Academic Study Programme Energy Technology (1st degree Bologna Study Program) has been approved and confirmed by the Senate of the Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor on 20th 8th 2007, the Senate of the University of Maribor on 4th 9th 2007, and the Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Higher Education has consented on 16th 11th 2007. Academic Study Programme Energy Technology (1st degree Bologna Study Program) was in the course of the accreditation renewal procedure, with all adopted amendments of Study Programme, validated on December 9th, 2013, by the Senate of the Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor, and, after that, on December 17th, 2013, by the Senate of the University of Maribor; the decision about the study programme accreditation renewal was granted by the Council of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA) on September 18th, 2014. Study programme renewal Validated on July 7th 2021, by the Senate of the Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor and on November 15 th 2021 by .... Renovation of the study program has been approved: - Senate of the Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor on 20th 11th 2023 - Senate of the University of Mariboru on 28th 11th 2023

Students who have completed all the requirements laid down by the study programme may progress to the next year of study. Conditions for progression to the second year: In order to progress to the second year, students must have completed first-year course units totalling at least 45 ECTS credits, which must include the following subjects: Calculus I, Linear Algebra, Electrotechnics I, Mechanical Energy of Machines and Devices. Conditions for progression to the third year: In order to progress to the third year, students must have completed all first-year course units and second-year course units to a total of at least 45 ECTS credit, which must include the following subjects: Calculus II, Electrical Machines, Hydro and Aero Energy Technologies I, Thermodynamics and Fundamentals of Nuclear Energy Systems. For students repeating the first or second year, or pausing their studies, the same conditions apply for progression to the next year as for other students progressing regularly to the next year.

The study programme does not provide for the completion of individual segments of the programme.

Graduates of Academic Study Programme Energy Technology (1st degree Bologna Study Programme) can continue their studies at the postgraduate level leading to the Masters (2nd degree Bologna Study Programmes).

Graduates of this programme are qualified to perform complex tasks in companies and other organisations in the energy sector, and able to analyse, design and organise, as well as execute. The main aim of the (academic higher education) first-cycle Energy Technology (UN) study programme is to train and qualify students to perform management and leadership tasks in the commercial and non-commercial sectors, as well as in state administration (agencies, institutes, etc.) in the field of energy. The study programme is designed to qualify students, after they complete their studies and achieve the objectives and competencies set out in the syllabuses, to carry out complex tasks in the field of energy. It should also be noted that there is extremely good vertical integration between the first-, second- and third-cycle study programmes.

The criteria and methods of assessment are laid out in the syllabuses of the course units that are part of the accredit-ed study programme. The University of Maribor’s testing and assessment meth-ods are set out in its Statutes and in the Rules on the testing and assessment of knowledge at the University of Maribor (no A4/2009-41 AG) ( https://www.um.si/univerza/dokumentni-cen-ter/akti/Dopolnitve2013/Pravilnik%20o%20preverjanju%20in%20ocenjevanju%20znanja%20na%20UM%20-%20NPB3,%20AVGUST%202019doc.pdf and https://www.um.si/univerza/dokumentni-cen-ter/akti/Dopolnitve2013/Sprem.%20in%20dopol.%20Pravilni-ka%20o%20preverjanju%20in%20ocenjevanju%20znanja%20na%20UM.pdf ). The Rules and the syllabuses set out the methods by which students are tested and assessed for each course unit. Continuous testing and assessment is encouraged because it provides students with a clearer idea of how their studies are progressing. The University of Maribor has adopted a uniform assessment scale to ensure that students’ achievements are judged on an equal and equitable basis. It is published at https://moja.um.si/student/Documents/Predlog%20ocenjevalne%20lestvice_oktober_2014.docx.

According to the legal definition, university study programmes should enable students to: • acquire expert knowledge from the study of theoretical and methodological concepts; • transfer and apply theoretical knowledge in practice and solve problems, above all by seeking out new sources of knowledge and applying scientific methods; • develop a capacity to communicate within the discipline and across disciplines; • take a critical stance on the basis of their expertise and training; • show initiative and independence in decision-making and in managing complex work. The main aim of the (academic higher education) first-cycle Energy Technology study programme is to train and qualify students to perform management and leadership tasks in the commercial and non-commercial sectors, as well as in state administration (agencies, institutes, etc.) in the field of energy: electricity, electricity production and management, gas supply, the supply and management of alternative energy sources, environmental protection and similar. Graduates of this programme are qualified to perform complex tasks in companies and other organisations in the energy sector, and able to analyse, design, organise and execute projects. The study objectives in the area addressed by the programme focus on: • a knowledge of how organisations operate within energy systems; • a knowledge of organisational management within energy systems; • the organisation and implementation of technological operations at companies; • the organisation and implementation of technological processes at companies; • the use of information management systems; • the use of the latest energy system technologies; • training for further study (master’s); • training for induction into scientific research work; • the development of an ability to identify and implement successful technical energy system solutions by using the latest technical and scientific methods; • the development of an ability to identify, analyse and resolve energy system problems.

The general competencies that students are expected to develop are: • an ability to professionally analyse, synthesise and anticipate solutions and consequences in energy systems, processes and functions; • an ability to make judgements capable of underpinning the adoption of decisions within energy systems and processes; • an ability to independently apply acquired theoretical knowledge to solve problems in energy systems in practice; • an ability to master of state-of-the-art technological methods, procedures and processes in energy systems and processes; • an ability to solve specific work-related problems in the field of energy system and process technology in a rational and realistic way; • an ability to integrate knowledge from various fields and synthesise it in energy systems; • an ability to build knowledge into concrete applications in organisations; • an ability to use information and communication technologies and information management systems intensively and constantly in energy systems in their own specific technical working field, etc., • an ability to carry out professional work with complete independence; • communication skills; • a capacity for ethical reflection and a deep commitment to professional ethics; • a collaborative spirit and the ability to work as part of a team; • training for further study (master’s).

The subject-specific competencies that graduates are expected to develop are: • mastery of basic knowledge in energy systems; • familiarity with modern technological processes, operations, methodologies and organisation of work in energy systems; • an ability to develop skills in the application of knowledge in their specific technical area of work in energy systems; • a mastery of supply and procurement chains in energy systems; • independent and confident mastery of the fundamental knowledge in energy systems; • familiarity with processes in energy systems and the application of theoretical knowledge in practice; • an ability to build and plan energy systems.

Under Article 38 of the Higher Education Act, admission to the Energy Technology university study programme is open to candidates who: a) have completed the matura (school-leaving) examination; b) have completed the vocational matura examination in any secondary-level programme and an examination in one of the following matura subjects: mathematics, a foreign language, electrical engineering, computer science, information science, physics or mechanical engineering. Note that the selected subject may not be a subject that the applicant has already taken in the vocational matura, unless that subject is electrical engineering; c) anyone who completed any four-year secondary-level programme before 1 June 1995.

If a decision is taken to limit admissions, candidates referred to in points a) and c) will be selected on the basis of: • their overall grades in the vocational matura (60%), • their overall grades in the third and fourth years (40%); candidates referred to in point b) will be selected on the basis of: • their overall grades in the matura or final exam (60%), • their overall grades in the third and fourth years (40%).

The knowledge and skills acquired prior to admission in the study programme may be recognised in accordance with the Rules on the recognition of knowledge and skills ac-quired in University of Maribor study programmes. (https://www.um.si/univerza/dokumentni-cen-ter/akti/GlavniDokumenti2013/Pravilnik%20o%20priznavanju%20znanj%20in%20spretnosti%20v%20%C5%A1tudijskih%20programih%20UM%20%C5%A1t.%20012-2019-2.pdf).

Students complete their studies when they have met all requirements prescribed by the study programme, i.e. they have collected 180 ECTS credits.