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Academic bachelor's studies

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2024/25

18 ECTS 180 ECTS

dipl. inž.prom. (UN)
diplomirani inženir prometa (UN)
diplomirana inženirka prometa (UN)

B.Sc.
Bachelor of Science

07 – Engineering, manufacturing and construction

0788 – Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving engineering, manufacturing and construction

2 – Engineering and Technology

doc. dr. SERGEJ TEŽAK, univ. dipl. inž. str.

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

WIDE SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE

Graduates gain a wide scope of knowledge from the field of four study programmes: civil eng., industrial eng., transportation eng. and architecture.

HIGH EMPOLYABILITY

Succesfully completed study provides high employability on the labour market for graduates.

TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION

Graduates have expert knowledge in planning and organization of traffic and mobility in cities, countries, public services in industry and companies.

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE

Graduates are familiar with fundamental expert knowledge in traffic infrastructure planning and management.

TRAFFIC IMPACT

Graduates understand impacts of traffic on environment, safety and economy.

WIDE KNOWLEDGE

Graduates possess knowledge in informatics and computing as well as in economics.

Text about acceptance

The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture is a member of the University of Maribor, which is a public university. The study programme in TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING was accredited on 8. 12. 2006. The University of Maribor was externally evaluated by the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA) in 2022 (NAKVIS). SQAA is a member of ENQA and registered in EQAR.

Advancement criteria of a study programme

Criteria for enrolment into year 2: Students proceed into year 2 if they collect at least 40 ECTS by the passed exams from the year 1, mandatory exam is Mathematics. Criteria for enrolment into year 3: Students proceed into year 3 if they pass all exams from year 1 and collect at least 40 ECTS with passed exams from the year 2. Mandatory exams from the year 2 are: Introduction to mathematical optimization, Traffic flows theory.

Criteria for completing separate parts of a study programme

he programme does not include parts that can be individually completed.

Study advancement options

Graduates from the university degree study programme (first degree) are admitted to master's studies (second degree), according to the requirements established by the faculty offering post-graduate studies.

Employment possibilities

Graduates of Bachelor's programme Traffic and Transportation Engineering possess knowledge in - residential mobility, - planning of traffic systems and traffic subsystems, - planning, design and construction of transportation routes, - management of traffic and traffic flows, - planning and managing transport, - principles of sustainable development, basics of economics, regulations, space and settlement development, environmental protection which they can connect with residential mobility and economy market. Graduates can find their career opportunities in: - Ministry of Transport and its bodies (directorates, administrations), Ministries of the interior, environment and spatial planning, - traffic agencies (safety, railway transport,…) agencies for development, environment, energy, … - municipal offices, i.e. traffic offices and utility service, - high and secondary educational institutions, including driving schools (researches, education, qualifications) - commercial public utility services, - commercial companies for passenger and cargo transport (road, railway,…), - commercial companies as managers and technologists of inner transport, - consulting, planning and project companies, in particular for traffic, mobility and transport - companies for equipment development in transport and transport telematics, - insurance agencies (analysis of traffic accidents, transportation insurance).

Additional information

Further information about offered study programmes by the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture is published on the websites - UM FGPA Študij: https://www.fgpa.um.si/studij/.

Assesment criteria

Regulations and syllabi provide for each study unit forms of evaluation and assessment. Instantaneous methods of knowledge evaluation and assessment are encouraged, enabling students to control their own study development directly.

Main study programme objectives

To provide education for proficient graduates who will be able to solve engineering problems by the innovative intermodal connection of different disciplines. - To provide education of graduates in transportation engineering whose completed studies will allow them to work around Europe and worldwide. - To enable students to transfer between related undergraduate programmes. - To harmonize the study programme with Bologna Declaration which indirectly provides international comparison and transfer. - To provide better student transfer with the focus on expanded individual work under the leadership of a mentor (tutor) in senior years. - Our wish is the accreditation of the programme to acquire the title Euro-eng which demands harmonization of the programme with minimum requirements of the FEANI Association: a. Mathematics and natural science at least 20 % of all ECTS. b. Advanced mathematics (linear algebra, analytic geometry, differential and integral equation, numerical analysis, operational research, ...) at least 24 ECTS. c. Engineering courses at least 60 % of all ECTS in three-year study and 50 % in longer study. d. Non-engineering subjects (communicational skills, economics, management, team work, law, safety environment, languages, ...) around 10 % of all ECTS.

General competences of graduates, gained at a study programme

Ability to connect principles of sustainable development, basics of economics, legal regime, problems of space and settlement development, challenges in environment protection with issues on providing mobility of inhabitants and economy competition. - Creativity and innovativeness as a result of a wide spectrum of the study contents. - Ability to analyse, synthesize and predict solutions and consequences. - Proficiency in the fundamental research methods, procedures and processes, development of critical and self-critical judgement. - Ability to use their knowledge in practice. - Communication skills, the ability to communicate in international environment. - Ethic reflexion and commitment to professional ethics. - Cooperativity and team work ability in international environment. Furthermore, students gain knowledge for: - Coherent proficiency in fundamental knowledge (natural sciences, mathematics with statistics, informatics, mechanics) and ability to connect and apply knowledge from different fields. - Usage of information-communication technology and systems in their professional field. - Implementation of new information and interpretation in the context of their fundamental discipline. - Understanding of general structure of their fundamental discipline and connection between its sub-disciplines. - Skill development for implementation of their knowledge in a certain professional field.

Subject specific competences of graduates, gained on a study programme

In terms of specific competences, students of the undergraduate university study Transportation Engineering will gain: - Understanding of interdependence in the system “space – living function – mobility needs” both in historical context (Sustainable transportation and mobility) and in wider context (Selected themes from geography, Urban and regional planning fundamentals). - Understanding of procedures and criteria in sustainable mobility insurance (Transportation planning, The basis of the environmental management, Basics of legal system, Transport economics, Traffic safety). - Understanding of certain phenomena, properties and elements of the traffic system (Transportation system, Transportation means, Traffic flows theory, Railways) - Understanding of criteria in planning, design, construction and maintenance of traffic infrastructure (Transportation routes design, Transportation facilities construction, Transport infrastructure management). - Understanding of technological processes in transport as well as methods and procedures of traffic organization (Traffic technology, Traffic organization). - Understanding of potentials in usage of telecommunication, automation and information technologies in transportation (Transportation telematics, Special chapters in geodesy/GIS) - Ability to communicate within a company and with partners and clients. - Ability to solve certain (less demanding) work problems by means of research methods and procedures. - Graduates of this undergraduate study programme is not competent to independently manage projects in transportation route construction, however, they can participate in the project team by performing certain duties. - Graduates of this undergraduate study programme can participate in arranging municipality, urban, regional, national spatial and developmental plans. - Graduates are capable of independent dimensioning of transportation routes, surfaces and terminals. - Graduates are competent for independent and creative performing certain duties in transport companies as well as individual more demanding duties in teams. Students further acquire the knowledge to: - ensuring population mobility, - planning transportation systems and subsystems, - designing, planning, constructing, and maintaining road networks, - traffic management and traffic flows, - transport planning and implementation.

Access requirements

The enrolment into university degree study programme of Traffic and Transportation Engineering is possible if: a) the student has passed the matura examination, b) the student has passed the vocational matura in any secondary school programme and the examination in matura subject mathematics or foreign language, if he passed mathematics as the vocational matura examination, c) the student has completed any secondary school programme before 1.6.1995.

Selection criteria in the event of limited enrolment

If only a limited number of students are admitted, the candidates from the a) and c) are selected according to: - general performance in matura examination or secondary school leaving examination 60 % points, - general performance in the 3rd and 4th year of the secondary school 40 % points. The candidates from b) are selected according to: - general performance in vocational matura examination 40 % points, - general performance in the 3rd and 4th year of the secondary school 40 % points, - degree in matura subject 20 % points.

Transfer criteria between study programmes

According to Criteria for transferring between study programmes, candidates can enrol into: • the second or third year of the 1st degree university study programme Transportation Engineering, if they terminate the education in their first study programme and they proceed study within the same programme of the same degree or enrol into a new study programme of the same degree. They can transfer from the field of transportation engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, informatics, and from other engineering, natural science and mathematical fields. • The enrolment of the higher vocational graduates into the 1st degree university study programme is not possible. The transfer is possible under the following conditions: • if candidates fulfil conditions for the enrolment into the first year of the 1st degree university study programme Transportation engineering, • if they come from the study programme which provides comparable competences or learning outcomes, • if at least half of the obligations according to the European transfer credit system (hereinafter ECTS) can be recognized from the first study programme that are related to the mandatory courses of the second study programme. Decision about transferring from one study programme into another is made by the relevant committee of the senate from the faculty where the candidate wants to continue the studies. According to the Regulations on knowledge and skill recognition in study programmes of the University of Maribor, the candidates should provide the faculty with: • application for knowledge and skill recognition at the University of Maribor, • certificate on completed study obligations (examinations) with grades and number of credits, • accredited syllabi of the completed courses, • confirmation about the payment of the procedure. When transferring from one study programme into another, completed study obligations can be recognized according to the contents, scope and complexity of knowledge in the new programme, also, new obligations are determined which a candidate should complete in order to finish the studies in a new study programme.

Criteria for recognition of knowledge and skills, gained before the enrolment in the study programme

The procedure will be carried out in accordance with the rules on the Recognition of knowledge and skills in study programmes of the University of Maribor. The applicant will submit an Application for recognition of knowledge and skills acquired in formal educational programmes or in the form of non-formal education. the application will be accompanied by the relevant supporting documents.

Criteria for completing the study

The study is completed when all obligations, prescribed by the study programmes are fulfilled, and 180 ECTS are collected.