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.

Conditions for progression to the 2nd year: a student advances into 2nd year, if he has collected at least 40 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.

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 is to train students who will be capable of preparing a professional basis in organizations’ numerous fields, such as: Relationships between the employers and employees, ownership relationships, economic and social rights of the employees, effective adaption to the labour market and new forms of employment, and the attraction and selection of people, as the carriers of the most important development factor – human capital. The graduates will be able to use their knowledge from the fields of Human Resources Development, establishment of life-long learning, and design of knowledge organizations, based on the creativity of the employees, in practice both in economy, as well as in public services.

The graduates are oriented in a distinctly applicative way. They are trained in the use of methodological knowledge to solve practical problems. In addition to that, they master the operational organization and coordination of personnel and educational activities in organizations, implement operational work in the field of search for and selection of personnel, hiring and firing of workers, upgrading of systematisation, analysis of the complexity, evaluation, and rewarding of work. Also, they plan and organize the processes of career development, education, and promotion of personnel, motivation for creative work, regulation of labour-legal relations, and social standards of workers. Besides that, the graduates are trained for the cooperation in research of needs for new knowledge, determination of employee satisfaction, measurement of work environment, work motivation, and the quality of relationships among the employees. Their competency is supported strongly by knowledge from the field of Human Resource Management, Personnel Information Systems, Systems Analysis, organization of business systems, implementation of project work, decision-making systems, knowledge of business functions in organization, etc.

In the 1st-cycle professional higher study programme Organization and management of human resources and educational systems 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.

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.