Gospodarsko inženirstvo

The interdisciplinary Master's degree study programme Industrial Engineering, which is driven by three member faculties of the University of Maribor, according to the assessment of a group of experts in the field of Internal Quality Assurance and I mprovement of the study programme fully meets both quality standards. The quality monitoring and assurance system is already functioning well and efficiently at each of the faculties involved, from the collection of information from all stakeholders, to the assessment and proposal of measures and actions, to the monitoring of measures and the communication of information to stakeholders, while mutual coordination and cooperation is effectively organised within the GING Council. However, based on interviews with stakeholders, we note that individual stakeholders do not use all available channels to provide their comments and suggestions for changes to the implementation of the study programme and, in particular, do not follow up the existing methods of informing stakeholders of the actions taken with sufficient regularity and thoroughness. Additional efforts by the faculty management and programme coordinators to involve them more actively could provide an opportunity to involve even more stakeholders actively and thus improve the process in the future. In the area of Curriculum Change and Update, we note that the changes and updates to the curriculum in recent years have not represented a major change in the structure, scope or implementation of the curriculum. This is due to a well -designed and attractive study programme, which combines technical and economic content in a meaningful way, enabling graduates to be broadly knowledgeable, skilled and sought-after in the labour market. In the third area, Curriculum Implementation, the programme assessed fully meets both standards. A particularly effective solution is the organisation of the timetable, with a clear separation of duties in the two faculties on different days. Nevertheless, we identified certain opportunities that could further improve the implementation of the study programme. While student attendance at lectures in particular often depends on the students' own interest, we would certainly suggest reflecting on methods and forms of work that would further engage students. Some challenges in the area of staffing were perceived in the workload of teaching assistants of all three members and non-teaching staff at the FGPA, but this did not have a significant impact on the quality of the implementation of the study programme. There is also some inconsistency in the information about the study programme on the separate websites of the three participating faculties. Based on the assessment, we conclude that the interdisciplinary Master's degree study programme in Industrial Engineering is a programme that is regularly and effectively developed and implemented adequately, thus meeting all the standards of the assessment. At the same time, we have not detected any really special breakthroughs or distinct excellence in any of the fields.