GEA Faculty of Entrepreneurship

GEA College - Faculty of Entrepreneurship has a long tradition in the field of entrepreneurship education in Slovenia and operates as part of the GEA College Group. It runs four higher professional study programs (Entrepreneurship (full-time), Entrepreneurship in promising industries, Digital Marketing and Information and Cyber Security (part-time)) and two master's programs (Entrepreneurial Management and Risk Management and Corporate Security (part-time)). The group of experts pointed out a number of benefits in the report, as well as many opportunities for improvement. However, we also highlighted some areas of partial compliance with the standards and one major shortcoming or non-compliance relating to the insufficient amount of contact hours foreseen in the undergraduate programme. The Expert Group's report highlighted a number of strengths, as well as a number of opportunities for improvement, but also highlighted some areas of partial compliance with the standards and one major weakness or non-compliance, which relates to the insufficient amount of contact hours foreseen in the undergraduate programme. This is not sufficient to meet the legal minimum set out in Article 37(2) of the ZVIS. Following receipt of our report, the institution has already adjusted the contact hours accordingly. With regard to the partial fulfilment of the standards, we would like to point out the need for regular implementation of the SER of the study programs (until the last year, the institution did not implement them), and therefore the submitted SER reports of the study programs are not based on documented and formally implemented procedures from the previous period. An Action Plan should be drawn up on the basis of the study program SER and the findings of the SER should show progress since the last evaluation, strengths and weaknesses and opportunities for improvement (SWOT analysis). We note that the Institute has an ambitious development strategy, which also includes sustainable development as one of the pillars of the Institute's development. GEA College continuously responds to the needs of the market and introduces new topical study programmes (e.g., Digital Marketing), which consequently changes the aspect of the mission and vision of the institution, and therefore we believe that a reflection is needed regarding their actualization. They are working intensively with several business actors, particularly in Slovenia. It also has regular cooperation with the members of the Strategic Council, whose members include a number of prominent Slovenian entrepreneurs. We believe that international visibility and cooperation should also be strengthened. This applies in particular to the area of scientific research, which needs to be strengthened, especially in the case of the providers of master's degree programmes, and in the areas where the Faculty is expanding the content of study programmes (informatics, cyber security). Practical training of students at undergraduate level is also properly organised and of good quality. Among the strengths, we would also like to highlight the practical orientation of the study programmes and the satisfaction of the students with the individual approach to each person, as well as the wide range of activities of the Career Centre.