Name of qualification Name of qualification: Ekonomist/ekonomistkaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Economist
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Short cycle higher vocational diploma
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Short cycle higher vocational education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Matura or vocational matura (previously school-leaving examination) or 
  • master craftsman, foreman or managerial examination, three years of working experience and passed examinations in general education subjects in a scope determined for the vocational matura in secondary technical education.
ISCED field Field:
Business, administration and law
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving business, administration and law
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 6
EQF Level: EQF 5
EOVK Level: Short cycle

Learning outcomes:
Students will be able to: 
(general competences)
  • develop a moral and ethical sense for honesty, accuracy and conscientiousness at work,
  • manage, plan, organise and supervise business processes,
  • apply a knowledge of a foreign language in international operations and keep abreast of the latest developments abroad,
  • take decisions with confidence and take business decisions in the relevant field of expertise,
  • assume responsibility for ensuring quality at work, encouraging knowledge transfer, assume responsibility for self-directed learning based on recognising their own strengths and weaknesses, and for lifelong learning,
  • manage information effectively and link IT skills to business functions,
  • work in a group or team and communicate efficiently and effectively with colleagues and business partners,
 (specific vocational competences)
  • think conceptually and use applications and databases to work effectively with clients and plan and implement business solutions in commercial operations,
  • keep abreast of methodologies and aims of monitoring the market and competition,
  • analyse statistical data for the needs of the market, economy of operation and the marketing of services and business processes, and recognise and define economic policy phenomena and relations and conditions in international operations,
  • organise, prepare and master logistics processes and corporate development strategies,
  • understand legislation, regulations, documentation and procedures in the field of economics,
  • apply theory in practice in various fields of commercial operations,
  • conduct efficient operations using modern information and communication technology, basic mathematical statistical methods, modern methods, techniques and principles of organisation and an integral management system,
  • apply knowledge of the basics of financial operations, marketing management and elements of the marketing mix, and the basic requirements of environmental protection, ergonomics and safety at work,
  • perform independent professional work for the developmental and operational management of small and medium-sized companies, the introduction and realisation of an internal enterprise culture, the formulation and realisation of developmental ideas, enterprise planning, real-estate services etc.

Assesment and completion:
Students' knowledge is assessed by means of practical exercises and seminar papers, and also via products, projects, performances, services, etc. and by examinations. Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

 

Progress:

Students may progress to the second year if they have successfully completed first-year modules, subjects and practical training (including practical classes, seminar papers, projects, examinations, etc.) totalling at least 45 credits, where all practical classes and practical training course units must be completed in full. 

Ekonomist/ekonomistka

SQF 6

EQF 5

Progression:

First-cycle study programmes (SQF, level 7)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

To complete the programme students must fulfil all the programme requirements (examinations, practical exercises, seminar assignments, project assignments) in line with the syllabus requirements, specifically: three compulsory modules amounting to 52 credits and one module variant of 58 credits, a freely elective subject amounting to 5 credits and diploma thesis for 5 credits.

Awarding body:

ABITURA, Podjetje za izobraževanje, d.o.o., Celje, Professional Higher Education School; ACADEMIA d.o.o., Professional Higher Education Unit ACADEMIA; B&B Izobraževanje in usposabljanje d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School in Kranj; B2 d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School, Maribor unit; B2 d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School, Ljubljana; Center za poslovno usposabljanje/Vocational Training Centre, Professional Higher Education School, Ljubljana; Center za poslovno usposabljanje/Vocational Training Centre, Professional Higher Education School, Ljubljana, Kočevje branch; DOBA European Business Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School, Maribor; Brežice Economic and Trade School, Professional Higher Education School; Celje Economics School, Professional Higher Education School; Murska Sobota Economics School, Professional Higher Education School; Novo mesto Economics School, Professional Higher Education School; Kranj Economics and Services Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School; ERUDIO Professional Higher Education School; GEA College CVŠ, Higher Education Company – Higher Education Centre, d.o.o.; GEA College CVŠ, Higher Education Company – Higher Education Centre, d.o.o., Ptuj Branch; GEA College CVŠ, Higher Education Company – Higher Education Centre, d.o.o., Piran Branch; GRI d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School; INTER-ES d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School; Geoss d.o.o. Education Centre; Memory, d.o.o. Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School, Dutovlje; Memory, d.o.o. Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School, Koper; HERA Education Institute, Professional Higher Education School; HERA Education Institute, Professional Higher Education School, Kočevje Unit; IZRAZ Educational Development Centre, Professional Higher Education School; LAMPRET CONSULTING d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School; MUCH, izobraževanje, d.o.o., Professional Higher Education School; Celje Business and Commerce School, Professional Higher Education School; Maribor Transport School, Professional Higher Education Transport School; Kranj Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School; Ptuj Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School; Slovenj Gradec Education Centre, Professional Higher Education School; Ljubljana Education Centre for Post, Economics and Telecommunications, Professional Higher Education School.

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