FERI

Enrolment conditions for the 1. Study year

To enrol into the 3rd cycle programme the applicant must have completed one of the following successfully:

a) A Master’s (2nd-cycle) programme,

b) An undergraduate programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004,

c) A Bachelor’s vocational programme adopted prior to 11 June 2004 and a specialization programme. Prior to enrolment, these candidates must fulfil obligations corresponding to a maximum of 35 ECTS under the Master’s (2nd-cycle) programme:

- for the doctoral programme Electrical Engineering in the field of Electrical Engineering,

- for the doctoral programme Computer Science and Informatics in the field of Computer Science or Informatics,

- for the doctoral programme Media Communications in the field of Media Communications.

The Faculty’s Academic Affairs Committee determines which study obligations must be fulfilled by taking into account the candidate’s field of expertise (type of programme completed).

d) A programme educating students for professions regulated by EU Directives or another Master’s (2nd-cycle) programme corresponding to 300 ECTS credits.

A completed undergraduate programme or a Master’s (2nd-cycle Bologna) programme in one of the following fields is considered adequate prior knowledge:

- for the doctoral programme Electrical Engineering in the field of Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications and Mechatronics;

- for the doctoral programme Computer Science and Informatics in the field of Computer Science or Informatics;

- for the doctoral programme Media Communications in the field of Media Communications, Computer Science or Informatics.

If there is greater demand than there are places available, candidates shall be ranked according to:

- overall score (20%),

- grade in the elective exam in the field of Electrical Engineering (for the doctoral programme Electrical Engineering), Computer Science and Informatics (for the doctoral programme Computer Science and Informatics), or Media Communications (For the doctoral programme Media Communications) (80%).

With regard to the elective exam, candidates may replace up to 50% of the grade with the grade awarded for scientific research and professional work. Evaluation criteria:

- original or transparent scientific articles in journals with impact factor (JCR) or in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI or A & HCI databases,

- contributions in international conference proceedings,

- other publications.

Available places for 1st year for Slovene citizens and EU nationals:

- doctoral study program Electrical Engineering 20

- doctoral study program Computer Science and Informatics 20

- doctoral study program Media Communications 5

Available places for 1st year for foreign nationals:

- doctoral study program Electrical Engineering 10

- doctoral study program Computer Science and Informatics 10

- doctoral study program Media Communications 3

Conditions for advancement to the second study year:
A student advances to the second study year if he/she collects at least 48 ECTS credits by completing the obligations of the first study year, and he/she must pass the exam in the subject Scientific Methods.

Conditions for advancement to the third study year:
A student advances to the third study year by completing all the obligations of the first study year, and if he/she collects at least 48 ECTS credits by completing the obligations of the second study year.

The conditions for promotion under extraordinary conditions and the conditions for repetition are defined by the Statute of the University of Maribor.

In accordance with the Higher Education Act and the Criteria for Transitions between Study Programs, the transition means the termination of a student's education in the study program in which he/she enrolled and the continuation of education in a new study program in which all or part of the student's obligations already completed in the first study program are recognized as completed obligations of the second study program.
In accordance with the transfer criteria, candidates who completed the following may be admitted to the second year of doctoral (3rd-cycle) program Computer Science and Informatics:
− A Master’s programme (M.Sc.) (adopted prior to 11 June 2004) – these candidates are awarded 60 ECTS credits,
− An undergraduate programme (adopted prior to 11 June 2004) and a specialization programme these candidates are awarded 60 ECTS credits.

Transitions are possible between study programs:
− which, at the end of studies, ensure the acquisition of comparable competence or learning outcomes;
− of which at least half of the obligations under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) from the first study program that refer to the compulsory subjects of the second study program can be recognized according to the criteria for recognition of skills acquired before enrolling in the program.

For each candidate, the Commission for Science and Research of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Maribor will determine subjects that are recognized in the ECTS credits mentioned above.

A student who completes all the obligations prescribed by the study programme and thus collects at least 180 ECTS credits completes their studies.

Prior to submitting the doctoral dissertation, the doctoral student shall have at least one published work derived from the doctoral dissertation for which he is the first author. The published work shall be considered relevant if it is a scientific article published in a journal with an impact factor (JCR) and classified in the upper-three quarters according to the value of the impact factor, or a patent with complete testing recognized or granted in the EU or OECD Member States.

Head of the study program - dr. Marko Hölbl