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 26 October 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 18 December 2012. 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 54 ECTS credits out 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 54 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 first-degree university study programme Telekomunikacije does not contain individual parts.

A graduate of the study programme for obtaining a first-degree university 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.

With the convergence of communication networks, systems, and services in the last decade, the development of modern communication technologies has become the basic driver of the development of modern society. Graduates of the Telecommunications study programme are thus offered employment primarily by companies that perform their activity in the field of telecommunications or communication technologies. In addition to larger companies, there are a large number of small companies that develop products and provide various services in the field of high value-added communication technologies. The number of such companies is growing very fast due to rapid development. However, there are also a number of companies and institutions that need a computer and communication infrastructure to perform their core business, and thus also the knowledge of graduates of the Telecommunications study programme. These are, for example, banks, insurance companies, large retail chains, power companies, radio, and television companies, educational, medical and government institutions.

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: The fundamental objective of the study programme is to educate Graduate Telecommunications Engineers who will be most responsible for work in the field of modern telecommunications. With the introduction of digital communications and computing devices in the traditional areas of telecommunications, immense potentials of modes of transmission and processing of the transmitted information have emerged, allowing various numbers of services for the users. The main question is no longer how to enable communication, but how to ensure communication that will meet the requirements of the user. Hence, only knowing the classical communication contents that answer only the first question and which usually include hardware is not enough for the management of modern telecommunications. The objective of the study programme is to ensure that the graduates have a comprehensive view of the telecommunications systems in relation to the user. This means that a good knowledge of the software is necessary. The graduates should be educated for the professional engagement in the fields of development and use of communication technologies everywhere, wherever they are needed.

General competencies that are acquired through the programme: In this study programme, the student acquires the following general competencies: • The ability to apply knowledge and methods, skills and modern tools for the implementation of their profession; • The ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to the progress in the field of the use of mathematical and natural science, engineering and technological knowledge; • The ability of abstract thinking, identification of analogies and primary samples; • The ability to design and implement experiments, as well as analyses and the interpretation of data, as well as the use of the results for the improvement of processes; • The ability to design a system, a component or a process that will meet the specified requirements; • The ability to work in multidisciplinary teams; • The ability to identify, formulate and solve problems and anticipating the consequences of solutions; • The ability to communicate effectively with the use of professional and well-established terminology in their native and foreign languages; • To identify the necessity and the ability to learn all through their career or lifelong learning; • The awareness of their ethical and professional responsibilities, commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvements; • The ability to identify the current narrow professional, as well as local and global social and economic issues.

With the first-degree study programme Telecommunications, the students acquire the following subject-specific competencies: • Knowledge and ability to use mathematical concepts, laws and methods that are the basis for the transfer and processing of information; • Knowledge and ability to use physical concepts and laws that are the basis for the transfer of information; • Knowledge and ability to use the basic principles of transmission of various types of information (data, speech, images, etc.); • Knowledge of hardware for generating, transmitting, receiving, and processing information (transmission media, electronic circuits, transmission systems, network nodes, and terminal equipment); • The ability to design, develop and implement hardware parts for the creation, transmission, reception, and processing of information; • Knowledge of software for creating, transmitting, receiving, and processing information (communication protocols, image and speech processing, telecommunications services, user interfaces, etc.); • The ability to design, develop and implement software parts for the creation, transmission, reception, and processing of information; • The ability to plan and implement telecommunication networks to a limited extent; • The ability to participate in the analysis of the operation, management and maintenance of telecommunications systems, networks, and services; • The ability to follow innovations in the field of offering products and services of communication technology, assessment of suitability for use and their use; • The ability to understand the impact of telecommunications solutions on society in a narrower and broader, global sense; • The ability to successfully continue postgraduate studies in the field of communication technologies, as well as in other fields that can contribute to the supplementation of knowledge in engineering, management, and entrepreneurship.

In the university study programme Telecommunications can enrol those who: a) have passed the Matura examination, b) have passed a Vocational Matura examination from any kind of high school programme and an examination in one of the Matura examination subjects; the selected subject cannot be a subject the student has already passed at the Vocational Matura examination, 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 (40 % of points); • Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% points); • Success in the graduation subject (20% of 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 first-degree university study programme Telecommunications, 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 information and communication technologies, technical and natural sciences and mathematics can transfer to the first-degree study programme Telecommunications . • The enrolment of a higher education graduate in the first-degree university study programme Telecommunications is not possible. The transition is possible if the candidate meets the following conditions: • They meet the conditions for enrolment in the first year of the first-degree university study programme Telecommunications; • 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.