Instructions for the preparation and defence of the final thesis in the first and second cycle study programmes of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences of the UM
The procedures and deadlines set out in this Instruction do not run from 15.7. - 15.8.
NOTE FOR PERSONS WITHOUT STATUS: In accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the Instructions on Contributions and Evaluation of Costs at the University of Maribor, the cost of submitting a thesis topic at the 1st, 2nd or 3rd level of studies is charged to all persons without status. Persons without student status shall also pay the fee for the extension of the validity of the thesis topic. The fee is to be paid according to the current price list for the academic year (website->study->price list) in the amount and within the time limit indicated on the invoice, which is linked to the date of the final thesis decision and not to the date of submission of the final thesis topic application.
The student must be active during the current academic year (renewal of digital identity) in order to complete the missing requirements. The status of the studies is regulated by the form published on the website: Persons without status.
Students of the first cycle study programme are obliged to submit their thesis topic by 31 March of the third year of study at the latest.
The student enters the information in the electronic form: final thesis topic submission (In case the website is down, you can submit a topic via the form). Once the entry is complete, the entire form (2 sheets) is printed out and submitted together with the attachments (institutional consent and disposition) to the supervisor and possible co-mentor for signature. You then submit the completed documentation to the Student Affairs Office.
The following is a compulsory annex to the application of the thesis topic:
- a disposition prepared in agreement with the supervisor (sample disposition),
- the consent of the company, if the thesis will be produced in collaboration with the working environment (private or public sector). By the decision of the Senate of the FOV, SE-1226, the consent of the company is a compulsory attachment to the application of the thesis topic.
The signed documentation for the application of the thesis topic can be submitted by the student:
- by post to the address of the faculty - Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kidričeva cesta 55a, 4000 Kranj
- electronically to the e-mail address diplomanti.fov@um.si
Before the deadline for the final thesis, the student may submit an Application for Extension of the Final Thesis Topic to the Registrar's Office. The extension of the validity of the thesis topic may be granted for a maximum of one year.
During the writing of the final thesis, the student may propose a change of the title of the approved topic using the special form Application for change of the topic of the final thesis - change of the title, while keeping the main part of the content of the topic unchanged.
If, during the writing of the thesis, a valid reason arises which indicates that the cooperation between the tutor (co-mentor) and the student will no longer be possible, the student and the tutor (co-mentor) have the right to request a change by means of the form Notification of Change of Thesis Topic - Change of Tutor and/or Co-Mentor.
If the student does not submit the thesis by the deadline for the final thesis and also does not submit an application for the extension of the validity of the thesis topic before the deadline, the student must submit an application for a new thesis topic.