Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto

Fakulteta za informacijske študije v Novem mestu

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST2349
    • SI0014
    • SI-ETER.BAS.NATID: 102
    • Erasmus: SI NOVO-ME05

      • Erasmus Institution Code

      Identifier assigned by the European Commission to higher education institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme - data harvested from ETER/OrgReg

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    • SCHAC: fis.unm.si

      • SCHema for Academia

      Internet domain (DNS)-based identifier of institutions, used in several European initiatives for data exchange in the education and research sector, e.g. Emrex - data acquired using the European University Foundation (EUF) HEI API

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    • Erasmus-Charter: E10173467

      • Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE)

      Application number related to the ECHE, required for higher education institutions participating in the Erasmus+ programme - data acquired using the European University Foundation (EUF) HEI API

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    • EU-PIC: 985887728

      • Participant Identification Code (PIC)

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    • EU-VAT: SI54608821

      • EU VAT number

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    • WHED: IAU-006246

      • IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED)

      Identifier used in the world-wide WHED database of higher education institutions, managed by the International Association of Universities (IAU) - data harvested from ETER/OrgReg

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  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Legal seat(s)
    Novo Mesto, Slovenia
  • Further location(s)
    Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • Website
    http://www.fis.unm.si/en/
  • Founding year
    2008
  • QF-EHEA levels
    third cycle, second cycle
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/institution/2349

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Accreditation of a study programme
    is granted for an indefinite period or the application is denied.
  • Re-accreditation of a higher education institution
    is granted for a period of maximum five years (or less) or, if quality standards are not meet the accreditation is denied.
  • Initial accreditation of a higher education institutions
    is granted for a period of five years or, if quality standards are not meet, the application is denied.
  • Accreditation of changes of higher education institutions
    Changes to another type, merger by acquisition, merger by the formation of a new entity or division of higher education institutions, changing the location in Slovenia
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Slovenia

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional re-accreditation
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Institutional evaluation

Programme level

This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Informacijska družba (third cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Phd
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF 10. raven (10))
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Informacijska družba (third cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Doctorate
  • Level
    third cycle (NQF 10)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • DEQAR Report ID
    89507
  • Agency
    Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA)
  • Type
    Extraordinary evaluation of study programmes
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    15/12/2022
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary

    Report summary

    Third cycle doctoral study programme Information society is well embedded into the relevant economic environment, particularly due to well established participation of key stakeholders into the life of the programme as well as participation of the higher education institution representatives in the processes and bodies of of key stakeholders. The doctoral students are well supported by the faculty and suport staff, through inclusion of students into the work of research groups and activities of different reserach projects through their supervisors and co-supervisors. Students have at their disposal also state-of-the-art equipment to perform research as well as participate in innovative learning and teaching 16 approaches. Students are well supported also in terms of their ability to participate and present their work at the annual research conference the institution is organizing. However, the study programme does suffer from certain serious problems. The key ones are (1) the problem of inadequate performance of the quality assurance system that does not allow the institution to develop the programme in accordance with the programme selfevaluation results; (2) the problem of its implementatio, which allow demonstrates a sharp move from originally acredited field (social sciences) to the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, information and communication technologies and engineering. This is clearly reflected also by the institution's promotion of the programme, which is misleading to future students.
    Third cycle doctoral study programme Information society is well embedded into the relevant economic environment, particularly due to well established participation of key stakeholders into the life of the programme as well as participation of the higher education institution representatives in the processes and bodies of of key stakeholders. The doctoral students are well supported by the faculty...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/89507
  • Agency's identifier
    6034-6/2022/5
  • Verifiable Credential
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Informatika v sodobni družbi (degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Prva stopnja
  • Level
    -
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Informatika v sodobni družbi (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Master
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 8. raven (8))
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Informatika v sodobni družbi (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor (visokošolski)
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 7. raven (7))
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Kibernetska varnost (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Master
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • DEQAR Report ID
    89679
  • Agency
    Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA)
  • Type
    Accreditation of new study programmes
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    15/09/2022
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary

    Report summary

    The second level study program Cyber Security as a whole is well-designed and relevant, the subjects are interconnected and consistent. The goals and competencies of individual subjects are in line with the goals and competencies of the program and correspond to the type and level of study. Relevant scientific and professional and research contents are integrated into the program, and the program itself belongs to the field of relatively new science and is largely comparable in structure, goals and content with postgraduate study programs in cyber security of the best foreign universities. The program is in line with the current situation and development trends. The horizontal and vertical connection of the objects is appropriate. Elective courses represent one of the opportunities for improvement, both in terms of the share of ECTS in the program and in terms of content. Their share in the program could be increased, their implementation could be spread over several semesters, and the content could focus even more on special topics in the field of cyber security. In response to the report, the applicant has already made some appropriate adjustments in this direction. The study program is adequately related to the environment in which it operates, well identifies Slovenia's needs for the profession of Master of Cyber Security, as evidenced by the analysis of the labor market and the need for knowledge in society. Holders and implementers of the program have appropriate field elections, competencies and good references. The design of the study program corresponds to its content, composition, type, level and purpose. The methods, forms and course of teaching are appropriately determined, and the material conditions are appropriate. Some weaknesses arising from the application for accreditation and related to the way of gaining practical experience of students, the applicant in response to the report has already partially eliminated by enabling the acquisition of this experience for students in the business environment and new electives Work Practice. This is an adjustment in the right direction, which must also be realized, as practical experience in a real environment, after recognizing the world's most important experts in this field, is one of the most important components of the educational process. Namely, this field of study is subject to numerous changes as much as possible, and students need as many opportunities as possible to get acquainted with the practice, both with relevant projects and with work in a real environment. At the moment, the applicant does not have enough projects focused on this area, which he himself notes, so it is necessary to increase the number of projects in the field of cyber security. The group of experts also initially identified two shortcomings, which were related only to the technical and administrative aspect of the preparation of the application for accreditation and were eliminated by the applicant, for which he provided the relevant evidence.
    The second level study program Cyber Security as a whole is well-designed and relevant, the subjects are interconnected and consistent. The goals and competencies of individual subjects are in line with the goals and competencies of the program and correspond to the type and level of study. Relevant scientific and professional and research contents are integrated into the program, and the program ...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/89679
  • Agency's identifier
    6033-24/2021/11
  • Verifiable Credential
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Podatkovne znanosti (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • magister podatkovnih znanosti
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Poslovna informatika (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Master
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 8)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • DEQAR Report ID
    89523
  • Agency
    Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency (SQAA)
  • Type
    Accreditation of new study programmes
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    03/10/2022
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary

    Report summary

    The second-cycle study program Business Informatics as a whole is well-designed and appropriate, the subjects are interconnected and consistent. The goals and competencies of several individual subjects are in line with the goals and competencies of the program and match the type in the level of study. Learning outcomes in many subjects were not initially set as required for the second-cycle study program, were thus too low, and it was therefore recommended that the setting of learning outcomes be raised to a higher level of dif ficulty in all cases, which is the response of the applicant. on the report also did. It was then necessary to harmonize some competencies that did not go beyond the level of "knowledge and understanding", which was also regulated by the applicant in the response. Relevant scientific and professional and research contents are integrated into the program, and the program itself , in terms of name, structure, goals and contents, largely follows the current trend in the field of information and communication technologies, digital economy and transformation, as envisaged in the Digital Education Plan ( 2021-2027) in the European Digital Strategy. The syllabus would indicate more emphasis on strategic planning and management in the field of digital transformation, which the applicant has already partially regulated in response to the report. The horizontal and vertical connection of the objects is appropriate. Collective subjects represented one of the opportunities for improvement, especially in terms of mixing in the structure of the syllabus. In response to the report, the applicant has already achieved the distribution of their implementation two semesters. The study program is appropriately related to the environment in which it operates, well identifies Slovenia's needs for the profession of Master of Business Informatics, as evidenced by the analysis of the labor market and the need for knowledge in society. Holders and implementers of the program have appropriate field elections , 19 competencies and good references. The design of the study program corresponds to its content, composition, type, level and purpose. Appropriately determined methods, forms and course of teaching, material conditions are appropriate. For the best possible opportunities for student involvement in project work, it would show the quietest ways for all students to get involved in projects in the field of business informatics, as most stakeholders are actively involved in the implementation of research, development or application projects. The group of experts also initially identified three shortcomings, which were related only to the technical and administrative aspect of the preparation of the application for accreditation, and which had already been addressed in response to the report.
    The second-cycle study program Business Informatics as a whole is well-designed and appropriate, the subjects are interconnected and consistent. The goals and competencies of several individual subjects are in line with the goals and competencies of the program and match the type in the level of study. Learning outcomes in many subjects were not initially set as required for the second-cycle study...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/89523
  • Agency's identifier
    6033-23/2021/12
  • Verifiable Credential
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Računalništvo in spletne tehnologije (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor (visokošolski)
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 7. raven (7))
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Računalništvo in spletne tehnologije (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • master
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF osma raven)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme

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