The study is completed with the preparation of diploma work in the 9 th semester. The program lasts 7 semesters. The first year is common for the university and the higher professional program. Special attention is given to the empirical student work. The curriculum for higher professional education has additional subjects concerning unit-operations, process systems, safety and enterprise.
Students can thus choose subjects from a range of alternative technologies.
After 6 semesters of lectures and practice completed at the faculty, the students are, according to regulation, in the fourth year required to absolve a 15 weeks practice in the industry and a diploma. The master's study takes 2 years for junior researches and 3 years for assistants. The carriers of the optional subjects are scientists, university teachers of the Technical Faculties of Maribor and of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Ljubljana. The important part of the study is the master's thesis, which has a scientific character and has to be published in a proper scientific periodic journal. The doctoral study is individual.