FERI

The criteria for enrolling in the first year of the second-degree postgraduate study programme Telecommunications are the following:

1. Those who have completed a first-degree university or higher professional study programme in the amount of at least 180 ECTS in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (061), Electrical Engineering and Energetics (0713), Electronics and Automation (0714), Mechatronics (0788), Economic Engineering – Electrical Engineering (0788), Physics (0533), Mathematics (0541), or Statistics (0542);
2. A 1st-cycle (bachelor’s) study programme corresponding to at least 180 ECTS credits in a field not specified in the previous paragraph. Prior to enrolment, candidates shall pass the following courses corresponding to 20 ECTS credits under the 1 st-cycle (bachelor’s) study programme in Telecommunications: Introduction to Telecommunications (6 ECTS), Programming for Telecommunications (8 ECTS), and Fundamentals of Communications Networks (6 ECTS). If the candidate has mastered course content during 1st-cycle studies, a course may be fully or partially recognized.
3. An undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in the field of telecommunications (0714), electricity and energy (0713), electronics and automation (0714), mechatronics (0788), industrial engineering – electrical engineering option (0788), physics (0533), mathematics (0541), or statistics (0542).
4. An undergraduate professional study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in a field not specified in the previous paragraph. Prior to enrolment, candidates shall pass the following courses corresponding to 20 ECTS credits under the 1 st-cycle (bachelor’s) study programme in Telecommunications: Introduction to Telecommunications (6 ECTS), Programming for Telecommunications (8 ECTS), and Fundamentals of Communications Networks (6 ECTS). If the candidate has mastered course content during 1st -cycle studies, a course may be fully or partially recognized.
5. An undergraduate academic study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in the field of telecommunications (0714). Upon demonstrating mastery of relevant study content, candidates are typically awarded 60 ECTS credits and may enrol in the second year of study provided they satisfy the transfer criteria laid down in the accredited study programme.
6. An undergraduate academic study programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 in the field of electricity and energy (0713), electronics and automation (0714), Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (061), chemistry and chemical engineering (0531), mechanical engineering (0715), building and civil engineering (0732), mathematics (0541), or statistics (0542). Upon demonstrating mastery of relevant study content, candidates are typically awarded 30 ECTS credits and may enrol in the corresponding year of study.

When selecting candidates for enrolment in the second-degree study Telecommunications, the following is taken into account: success in the first-degree study programme - average grade of exams and the final work (100%).

Conditions for advancement to the second study year:

A student advances to the second study year if they collect at least 48 ECTS credits out by passing the first study year exams.

he 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.

According to the criteria for transitions, candidates enrolled in the study programmes in the field of the Telecommunications (0714), Information and Communication Technologies (061), Electrical Engineering and Energetics (0713), Electronics and Automation (0714) may transfer to the seconddegree study programme Telecommunications, which at the end of their studies ensure the acquisition of comparable competencies and according to the recognition criteria, at least half of the ECTS obligations from the compulsory subjects of the second-degree study programme Telecommunications are recognised. In the process of recognition, the already completed study obligations of the students are identified, which can be fully or partially recognised, and the study obligations that they must complete if they want to complete their studies according to the new study programme are determined.

The Head of the Study Programme - dr. Tatjana Kapus