The study programme was confirmed by the Senate of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Maribor, on September 20, 2005 and the Senate of the University on September 27, 2005. The Council for Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia gave consent to the study programme on September 30, 2005. The study programme was in the course of the accreditation renewal procedure validated September 20, 2011, by the University of Maribor, Senate of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences Kranj, and, after that, September 30, 2011, 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) as of August 30, 2012. The change of the name of the study program of Organization and Management of Business and Work Systems in Enterprise Engineering was approved by the Senate of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Maribor, on July 4, 2016 and the Senate of the University on September 27, 2016.

Conditions for progression to the 2nd year: a student advances into 2nd year, if he has collected at least 45 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 45 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 main objective of the Enterprise Engineering Higher Professional Studies is to train the students into an expert who: Understands the operation and engineering in business and work systems, Implements and adapts himself/herself to the work in business processes with the acquired business, technical, and managerial knowledge successfully and, in doing so, uses the engineering principles of the modern environments, Uses and develops methods and techniques for successful and effective organization and management of business systems and perceives learning as a life-long process.

Graduates of the Enterprise Engineering Professional Study Programme shall have the appropriate level of competence for: Operational setup, management and maintenance of the core – transformational process in the environment in which it operates (construction or engineering of processes for business and production systems), Organization and engineering of processes for product development (products and/or services), Organization and engineering of products and/or services production planning and management processes, Organization, engineering and coordination of processes, intended for the production of products and/or services, Organization, engineering and coordination of Project Management processes, Organization, engineering and coordination of Quality Control processes, Optimization of norms for labour, materials, means of production, deadlines, tolerance, etc. in engineering systems, Maintenance of integral and partial business and work systems’ organization, Prediction and deployment of equipment and means of production, Organization of transport, Definition of uniform standards for products and services engineering and production, Supervision of efficiency of the business and production systems’ engineering, Identification of the work contributions of groups, teams, or units, Motivation of employees for success at work, Innovations, Mastering the basics of engineering systems and environmental protection, Rational use of informational technology for the support of the core-transformation process, etc.

In the 1st-cycle professional higher study programme Enterprise Engineering 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. 1. Transitions between first cycle professional higher study programmes and transitions between academic study programmes and first cycle professional higher study programmes: Students of the FOV professional higher study programmes and related first cycle professional higher study programmes, and students of academic study programmes and related first cycle academic study programmes, enrolled in the first cycle professional higher study programme Enterprise Engineering shall be allowed to transfer between 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 Enterprise Engineering; 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. 2. Transitions between first cycle professional higher programmes and post-secondary programmes: Graduates of post-secondary study programmes who have completed their post-secondary education and are enrolled in the first cycle professional higher study programme Enterprise Engineering are allowed to transfer between 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 Enterprise Engineering; 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 second 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.