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In the university study programme Computer Science and Information Technologies can enrol those who:

1. have passed the Matura examination,
2. have passed a Vocational Matura examination from any kind of high school programme and an examination in one of the Matura examination subjects; the selected subject cannot be a subject the student has already passed at the Vocational Matura examination,
3. have completed any kind of high school programme of four years duration before 1st June 1995.

If a decision is taken to restrict enrolment,

the candidates referred to in point a) will be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the Matura Exam (60% of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points);

the candidates referred to in point b) shall be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the Vocational Matura Exam (40 % of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% points);
• Success in the graduation subject (20% of points);

the candidates referred to in point c) shall be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the final exam (60% of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points).

Enrolment in the academic higher education programme in Computer Science and Information Technology is open to:

1. anyone who has passed the general matura (school-leaving examination),
2. anyone who has passed the vocational matura in one of the following secondary school programmes: -
   • computer technician,
   • electrical technician,
   • electronic communications technician,
   • mechatronics technician,
   • mechanical engineering technician,
   • civil engineering technician,
   • media technician,
   • land surveying technician
   • or a related secondary school programme in the field covered by the higher education programme and an examination in one matura subject out of information science, computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, mechanics or foreign language,
3. anyone who completed any four-year secondary school programme before 1 June 1995.

If a decision is taken to restrict enrolment,

the candidates referred to in point a) will be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the Matura Exam (60% of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points);

the candidates referred to in point b) shall be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the Vocational Matura Exam (40 % of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% points);
• Success in the graduation subject (20% of points);

the candidates referred to in point c) shall be selected according to the following criteria:

• Overall success at the final exam (60% of points);
• Overall success in the third and fourth year of the Secondary school (40% of points).

Conditions for advancement to the second study year:

A student advances to the second study year if they collect at least 54 ECTS credits out by passing the first study year exams.

Conditions for advancement to the third study year:

A student advances to the third study year if they have passed all first study year exams and if they collect at least 54 ECTS credits by passing the second study year exams.

The conditions for promotion under extraordinary conditions and the conditions for repetition are defined by the Statute of the University of Maribor https://www.um.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Statut-Univerze-v-Mariboru-uradno-preciscenobesedilo-UPB-13.pdf.

Transitions between the study programmes are possible in accordance with the Higher Education Act, the Criteria for transitions between study programmes, and other regulations.

In accordance with the Criteria for transitions between study programmes, the candidates enrol:

• In the second or higher year of the first-degree university study programme Computer Science and Information Technologies, when it comes to the termination of education according to the first study programme and continuation of studies according to another study programme of the same degree, or enrolment of a higher education graduate in a new study programme of the same degree. Candidates from the fields of information and communication technologies, technical and natural sciences and mathematics can transfer to the first-degree study programme Computer Science and Communication Technologies.
• The enrolment of a higher education graduate in the first-degree university study programme Computer Science and Information Technologies is not possible.

The transition is possible if the candidate meets the following conditions:

• They meet the conditions for enrolment in the first year of the first-degree university study programme Computer Science and Information Technologies;
• They transfer from the study programme, which at the end of the study ensures the acquisition of comparable competencies or learning outcomes;
• Upon transition, at least half of the obligations under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (hereinafter referred to at: the ECTS) from the first study programme, which relate to the compulsory subjects of the second study programme were recognized, or it was recognized in the process of recognition that so many obligations are met that the conditions for continuing their studies in the new study programme are fulfilled.

The competent commission of the Senate of the faculty at which the candidate intends to continue their studies decides on the transition from one study programme to another. In accordance with the Rules on the Recognition of Knowledge and Skills in the Study Programmes of the University of Maribor, the candidate must submit to the Faculty the following:

• An application for the recognition of knowledge and skills at the University of Maribor:
• A certificate of completed study obligations (exams) with the obtained grades and number of credit points;
• A validated curriculum according to which knowledge has been acquired;
• A proof of payment of the procedure.

When transferring from one study programme to another, completed study obligations may be recognized for the candidate, taking into account the content, scope and complexity of knowledge of the new programme, and may be assigned new obligations to complete the new study programme.

In the case of enrolment restriction, candidates are selected on the basis of the ECTS exam credits awarded to them at the study programme in which they wish to enrol.

Head of the Study Programme - dr. Aleš Holobar