Presentation

1st Cycle Higher Professional Study Programme in Multimedia Communications

Length of study programme: 3 years
Number of ECTS credits of the study programme: 180

Professional title conferred:
diplomirani inženir multimedijskih komunikacij/diplomirana inženirka multimedijskih komunikacij (VS)*
The abbreviated form of the title in both cases is dipl. inž. mm. kom. (VS)
* Female graduates take the latter title.
 

The basic objectives of the programme are:

• to combine technical and creative abilities,
• to perform work and implement tasks in the field of multimedia services and content,
• to apply an engineering approach to task solving,
• to understand design and production approaches in creating multimedia content,
• to participate in further education as a lifelong process.

General competences obtained through the programme:

• skills of collecting, using and evaluating data,
• broad interdisciplinary professional knowledge in the field of multimedia, telecommunications, IT, project management and the basics of graphic design and production,
• analysis and synthesis, anticipation of solutions and outcomes,
• the ability to use acquired knowledge in practice,
• a developed ability to self-learn in the professional field,
• independent management of assigned projects and teamwork,
• development of communication skills and abilities,
• the ability to seek out and integrate new information,
• understanding the co-dependency between technology and multimedia services,
• use of modern ICT tools and skills.

Subject-specific competences include:

• knowledge and understanding of telecommunications and IT,
• understanding of audio-visual communication,
• knowledge of the development of multimedia convergence services and content,
• knowledge and understanding of the creation of video, audio and written content,
• use of programming skills and modern software tools,
• understanding and use of the technical and legal aspects of content protection,
• understanding, planning and managing projects in the field of multimedia communications,
• development of skills in design and communication of content,
• understanding technological limitations in creating content,
• understanding and following of standards in the field of telecommunications, IT and multimedia technologies,
• the ability to develop and implement interactive web services using modern information sources,
• understanding the technological differences between modern devices and the ability to implement compatible multimedia services on various devices,
• understanding the issues of data searching and the ability to optimise their use in multimedia services,
• understanding the creation of visual messages, three-dimensional computer graphics and animation.

For the 2015/16 academic year, there are 30 study places available for full-time study and 3 study places available to Slovenian nationals without Slovenian citizenship and non-EU nationals.