LEGAL REGULATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

Terciarno izobraževanje v Republiki Sloveniji obsega višje strokovno izobraževanje, ki ga ureja Zakon o višjem strokovnem izobraževanju (ZVSI) in visokošolsko izobraževanje, ki je urejeno v Zakonu o visokem šolstvu (ZVis). Oba podsistema izobraževanja sta med seboj povezana, saj ju povezuje sistem prehajanja študentov z višje na visoko raven, sistem zagotavljanja kakovosti, katerega nalogo opravlja Nacionalna agencija za kakovost v visokem šolstvu (NAKVIS) in delno tudi programska sorodnost ter institucionalna umestitev. Diplomsko delo obravnava in predstavlja pravno ureditev terciarno izobraževanje v Republiki Sloveniji na podlagi določb ZVis in ZVSI, vključeno s poglavjem, ki opisuje vpliv Evropske unije na terciarno izobraževanje v državah članicah. Poglavja se smiselno vsebinsko povezujejo in bralcu na enostaven in razumevajoč način predstavijo pravno ureditev terciarnega izobraževanje v Republiki Sloveniji in zakonske določbe ZVis in ZVSI, podkrepljene z ostalo literaturo, tabelami in slikami. V diplomskem delu so v podpoglavjih obravnavani pogoji za ustanovitev visokošolskih zavodov in višjih šol, izobraževanje pod enakimi pogoji in učni jezik, statusna opredelitev in organi visokošolskih zavodov in višjih šol, javna veljavnost izobrazbe, študijski programi in oblike študija, vpis in razpis za vpis, Nacionalni program v visokem šolstvu, Svet Republike Slovenije za visoko šolstvo, NAKVIS, zaposleni, študenti, financiranje, evidence in dokumentacija ter nadzor.Tertiary education in Republic of Slovenia consists of higher vocational education, regulated under the Short Tertiary Vocational Education Act (ZVSI), and university type of higher education, regulated under the Higher Education Act (ZVis). Both types of education are connected by a system which allows the transition of students between them, the system of assuring the quality of higher education institutions, carried out by the National agency for quality assurance in higher education (NAKVIS), as well as programs’ familiarity and institutional division. The thesis describes tertiary education laws in Republic of Slovenia, based on the Short Tertiary Vocational Education Act and Higher Education Act, as well as the influence of European Union on the tertiary education in the member states. The chapters form a cohesive whole and present an overview of the tertiary education in Republic of Slovenia based on the national acts, supplemented by additional literature, tables, and figures. The thesis discusses the conditions for the establishment of the higher vocational schools and universities, equal access to education and language of education, legal status and bodies of the higher vocational schools and universities, the validity of education, study programmes and types, enrolment procedures, National programme for higher education development, Council of Slovenian Government for Higher Education, National agency for quality assurance in higher education, students and employees, and financing, documentation and supervision of higher education