Professionally Oriented 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. Professionally Oriented 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 accreditation 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 .... Study programme accreditation renewal : - 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: Mathematical Methods I and II, Electrotechnics. 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 credits, which must include the following subjects: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Hydraulic Energy Systems I, Electrical Devices and Electrical Power Transmission, and System Control. 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.

If they meet the admission requirements, and based on the knowledge and competencies they have acquired during their studies, students may continue on to second-cycle Energy Technology and other second-cycle study programmes at other higher education institutions.

Graduates of the professional study programme are equipped and qualified for operational work and tasks at companies and other organisations, where they will be required not only to carry out operations but also to design and organise them. Their work is primarily oriented towards resolving maintenance and supply problems at organisations at which they may also be employed. This means that graduates may be employed as qualified experts at electrical power plants, in electricity and gas distribution, and at other companies in which electricity production and distribution are not the core activity, e.g. Kostak Krško, Premogovnik Velenje, Danfoss Kamnik, Weishaupt and Revoz. The main aims of the (professional) first-cycle Energy Technology study programme focuses on the creation of future engineers, with an emphasis on a knowledge of and familiarity with operational activities in supply technologies (particularly at energy companies) and operations, and on the organisation of specific work and technological operations. 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. Those graduating from the professional study programme achieve a level and scope of theoretical and practical knowledge that enables them to work as qualified experts and professionals in their field. 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 accredited study programme. The University of Maribor’s testing and assessment methods are set out in its Statutes and in the Rules on the testing and assessment of knowledge at the University of Maribor. 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.

Within the framework of the professionally oriented higher education programme Energy Technology, the fundamental goal is to educate the students for carrying out professional tasks, particularly in the economic and non-economic sectors, and within the public administration (agencies, relevant ministries). The graduates of the professionally oriented higher education programme are trained and educated for operational interventions and work for economic entities and other organisations, thus being not only capable of operative performance of their tasks but also carrying out the necessary preparation and organisation of the work. Their work is primarily oriented towards solving maintenance and supply issues in organisations which might be their potential employers. The fundamental goals of the professional part of the study are particularly oriented towards obtaining knowledge of operating activities in technology of supply of organisations (primarily with energy), and gaining knowledge of operations and organisation of actual work and technological operations. After completing professionally oriented higher education programme, the graduates possess such a scope and level of theoretical and practical knowledge that, following graduation, they are competent experts in their own field. The goals of the study in terms of its content are oriented towards: 1. understanding of operations of an organisation, 2. understanding of management of an organisation, 3. organisation and operative performance of technological operations in an energy system, 4. organisation and operative performance of technological processes in an organisation, 5. use of information management systems in operative interventions in an energy system, 6. use of contemporary technologies in energy systems, 7. training for further studies (Master's degree), 8. development of competences of identification, analysis and solution of problems in energy systems, 9. close ties with the practical aspect of the profession, capability of solving actual and operative tasks, 10. application of methods learned during theoretical work to practical cases.

The general competencies that students are expected to develop are: • an ability to identify, record and analyse a problem within energy systems in relation to specific tasks; • an ability to work within and lead a professional technical team; • an ability to apply acquired theoretical knowledge in practice; • an ability to carry out professional work independently; • an ability to identify and implement optimal solutions within an energy system in their specific job or position; • curiosity, a desire to engage in further training and study, and a readiness to stay abreast of the latest professional literature; • a commitment to professional ethics.

The subject-specific competencies that students are expected to develop are: • an ability to resolve specific work-related problems relating to the technology of energy processes using standard technical methods and procedures; • familiarity with modern technological processes, operations, methodologies and organisation of work within the operational environment in relation to specific tasks, • an ability to develop skills in the application of knowledge in their specific technical area of work; • an ability to implement knowledge as rationally as possible, and to optimally implement and coordinate activities in their work within energy systems; • an ability to continuously use information and communications technology in their own specific technical area of work; • an ability to react in crisis situations, for example in the event of a breakdown, damage, outage, etc.; • an ability to constantly develop technological procedures and build on them using the latest technological solutions; • an ability to seek out operational solutions in the technological processes of an energy business system/organisation; • an ability to master standard technological methods in the resolution of specific tasks; • an ability to master standard procedures in energy systems; • an ability to master standard procedures in energy system supply processes; • an ability to carry out various tasks in energy systems (maintenance, operational preparation of work, planning, etc.); • an ability to build and plan energy systems.

For enrolment in Proffessionally Oriented Study Programme Energy Technology requirements are: a) final examination passed following a coresponding four-year secondary school programme, b) general matura examination or c) vocational matura examination.

Potencinal Selection criteria if the number of applications for a study programme is greater than the number of enrolment slots: - general academic performance in the final examination, general matura examination or. vocational matura examination: 60% points; - general academic performance in the 3rd and 4th years of secondary school: 40% points.

The knowledge and skills acquired prior to admission to 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.