Study reforms at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

BEFORE AFTER STUDIES LASTING 7.5 - 8 YEARS STUDIES MEET THE EMPLOYER’S NEEDS ONLY PARTIALLY STUDENTS ENDING WITH APPRECIABLE KNOWLEDGE STUDENTS HAVING LOW SKILLS AND COMPETENCES STUDIES LASTING 5 YEARS MODERNISATION OF PROGRAMMES AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW STUDIES STUDENTS ENDING WITH LESS KNOWLEDGE BUT HAVING REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

REQUIREMENTS MATERIAL SUPPORT TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE

MATERIAL PREREQUISITES SPACE ASSISTENT POSITIONS EQUIPMENT TEXTBOOKS

TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF LECTURES HOURS BY APROX. 50% REDUCTION IN PRACTICAL COURSES AND SEMINARS BY 10% REVISION OF LECTURING MATERIALS BY TEACHERS OF SUCCIDING COURSES DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND THE QUALITY ASSURENCE COMMITTEE

STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS THROUGH QA-COMMITTEE, VICE-DEAN etc. ORGANISATION OF EXAMS PARTIAL EXAMS (2 OR 3) TWO ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS FOURTH ATTEMPT – EXAM COMMITTEE REVISION OF ECTS POINTS ACCORDING TO REAL WORKLOAD

ACHIEVMENTS STUDENTS’ SUCCESS MOST ORGANISATIONAL PROBLEMS SOLVED First generation: 32% enrolled III year with more than 100 ECTS (16% with 120 ECTS) Second generation: 58% enrolled II year with more than 50 ECTS (40% with 60 ECTS) MOST ORGANISATIONAL PROBLEMS SOLVED TEACHING MATERIALS (LECTURE PRESENTATIONS) FOR FIRST TWO YEARS UP-LOADED TO WEB-SITE AND PARTIALLY REVISED EXTREMELY VARIOUS OPPINION ABOUT STUDENTS’SKILLS AMONG TEACHERS

PROBLEMS TO FACE SOON INDUSTRY PLACEMENT + FINAL WORK AND THE END OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES ENROLMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES - PREREQUISITES DIPLOMA WORK FOR GRADUATES