On 8 May 2025 Academia, the Employment Service of Slovenia and the Association of Higher Vocational Colleges held a business breakfast at Dvorana Tabor in Maribor, connecting students and graduates with more than 80 employers.
On Monday, 26 May 2025 (14.00–15.30) representatives of ten international institutions – from FH Wien and Odisee to Cadi Ayyad and Ibn Haldun University – presented study, placement and career opportunities abroad.
In the course Planning Social Media Campaigns, the managing director of Virtual IT showed how artificial intelligence is used to manage and create social media content, and stressed online security and digital etiquette.
From 28 April to 2 May 2025 principal mag. Vida Perko joined an Erasmus+ training programme organised by Tenerife Job Training, visiting language and vocational schools, the CIFP Adeje and the University of La Laguna.
Media Production students worked on camera, editing, sound and production for the new comedy series by Academia instructor Samir Bajrić's production house Slowlywood.
Within the course Project Work in Audio Production, students visited Toti Radio in Maribor on 18 April 2025 to see equipment, content creation, editorial work, editing and audio post-production.
Within the course Energy Engineering, students visited Energetika Maribor on 22 April 2025 to see district heating, combined heat and power generation and the energy infrastructure supplying much of the city.
Dear students and graduates of Academia, in cooperation with the Employment Service of Slovenia and the Community of Higher Vocational Colleges of the Republic of Slovenia, we invite you to a business breakfast with employers, which will take place just before the official start of the Employment Opportunities Fair, on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 10 a.m. in …
Zayna Mohammad, a visual communication and design student at the University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Jordan, has been attending Academia Institute of Technology since April 2025 as part of the Erasmus+ exchange programme.
At DSI 2025 in Portorož (14–16 April) Academia's director Žan Dapčevič joined a panel on AI and digitalisation in education, while students networked with leading IT companies and attended job interviews.
International students of Academia's Slovenian course with lecturer Nuša Slukan explored Maribor, presenting the Slovene National Theatre, Glavni trg, the Old Bridge and the University of Maribor in Slovenian.
As part of an official visit to Slovenia, a delegation from the Ministry of Diaspora of Montenegro, led by Minister Mirsad Azemović, visited Academia Institute of Technology in Maribor.
In the Economics course of the Business programme, Jasna Mak of RRA Podravje presented the procedure of registering a company, common early challenges and the support of the SPOT advisory point.
From 31 March to 4 April 2025 partners from Turkey, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia met at Oslo Metropolitan University to review progress, plan data collection and teacher training and present the pilot study.
Photography students at Academia Institute of Technology Maribor have once again demonstrated their creativity and social engagement with the project 'Maribor – My Living Room', which has been recognised as an example of good practice.
As part of the Project Work in Graphic Design module, we hosted Mr Matej Grušovnik, Head of User Interface Design at POVIO, a design and development company from San Francisco that creates digital products.
As part of their work placement, Media Production students visited Trampolin Studio, an independent creative studio in Maribor working with clients such as Renault, Microsoft, BMW and Google.
Žan Dapčevič, Director of Academia, participated in the prestigious Global Rules of the Game (GRG) training for business and educational institution leadership between 9 and 16 March 2025, which took place in New Delhi, India.
Within the Project Graphics course, students led by lecturer Sara Božanić visited the bilingual cultural institute "Košček sreče – Egy kis mázli" in Domanjševci on 7 March 2025.
From 6 to 8 March 2025 Žan Dapčevič completed an Erasmus+ training mobility at the Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies Belgrade (ATUSS), exchanging good practice in curriculum development and Erasmus+ project management.
International collaboration is a key factor for the growth and development of higher education institutions, as it enables the exchange of knowledge, expansion of academic networks and introduction of best practices in the field of education and institutional governance.
On 26 March 2025, within the course Business Communication and Leadership taught by Dr Andrej Novak, Simona Lobnik Ambrožič spoke about developing and building relationships within work teams.
In the course Integrated Marketing Communications, media planning and buying expert Nika Todorovski of Pristop Media presented the latest media trends, digital advertising, addressable TV and the keys to successful media buying.