Program information
1st Cycle Professional Study Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Duration: 3 Years
Number of ECTS: 180
Graduate’s professional degree: diplomirani inženir strojništva (VS) / diplomirana inženirka strojništva (VS), respectively abbreviated to dipl. inž. str. (VS) after first and last name.
Language of instruction/examination: Slovenian
The Fundamental Program Objectives and General Competencies
- To provide quality knowledge to our graduates, based on solid fundamental skills and understanding of a wide range of mechanical engineering that provides student after graduation a solid competences for employment. There's also a possibility of extending to the postgraduate cycle.
- To develop critical judgment and synthesis abilities and to implement professional engineering responsibility.
- With the knowledge of a wide range of engineering topics and also comparable to similar study programs in Europe, the graduate will be capable of linking up different interdisciplinary fields.
The structure of the Study Programme
Year 1 has common curriculum to all courses of study.
Year 2: Program consists of the following specified directions (applies to students enrolled in the 1st year in the academic year 2021/22):
- Energy Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Design of Machines and Devices
- Design of Industrial Systems
- Production Technologies
- Production Engineering
- Airline Transport Pilot
- Aircraft Design and Maintenance
- Mechatronics
Year 2: Program consists of the following specified directions (applies to students enrolled in the 1st year in the academic year 2019/20 and 2020/21):
- Power, Process and Environmental Engineering
- Engineering Design, Machine Operation and Maintenance
- Production Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Aviation
Year 3: available directions divide onto following sub-directions (applies to students enrolled in the 1st year in the academic year 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21):
Power, Process and Environmental Engineering:
- Power Engineering
- Household and Sanitary Technology
- Process Engineering
Engineering Design, Machine Operation and Maintenance:
- Material Handling and Self-propelled Machines
- Vehicle Engineering
- Maintenance Management
Production engineering:
- Production Technologies
- Production Management
- Welding Technologies
Mechatronics:
- Mechatronics
Aviation:
- Airplane pilot/Helicopter pilot
- Aircraft Design and Maintenance
Admission requirements and selection criteria in case of restricted enrollment
Admission requirements
1st Cycle Professional Study Programme in Mechanical Engineering - Project Oriented Applied Programme can be entered by anyone who has:
a) the matura certificate;
b) the vocational matura certificate obtained in one of the four-year high school programs (mechanical engineer technician, automotive service technician, electrical engineer, civil engineer technician, chemical engineer technician, marine engineering technician, metallurgy technician, mechatronics technician, computer technician, wood technician, communication electronics technician);
c) the final examination certificate obtained in any of the four-year high school programs prior to 1 June 1995.
Selection criteria in case of restricted enrolment
In case of admission restriction, the applicants referred to in point a) will be selected based on the following criteria:
- overall achievement in the general matura (30 % of points),
- overall achievement in the 3rd and 4th years of secondary school (30 % of points),
- success in the subject Mathematics at the general matura (20 % of points),
- success in the subject Physics or Mechanics at the general matura (20 % of points).
For the candidates referred to in point b):
- overall achievement in the vocational matura (30 % of points),
- overall achievement in the 3rd and 4th years of secondary school (30 % of points),
- success in the subject Mathematics at the vocational matura (20 % of points),
- success in mechanical engineering or automotive mechatronics or electrical engineering or plant engineering or chemistry or marine engineering or metallurgy or mechatronics or information technology or woodworking or electronic communications at the vocational matura (20 % of points).
For the candidates referred to in point c):
- overall achievement in the final examination (30 % of points),
- overall achievement in the 3rd and 4th years of secondary school (30 % of points),
- success in Mathematics in the final examination or in the 4th year of secondary school if the candidate did not take Mathematics in the final examination (20 % of points),
- success in Physics, Mechanics or Mechanical Engineering in the final examination or in the 4th year of secondary school if the candidate did not take the subjects in the final examination (20 % of points).
Number of enrolment slots available in academic year 2022/2023
- 180 (Slovenians and candidates of EU member states)
- 20 (candidates of non EU countries)
- 10 (Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship)
- 5 (additional enrolment slots available for displaced persons from Ukraine - application info. and more)
Terms for advancement
Promotion Requirements from the first year to second year of Study Programme:
Students can advance second year until the end of study year, when they have fulfilled all the requirements, determined by the curriculum of the current academic year and have accumulated minimum of 48 ECTS credits.
Promotion Requirements from second year to third year of Study Programme:
Students can advance to third year, when they have fulfilled all the requirements, determined by the curriculum of second year and have accumulated minimum of 60 ECTS credits and all the requirements, determined by the curriculum of first year and have accumulated minimum of 48 ECTS credits.
