The study programme was approved by the Senate of the University of Maribor on 19. April, 2005 and adopted by the Council for Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia on 20 May, 2005. The study programme has received international accreditation by the European Council for Business Education – ECBE (E.C.B.E. Absl., Fortis, Avenue Louise 200, B - 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium) and in the USA by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs - ACBSP (7007 College Blvd. Suite 420 Overland park, KS 66211 USA) and AACSB (AACSB International, 777 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 750, Tampa, Florida 33602 USA).

In order to advance to the 2nd year of study, the students must fulfil study requirements in the minimum of 45 ECTS points. In order to advance to the 3rd year of study, the students must fulfil all study requirements from the 1st year of study and the requirements from the 2nd year of study in the minimum of 45 ECTS points.

The programme doesn't allow for the recognition of partial completion of programme.

After successfully completing the university education program the candidate may enrol into the master's study program "Economic and Business Sciences".

By completing their studies, the graduates acquire complete basic economics, business, etc., knowledge which helps them develop the necessary competencies and qualifications to enable their employment in companies within the relevant professional areas related to their area of specialisation within their selected study field. The graduates will acquire the knowledge which will also qualify them for the employment in non-economic sector, state administration and various non-profit organisations to carry out economic and business related jobs for which they may apply on the basis of their acquired knowledge and professional competencies as bachelors of science in economics.

Additional information about the study program you can find on the website: https://www.epf.um.si/en/study-programmes/study-programmes/university-education-programme-3/about-programme/.

The methods of knowledge evaluation and assessment are regulated by the Rules on the evaluation and assessment of knowledge at UM (‘Pravilnik o preverjanju in ocenjevanju znanja na UM’), which are available at: https://www.um.si/univerza/dokumentni-center/akti/Strani/studij-na-um.aspx. The rules and course syllabi determine the methods of ongoing assessment and assessment of knowledge and thus monitoring the student's own progress in studies.

The main goals of FEB study programme are set in such a way that the programme: - is comparable with similar programmes in Western Europe in terms of its scope, contents and duration; - is designed as an open and flexible programme, which makes it possible for the students to transfer between the programmes and at the same time provides a large number of elective course options within the programme; - includes the contents that creates a marketable graduate profile as well as graduate employability and mobility on the European labour market; - is closely linked with the needs of a broader society, especially the economy, by taking into consideration its structure and the increasing interaction with the European market as well as the required graduate competences; - provides an adequate and well rounded selection of the required knowledge, which enables the graduates to be successful on the job market and which offers them the motivation and ability to be engaged in lifelong education; - is structured in such a way that the students may create their own development path of knowledge acquisition at the Faculty and, at the same time, take on more responsibility for the acquisition of relevant range of knowledge in economics and business; - enables such course selection which helps the students develop a certain degree of professional competences specialization and, at the same time, provides an adequate width of professional knowledge and consequently better employment opportunities and mobility on the labour market; - gives students the possibility to accumulate the completed study requirements at different higher education institutions and to transfer between study programmes; - simplifies the recognition of knowledge and skills acquired at other higher education institutions, especially within various international student exchange programmes abroad; - and its conceptual framework is based on the requirement for total student workload (in compliance with the Criteria for credit assignment to study programmes according to ECTS); - enables active participation of students in the process of programme formation and encourages active methods of learning and teaching; - guarantees adequate integration of knowledge within the programme into a system of well rounded economic and business knowledge (specialization, integration, modular structure) from the viewpoint of the graduate profile per individual study field by taking into account the interests of students regarding the enrolment to a chosen field of study and the needs on the market.

Study programme and appropriate forms of its implementation contribute to the development and strengthening of general competences, skills and abilities of students. The graduate from the 1st cycle of study must acquire adequate knowledge and understanding of professional issues related to economic and business sciences, particularly within individual study fields. The study fields are developed on the basis of the defined professional competences of the graduates for each individual study field, on the required knowledge and the related course contents. The graduates must develop the ability to use the knowledge and understanding in such a way that they will demonstrate a professional end ethically correct approach to solving professional problems and in managing business activities and processes, and that they will be able to form and justify their suggestions and views when solving professional problems within a selected professional field (field of study). At the same time, the graduates must develop learning skills that are needed for an efficient study at the university and for further (lifelong) autonomous study.

Subject specific competences are defined mainly within individual study fields. Well rounded programmes of these study fields develop specialized profiles of graduates who are to perform professional tasks in a selected business function, at a selected level of management and professional field of graduates’ employment. Apart from the development of critical thinking, the students must develop a required motivation for scientific curiosity and ability for independent lifelong learning. Subject specific competences are also defined in subject specifications of individual study units.

The university education programme ‘Economic and Business Sciences’ is open to the candidates who have: a) passed General Matura examination; b) passed Vocational Matura examination from any secondary school programme and the examination from one of the Matura subjects: mathematics, foreign language, geography, sociology, history, psychology, economics; the selected subject must not be the subject already taken at Vocational Matura; c) completed any four-year secondary school programme prior to 1 June 1995.

The candidates from a) and c) above are selected based on their overall performance at General Matura or Final Examination (60% of the points) and on their overall performance in the 3rd and 4th year of study (40% of the points); The candidates from b) above are selected based on their overall performance at Vocational Matura (20% of the points), on their overall performance in the 3rd and 4th year of study (40% of the points) and on their performance in the Matura subject (40% of the points).

In order to complete the study of the university education programme ‘Economic and Business Sciences’, the students must fulfil all programme requirements for the selected study field, prepare and successfully defend the diploma paper – they must acquire all ECTS points (180 ECTS).