematical, natural science and computer skills in solving technical problems; • The ability to solve practical problems in the field of Electrical Engineering taking into account the wider socio-economic implications and constraints; • The ability to install, maintain and manage electrical devices and systems, which will meet the set objectives and requirements in practice; • The ability to integrate professional knowledge, techniques, skills and modern engineering tools in solving technical problems; • The ability of public presentations of technical solutions in written or spoken form; • Autonomy in professional work, criticism and taking responsibility for the suggested solutions; and • The ability of operating in professionally and / or ethnically mixed groups.

The subject-specific competencies acquired by the graduates of the first-degree higher professional study programme Electrical Engineering include, in particular, the following: • The ability to put new technological solutions into practice; • The ability to understand the basic principles of operation of electrical devices, systems and processes; • The ability to solve specific operational tasks taking into account relevant recommendations, standards, and regulations; • The ability to record, analyse and take operational action in the event of failures, outages or disturbances in technological processes; • The ability to use standard methods and techniques in performing maintenance, test, control, and operational tasks; • The ability to use information technologies; and • The ability to continue their studies at the compatible master’s study programmes.

In the higher professional study programme Electrical Engineering can enrol those who: a) have passed the Matura examination, b) have passed a Vocational Matura examination from any kind of high school programme, c) have completed any kind of high school programme of four years duration before 1st June 1995.

If a decision is taken to restrict enrolment, the candidates referred to in Point a) will be selected according to the following criteria: • Overall success at the Matura Exam (60% of points); • Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points); The candidates referred to in Point (b) shall be selected according to the following criteria: • Overall success at the Vocational Matura Exam (60 % of points); • Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% points); The candidates referred to in Point (c) shall be selected according to the following criteria: • Overall success at the final exam (60% of points); • Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points).

Transitions between the study programmes are possible in accordance with the Higher Education Act, the Criteria for transitions between study programmes, and other regulations. In accordance with the Criteria for transitions between study programmes, the candidates enrol: • In the second or higher year of the higher professional study programme Electrical Engineering, when it comes to the termination of education according to the first study programme and continuation of studies according to another study programme of the same degree, or enrolment of a higher education graduate in a new study programme of the same degree. Candidates from the fields of technical and natural sciences and mathematics can transfer to the first-degree higher professional study programme Electrical Engineering. • Enrolment of a higher professional study programme graduate in the second year of the higher professional study programme of the first-degree study programme Electrical Engineering is possible in the field of technical and natural sciences and mathematics. The transition is possible if the candidate meets the following conditions: • They meet the conditions for enrolment in the first year of the higher professional study programme of the first-degree study programme Electrical Engineering; • They transfer from the study programme, which at the end of the study ensures the acquisition of comparable competencies or learning outcomes; • Upon transition, at least half of the obligations under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (hereinafter referred to at: the ECTS) from the first study programme, which relate to the compulsory subjects of the second study programme were recognised or it was recognised in the process of recognition that so many obligations are met that the conditions for continuing their studies in the new study programme are fulfilled. The competent commission of the Senate of the faculty at which the candidate intends to continue their studies decides on the transition from one study programme to another. In accordance with the Rules on the Recognition of Knowledge and Skills in the Study Programmes of the University of Maribor, the candidate must submit to the Faculty the following: • An application for the recognition of knowledge and skills at the University of Maribor: • A certificate of completed study obligations (exams) with the obtained grades and number of credit points; • A validated curricula according to which knowledge has been acquired; • A proof of payment of the procedure. When transferring from one study programme to another, completed study obligations may be recognised for the candidate, taking into account the content, scope and complexity of knowledge of the new programme, and may be assigned new obligations to complete the new study programme.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science recognises the acquired knowledge, qualifications or abilities on the basis of the Rules on the Recognition of Knowledge and Skills in the Study Programmes of the University of Maribor, which regulates the procedures for identifying, verifying and recognising knowledge and the criteria for recognising knowledge acquired through formal and non-formal learning before enrolment and during the studies at the University of Maribor. The faculty recognises the knowledge and skills of the candidates, gained before enrolment, if, in terms of scope, their content and complexity fully or partially correspond to the general or subject-specific competencies determined by the study programme in which the candidates wish to enrol or are enrolled. The basis for the recognition of knowledge and skills are the certificates or other documents: - publicly valid documents (certificates, diplomas), - certificates of completed work of the study programme or completed obligations in the study programme, - certificates of education and training providers on successful completion of education/training, certificates and other documents, - products, services, projects, publications and other author's works of candidates, - evidence of registered patents, - relevant references on practical training and work experience, - knowledge acquired through self-education and informal learning and other evidence/knowledge assessed by the Commission for Academic Affairs UM FERI. The process of identifying, verifying and recognizing knowledge and skills begins on the basis of the candidate's application, which he submits on a special form, which is an integral part of the aforementioned rulebook.

A student who completes all the obligations prescribed by the study programme and thus collects at least 180 ECTS credits completes their studies.