Start time: 1st October
Mode of study: Full time and part time
Language: Slovenian
Why study this programme?
The programme prepares students for a broad range of posts in public and business administration, i.e. jobs in the entire public sector, ranging from national administration, broader public administration, as well as public and private companies, particularly those that extensively cooperate with the public sector.
This higher education professional study programme is highly practical in nature and offers expert organisational, computer and administrative-technical knowledge and competencies as well as interdisciplinary knowledge of law, administration and economics required for work in public administration in posts ranging form secretaries, business secretaries and professional clerks to managers of organisational units at lower and middle levels in the hierarchy. The programme also provides enough theoretical knowledge that allows more ambitious students to continue their studies in the 2nd cycle.
Key facts
How and when to apply
Application for EU citizens: from 20. 8. 2020 to 28. 8. 2020 on the eVŠ portal for EU citizens
Important notice: Before enrolment, all candidates have to pass the recognition procedure in Slovenia. This procedure will take approximately two months.
Recognition of foreign education: povezava na spletno stran UL https://www.uni-lj.si/study/information/recognition-of-foreign-secondary-education
Candidates with foreign degree qualifications undergo a procedure for recognition of foreign higher education qualifications upon applying for studies. The procedure starts with the candidate’s application for study in the Republic of Slovenia, which is submitted in electronic form on the eVŠ portal. The procedure is run by an authorised person at the university where the candidate applied as their first choice.
Tuition fee
Tuition fee €3,000.00 is paid by:
• students of non-EU countries, excluding persons granted international protection, applicants for international protection and persons from countries with which the Republic of Slovenia has concluded a bilateral agreement (Slovenia has concluded bilateral agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia);
• all students that have already acquired an equivalent degree of education;
• all part-time students.
Administrative costs and compulsory health insurance are not included in the fee. They need to be taken care of before the start of the studies.
Goal of study programme
The goal of the study programme is to educate and qualify the students for the following:
- Critical thinking and analytical problem resolution and independent research work.
- Understanding the political, social, and cultural framework in which the administration in Slovenian and abroad operates.
- Performing work and executing tasks in the field of planning, organising, managing, and supervising public administration organisations.
- Further, 2nd and 3rd cycle education or familiarisation with learning as a lifelong process.
Graduate's general competences
The ability to understand, integrate, and transfer interdisciplinary knowledge into practice.
The ability to evaluate domestic and foreign practices.
The ability to research and transfer the findings into practice.
The ability of analytical and integrating thinking.
The ability of critical judgment and resolution of issues.
The ability of self-reflection.
Commitment to ethical principles and multiculturalism.
The ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
The ability to collaborate with all stakeholders.
Mastery of skills related to conducting business with customers.
The ability to use information and communications technology.
Capability to communicate verbally and in writing in the native and at least one foreign language.
The ability to independently acquire knowledge and expertise.
The ability for lifelong learning surrounded by knowledge.
Curiculum
1st year
- 1600 Introduction tol Law and Constitutional Foundation
- 1601 Basic Statistics
- 1602 Basic Informatics
- 1603 Computer Practicum
- 1604 English for Specific Purposes
- 1605 German Language for Specific Purposes
- 1606 Business and Administrative Communication: language and Style
- 1607 Administrative Law and Public Administration
- 1608 Accounting
- 1609 Basic Economics
- 1610 Basic of Organisation
2nd year
- 1611 Basics of Administrative procedure
- 1612 Administartive Operation
- 1613 Information System Development for Business Process Support
- 1614 Tax System
- 1615 Labour Relations, Civil Servants and Social Security Relations
- 1616 Economics of Public Enterprises and Non-Profit Organisations
- 1617 Local Self-Government
- 1618 Customers Relationship
- Elective course 1
3rd year
Modul Business Administration
- 1625 Company Law*
- 1626 Project Management*
- 1627 Personal Management*
- 1628 Creativity and Innovation in Administration*
- 1629 Business Process Management and Reengineering*
- 1630 Public Procurement and Public Tenders*
- 1631 Student Placement
- 1632 Diploma Thesis
- Elective course 1
- Elective course 2
The student selects five of the six compulsory courses.
Modul Public Administration
- 1619 Digital Government*
- 1620 Social Administrative Procedures*
- 1621 Budget Financing*
- 1622 Business Communication*
- 1623 Public Services*
- 1624 Comparative Politics*
- 1631 Student Placement
- 1632 Diploma Thesis
- Elective course 1
- Elective course 2
The student selects five of the six compulsory courses.
Elective courses 2nd year
- 1633 Business English for Effective Communication
- 840 Electronic Record Management Systems in Public Administration
- 723 Social Responsibility
- 842 Management in Public Sector
- 733 Methodological Practicum
- 735 German in Administrative Practice
- 737 Organisational Behaviour
- 738 Basis of Survey Research Method in Administration
- 746 Preparation and Implementation of EU Co-funding Project
- 1634 Fundamental EU Policies and Public Sector
- 1635 Evaluation Methods for Decision-MakingSupport
- 849 Internet and Social Change
- 852 Development Planning and Assessment of the Public Policies' Impacts
- 854 Social Aspects Flexibility at the Field of Work
- 858 The European Union’s Constitutional Crisis
- 1636 Digital Marketing
- 856 Process Management
- 848 Inspection Supervision
- 1637 Virtual Teams Management – Methods, Techniques and Tools
- 1639 Adanced Use of Excel for Data Management in Business Environemnt
- 1640 Websites Design and Development
- 1641 Basic of Real Estate Law
- 1642 Business of Entrepreneurs and Athletes
- 1643 Business Communication in German Language
- 1644 Practicum-Mastering Textes
- 1645 Law and New Technologies
- 1646 Application Programme Development
- 1648 Supervision in Public Administration
- 1668 International Labour Law
- 1669 Civil Servants Relations
- 1670 Canada-European Union Relations
- 1672 Methods for Evaluating Environmental Policies
- 1673 Governance of Small States
- 1674 Sustainable Management of Drinking and Waste Water
- 844 Alternative Approaches in Understanding Public Administration
- 1647 Social Media and Stakeholder Engagement
- 1638 Salaries and Promotion of Civil Servants
Elective courses 3rd year
- 1633 Business English for Effective Communication
- 840 Electronic Record Management Systems in Public Administration
- 723 Social Responsibility
- 842 Management in Public Sector
- 733 Methodological Practicum
- 735 German in Administrative Practice
- 737 Organisational Behaviour
- 738 Basis of Survey Research Method in Administration
- 746 Preparation and Implementation of EU Co-funding Project
- 1634 Fundamental EU Policies and Public Sector
- 1635 Evaluation Methods for Decision-Making Support
- 849 Internet and Social Change
- 852 DevelopmentPlanning and Assessment of the Public Policies' Impacts
- 854 Social Aspects Flexibility at the Field of Work
- 858 The European Union’s Constitutional Crisis
- 1636 Digital Marketing
- 856 Process Management
- 848 Inspection Supervision
- 1637 Virtual Teams Management – Methods, Techniques and Tools
- 1639 Adanced Use of Excel for Data Management in Business Environemnt
- 1640 Websites Design and Development
- 1641 Basic of Real Estate Law
- 1642 Business of Entrepreneurs and Athletes
- 1643 Business Communication in German Language
- 1644 Practicum-Mastering Textes
- 1645 Law and New Technologies
- 1646 Application Programme Development
- 1648 Supervision in Public Administration
- 1668 International Labour Law
- 1669 Civil Servants Relations
- 1670 Canada-European Union Relations
- 1672 Methods for Evaluating Environmental Policies
- 1673 Governance of Small States
- 1674 Sustainable Management of Drinking and Waste Water
- 844 Alternative Approaches in Understanding Public Administration
- 1647 Social Media and Stakeholder Engagement
- 1638 Salaries and Promotion of Civil Servants