Module first, then programme, location last.
Seven official programmes, 25 modules – Maribor, Ljubljana or from home. Renewed 2027: Business/Economics, Media Production and Mechanical Engineering with new curricula, 800 hours of placement, AI tools in every module.
Business/Economicsrenewed 2027
A first degree for young people in marketing and sales – and career progression alongside work for 35+
Media Productionrenewed 2027
For creatives and for those moving from the office into production
Computer Science
Cyber security, artificial intelligence, application development, data, software and systems engineering – the Computer Science and Computer Science and Informatics programmes
Mechanical Engineeringrenewed 2027
For maintenance staff and technologists running Industry 4.0 production
Civil engineering and security
For technicians doing an engineer's job – who only need the qualification
Micro-credentials and courses
Not a student? Free basic skills courses for adults, micro-credentials of 1–9 ECTS and training for companies
Three steps to two diplomas – alongside your job
Everyone has knowledge; few know how to apply it. That is why we teach one subject at a time, with projects instead of tests and 40 % of the course in a real company.
Within one working day you receive a suggested module, a tuition calculation with scholarships and a list of recognised exams.
Lectures 2–3 times a week in the afternoon, recordings in Orbita, the exam right after the subject.
800 hours of placement where you already work; the diploma project solves a real company problem.
A Slovenian diploma for your job. A British one for the whole world.
Alongside the Slovenian short cycle degree you receive the British BTEC Higher National Diploma, recognised by employers across the EU, which allows you to continue in the 2nd or 3rd year of a bachelor's programme under the Higher Education Act in Slovenia, or in the 3rd year abroad – with no additional exams.
What happens after graduation – in numbers, not promises
Alongside a job, a child, the army – in their own words
“During my studies I heard about a job through a colleague. They gave me a placement and then hired me – I started at €2,450 gross, now €4,550.”
Benjamin Kamenica · IT engineer · Knapp AG“After studying at Academia I had the right qualification to be promoted to team coordinator.”
Bojana Dovečar · economist · OTP bankaIn their own words
Students of the year, graduates and lecturers on studying at Academia – short, unscripted clips. More stories and videos on the stories page.
Progress in your profession – or change career.
A twenty-year-old school leaver and a forty-year-old HR manager sit in the same lecture room – so we do not speak to everyone the same way.
Choose your path
Changing career
From admin to business, from the office to data or creative work. Placement at your current job, a diploma in two years – without a junior salary.
Business, computer science, media →
Progressing in my profession
You do an engineer's or manager's job but are paid as a technician. All you lack is the short cycle degree – the company often pays the tuition.
Mechanical, civil engineering, HR →
First degree
Projects instead of exams and an employer before you graduate. The British diploma opens progression at partner universities; a free Slovenian course for international students.
Admission and requirements →I am employed
Study alongside work: afternoons, recorded, placement at your job
Your page →I am finishing secondary school
First degree after school: projects, placement, student status
Your page →I am looking for a job
Start straight away; 800 hours of placement lead to a job
Your page →I am transferring
From a faculty or another college – what is recognised
Your page →I am coming from abroad
Certificate recognition without nostrification, Slovenian B1
Your page →I am an athlete
Athlete status, exams around your competition calendar
Your page →I am a parent
Validity of the diploma, cost and a safe decision
Your page →Admission 2027/28
Four steps, deadlines per the call, fees and scholarships.
Apply →You study alongside work – but not alone.
Induction days, a permanent study group, career counselling, Spring Week and Erasmus+ – and in between, projects that take you to Oxford.
Induction days
You meet your group, the lecturers, the student office and Orbita – from then on you know who to call when you get stuck.
Career counselling
Mock job interviews with HR professionals from companies and business breakfasts with employers. Free for all students.
Spring Week
More than 60 students from 18 countries spend a week solving a real company's challenge – with AI tools, in Maribor.
Erasmus+ placement
Part of the 800 hours of placement can be done abroad with a grant of €700–824 a month; 23 partner institutions on four continents.
Erasmus+ at Academia →In their own words
Students of the year, graduates and lecturers on studying at Academia – short, unscripted clips. More stories and videos on the stories page.
From €198 a month. No hidden costs. For many, free of charge.
In a minute the calculator shows how much tuition remains after scholarships and reimbursement – often nothing.
from €198 a month
12 monthly instalments a year (if you are not employed and have no guarantor: 36 interest-free instalments with an EIF guarantee); BTEC HND €32.50/month on top. The 2026/27 price list is public.
State, Zois, company, municipal
Scholarships can be combined; with scholarships, studying is free for many. 2for1: 50 % off first-semester tuition if two of you enrol together.
up to €2,755 after graduating (under public call 374 only if you complete your studies by 30 Nov 2028 – e.g. with recognition of prior studies)
The Public Scholarship Fund reimburses tuition to those employed or unemployed at enrolment – we prepare the application together.
Around 15 %
of students study at their employer's expense: a tax-deductible cost, we prepare the contract, placement at your job.
For companies →Every diploma project is published. See what they have made.
Every diploma project is published on academia.si – most for a real company or client; employers read them. Three from 2026:
Analysis and optimisation of mechanical equipment maintenance in a hydroelectric power plant
Uroš Kasper for Dravske elektrarne Maribor (Ožbalt HPP): a review of work orders and proposals for more efficient maintenance of turbine units.
Project ↗Automating the preparation of promotional price labels with Adobe InDesign ExtendScript
Matic Trogrlič for Trgovine Jager: the Označevalec application, which turns manual preparation of price labels into a few clicks.
Project ↗
Concept design, visualisation and integration of a digital 3D environment into film
Marko Vesenjak: the Forgotten City project – from concept sketches to a post-apocalyptic 3D city in Blender and post-production.
Project ↗Study in Maribor, Ljubljana or from home
Maribor
Glavni trg 17b, city centre · 02 228 35 35 · lectures on weekday afternoons.
Maribor campus →
Ljubljana
Leskoškova 12, BTC, parking · 01 330 22 44 · lectures on weekday afternoons.
Send a question →
Study from home
Live online lectures, recordings in Orbita, exercises in virtual laboratories; exams and placement near you.
Study from home →I am interested in studying. What now?
Leave your e-mail. Within one working day you receive a personal reply from career adviser Urška Horvat: which module suits you, which scholarships you are entitled to and how your placement is recognised at your job – plus the curriculum, timetable and fees. No obligation, no calls unless you want them.
The official application deadlines for 2027/28 will be known once the call is published (Ministry of Education). Would you like to be notified? Notify me when the deadline opens →