The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture is a member of the University of Maribor, which is a public university. Study programme Traffic and Transportation Engineering was accredited on 25. 2. 2010. The University of Maribor was externaly evaluated by the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA) in 2022 (NAKVIS). SQAA is a member of ENQA and registrated in EQAR.

Students proceed to the year 2 if they collect at least 40 ECTS with the passed exams from the year 1 and fulfil all obligations from the course Combinatorial Optimization or Advanced Statistics.

The study programme does not include individual parts.

Doctoral Studies on Third Cycle.

Acquired knowledge enables graduates to take on responsibilities in: - Traffic planning (demanding duties of design, simulation and predictions) and traffic policy - Transport economics (road and railway traffic) - Transport organization and technology (demanding duties) - Soft and sustainable mobility - Traffic informatics and telematics - Traffic safety control and analyses - Safety infrastructure planning - Accident analyses - Engineering fields of rail and cable railway traffic - Spatial, urban and environmental planning support

Further information about study programmes, offered by the faculty, can be found on the website: https://www.fgpa.um.si/studij/.

Regulations and syllabi provide the forms of assessment methods for each course unit. Instantaneous methods of knowledge evaluation and assessment are encouraged, which enables students to control their own study development directly.

AIMS •Knowledge from the fields important to understand phenomena and processes in traffic. •International comparability and transitivity. •Education of proficient experts in traffic engineering who support sustainable development of Slovenian society and are competitive in European labour market. •Creation of experts who are additionally specialized to solve specific engineering problems in chosen module. •Education of experts who contribute to sustainable development of society. •Education of experts, important for Slovenian economy, especially transportation; their knowledge ensures international competiveness. •Education of experts for analyses of traffic safety. •Education of graduates who can continue their work on scientific-research areas of sustainable mobility and traffic safety.

In terms of general competences, students that will finish the second degree study programme Traffic and Transportation Engineering will gain: - ability to establish and demonstrate cause-effect connections, - ability to predict and evaluate results of planned solutions (measures), - proficiency in research methods, procedures and processes, - ability to develop critical and self-critical evaluation, together with ethical and social-responsible reflection, - ability to use knowledge in practice and autonomy in professional work, - ability to develop communicational skills, especially in communication with experts and specialists from other disciplines related to transportation engineering, - ability to cooperate and to work in an international team.

COMPETENCES •Analyses and evaluation of processes in a traffic system. •Syntheses of situations in traffic system, connection of knowledge from traffic engineering with other important social subsystems, and assessment of traffic system effects on environment, space, economy and demography. •Provision of sustainable mobility plans (SUMP) as one of the key components of sustainable development of society. •Provision of traffic studies. •Provision of studies about the impact of traffic on environment. •Provision of safety concepts and studies, and safety control in road traffic. •Design, development and implementation of transport technologies in industry of transport devices, in transportation and traffic system. •Design, development and implementation of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in practice. •Organization of transport activities in transportation of passengers and goods along with transportation of special cargo and hazardous materials. •Provision of expert basis for spatial planning.

Candidates who completed the following may apply for the 2nd-cycle (master’s) study programme in Traffic and Transportation Engineering: 1. A 1st-cycle (bachelor’s) study programme in one of the following fields: transport services (traffic, traffic technology, logistics) (1041), engineering and engineering trades (traffic engineering, mechatronics) (0788), building and civil engineering (0732), industrial engineering - civil engineering option (0788), mechanics (0715), electricity (0713), architecture (0731), town planning (0731), environmental engineering (0788), computer science and informatics (0610), geography (0388), economics (0311), or environmental sciences (0521). 2. A 1st-cycle (bachelor's) study programme in a field not specified under point 1. Prior to enrolment, candidates shall fulfil study obligations corresponding to between 10 and 60 ECTS credits under the 1st-cycle (bachelor's) study programme, a supplementary study programme, or by taking bridging exams. Candidates shall fulfil study obligations from the following areas of expertise: spatial and traffic planning, transportation routes design, and transport economics. 3. An undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in one of the following fields: transport services (traffic, traffic technology, logistics) (1041), engineering and engineering trades (traffic engineering) (0788), building and civil engineering (0732), mechanics (0715), electricity (0713), computer science and informatics (0610), or economics (0311). 4. An undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in a field not specified under point 3. Prior to enrolment, candidates shall fulfil study obligations corresponding to between 10 and 60 ECTS credits under the 1st-cycle (bachelor's) study programme, a supplementary study programme, or by taking bridging exams. Candidates shall fulfil study obligations from the following areas of expertise: spatial and traffic planning, transportation routes design, and transport economics. 5. An undergraduate academic study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in one of the following fields: transport services (traffic, traffic technology, logistics) (1041), engineering and engineering trades (traffic engineering, mechatronics) (0788), building and civil engineering (0732), industrial engineering - civil engineering option (0788), mechanics (0715), electricity (0713), architecture (0731), town planning (0731), environmental engineering (0788), computer science and informatics (0610), geography (0388), economics (0311), or environmental sciences (0521). Candidates are typically awarded 60 ECTS credits and may enrol in the second year of study provided they satisfy the transfer criteria laid down in the accredited study programme. 6. An undergraduate academic study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in a field not specified under point 5. Candidates are typically awarded up to 60 ECTS credits and may enrol in the second year of study provided they satisfy the transfer criteria laid down in the accredited study programme. 7. A specialisation following an undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in one of the following fields: transport services (traffic, traffic technology, logistics) (1041), building and civil engineering (0732), engineering and engineering trades (traffic engineering, mechatronics) (0788), mechanics (0715), electricity (0713), computer science and informatics (0610), or economics (0311). Candidates are typically awarded 60 ECTS credits and may enrol in the second year of study provided they satisfy the transfer criteria laid down in the accredited study programme. 8. A specialisation following an undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in a field not specified under point 7. Candidates are typically awarded up to 60 ECTS credits and may enrol in the corresponding year of study.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of available enrolment places, candidates shall be ranked according to: - grade point average (100%).

Candidates may transfer between study programmes in accordance with the Higher Education Act, Criteria for Transferring Between Study Programmes and other rules. In accordance with the Criteria for Transferring Between Study Programmes, candidates may enrol: - in the second year of the 2nd-cycle (master’s) study programme in Traffic and Transportation Engineering if they have ceased their studies in the previous study programme and will continue them under a new study programme at the same level, or if a higher education graduate is enrolling in a new study programme at the same level. Candidates may transfer from study programmes in the fields of transport services (traffic, traffic technology, logistics) (1041), engineering and engineering trades (traffic engineering, mechatronics) (0788), building and civil engineering (0732), industrial engineering - civil engineering option (0788), mechanics (0715), electricity (0713), architecture (0731), town planning (0731), environmental engineering (0788), computer science and informatics (0610), geography (0388), economics (0311), or environmental sciences (0521). Candidates may transfer to the study programme provided they fulfil the following criteria: - criteria for enrolment in the first year of the 2nd-cycle study programme in Traffic and Transportation Engineering; - they are transferring from a study programme leading to the acquisition of comparable competences or learning outcomes; - at least half of the study obligations evaluated according to the ECTS credit system of the previous study programme relating to compulsory courses of the new study programme are recognised. The transfer shall be addressed by a competent senate committee of the faculty where the candidate intends to continue his studies. In accordance with the Rules on the Recognition of Knowledge and Skills in Study Programmes of the University of Maribor, the candidate shall submit to the faculty: - an application for the recognition of knowledge and skills at the University of Maribor; - proof of fulfilled study obligations (exams) including grades and ECTS credits; - validated course syllabi according to which knowledge was acquired; - a receipt of payment for the recognition procedure. When transferring from one study programme to another, fulfilled study obligations that may be recognized fully or partially are identified, taking into account the content, extent, and level of complexity of the new study programme, and study obligations required for completion of the new study programme are laid down.

Measures for the recognition of knowledge and skills are regulated by the Rules on the recognition of knowledge and skills in study programmes of the University of Maribor. Evaluation of the gained knowledge and skills must base on educational competencies of the study programme.

The study is completed when all obligations, prescribed by the study programme are finished and 120 ECTS are collected.