The study programme was in the course of the accreditation procedure validated October 27, 2017, by the University of Maribor, Senate of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences Kranj, and, after that, December 19, 2017, by the Senate of the University of Maribor, the decision about the study programme accreditation was granted by the Council of the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA) as of October 18, 2018.

Conditions for progression to the 2nd year: a student advances into 2nd year, if he has collected at least 47 ECTS credits with the obligations of the 1st year that he completed. Conditions for progression to the 3rd year: a student advances into 3rd year, if he has completed all obligations of the 1st year (collected 60 ECTS) and has collected at least 48 ECTS credits in the 2nd year. Without the 1st year requirements of 60 ECTS, even exceptional advancement to the 3rd year is not possible.

At the moment, the 1st-Cycle Professional study programme does not include parts which can be completed singly.

A graduate may continue studies at: - the 2nd-cyclel Master's study programme

Methods of testing knowledge are defined in the each individual course syllabus.

The objective of the Crisis management program is to educate students for: facing uncertainty and comprehensive risk management; the ability to mediate and solve crisis situations in the area of internal risk management in organizations, external risk management associated with organizations and external risk management that extend beyond the framework of organizations; crisis prevention at the organizational level and in the environment; and acquiring managerial competencies (strategy design, goal setting, operation management, information management, management of people and other resources) and personal competencies (professional development, psychology, social skills, self-management).

In the 1st–cycle professional higher study programme Crisis management anyone can enrol who has completed the final exam in any four year high school programme, vocational matura or matura.

If the Decision of Limited Enrolment is adopted, the candidates will be selected according to: - The overall achievement at the final examination, vocational matura or matura: 60% of the points, - overall achievement in the 3rd and 4th year: 40% of the points.

Transfers between programmes are possible in accordance with accredited study programmes, the Criteria for Transfers between Study Programmes, the Statutes of the University of Maribor and other regulations. Transfers between programmes to the first cycle of the Crisis management professional higher study programme are possible from first cycle professional higher study programmes and first cycle academic study programmes: 1. if the candidate fulfils the conditions for admission to the first year of the first cycle of the professional higher study programme Crisis management; 2. which, on completion of the studies, provide for the acquisition of comparable competences; 3. among which, according to the recognition criteria, at least half of the European Credit Transfer System (hereinafter referred to as ECTS) requirements from the first study programme may be recognised as relating to the compulsory subjects of the second study programme. The applications of candidates and the extent of the recognised study requirements will be examined by the Study Affairs Committee of the FOV UM. Enrolment in the upper year of study will be granted to a candidate who has been granted enough study requirements (ECTS) in the process to meet the accredited conditions for continuing studies in the upper year of study of the new study programme.

Criteria for recognition of knowledge and skills are regulated by Regulations on knowledge and skill recognition in study programmes of the University of Maribor.

A student completes the study programme when all obligations of the programme are fulfilled, when the diploma thesis is successfully defended and when at least 180 ECTS are collected altogether.