Studying at VHZK

At VHZK you can study following three programs: Informatics, Traffic Logistics and Operational Management.

INFORMATICS

 

Study program	Informatics
Degree of education	Three-year professional study
Duration	3 academic years (6 semesters)
Mode of study	Full-time study / Part-time study
Professional title	Bachelor (baccalaureus / baccalaurea) information technology engineer [bacc. ing. techn. inf.]
ECTS credits	180
Teaching hours	The average weekly student workload is 22 to 23 school hours.
Duration of the semester	15 teaching weeks

 

Purposefulness and goal of the study

 

The main purpose of the study is to train IT engineers to independently perform maintenance, operation and design of personal computers and servers, small networks, information systems and applications, as well as their use as tools.

The knowledge that students will master includes:

• knowledge of electronics and hardware, system maintenance and network design of smaller systems.

• knowledge of software, software packages and the development of own programs, including applications in the computerization of offices, administration and the economy.

 

Relationship between studies and science and practice

The study of informatics is aimed at acquiring practical knowledge that graduates can immediately use in performing typical tasks in informatics.

A graduate student of informatics can perform the following tasks:

• management, maintenance and organization of work in companies and in independent activity in the conditions of promoting the application of advanced information technologies;

• business communication and presentation of the company from classic ways to multimedia presentations on the Internet;

• construction, installation and use of modern information systems: workstations, computer systems and networks, databases and electronic media for processing, storage, retrieval, transmission and communication of information;

• programming in graphic programming languages;

• communicating with IT and computer specialists during the development, implementation and maintenance of computer and software.

 

 

Competences for the study of Informatics

Professional competencies of the completed student of Informatics studies (knowledge catalogue):

1. Using common software tools for creating documents, tables, presentations and calculations.

2. Assembly, installation, use and maintenance of personal computers: hardware and software.

3. Programming in a modern structured and procedural programming language.

4. Understanding the principles, creating and maintaining smaller databases.

5. Design and calculation of basic digital circuits using market components.

6. Design and maintenance of Internet web presentations using modern software tools.

7. Functioning, components and application of modern computer networks.

8. Operation, installation and operation of modern operating systems.

9. Programming in object-oriented programming language.

10. Setting up and organization of a modern computerized office.

11. Forms and applications of electronic business.

12. Installation and maintenance of modern operating systems on servers.

13. Understanding and applying security measures to protect computer systems.

14. Understanding the services, architecture and resources of the telecommunications system.

15. Knowledge of the basics of signal processing and information coding.

16. Development and application of multimedia content.

Competences that can be acquired by attending elective courses:

1. Programming in modern languages ??based on tags (HTML, XML) and web programming (scripts, Java, Javascript). 

2. Computer network design. 

3. Installation, use and maintenance of mobile networks and communications. 

4. Knowledge of the nature of information, basic appearance patterns and skills of creating algorithms for obtaining it. 

 

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TRAFFIC LOGISTICS

 

Study Program Traffic Logistics

 

Study program		Traffic Logistics
Degree of education		Three-year professional study
Duration		3 academic years (6 semesters)
Mode of study		Full-time study / Part-time study
Professional title		professional bachelor (baccalaureus / baccalaurea) transport logistics engineer [bacc. ing. traff. logist.]
ECTS credits		180
Teaching hours		The average weekly student workload is 22 to 23 school hours.
Duration of the semester		15 teaching weeks

 

Purposefulness and goal of the study

In the Republic of Croatia, the demand for personnel in the field of logistics is rapidly increasing. The main goal of opening the professional study Traffic Logistics VHZK is education at a higher level of logistics who can find their place in all professions of economy, especially transport, and public administration (army, police, customs). Based on interdisciplinary knowledge of the field of activity, final students would be able to lead, manage and coordinate at the tactical and strategic level of the organization in which they work or will work. Their activities would be focused primarily on solving logistics problems, both in logistics companies and in other companies where there is a need for applied logistics (area of ??economic logistics, energy, health, human resources, information, etc.).

Logistics at the VHZK will be developed on the principles of a systematic approach. A systematic approach would be the foundation of information technology, mathematical modeling and sophisticated computer programs.

Logistics studies traffic as its subsystem, ie transport as a subsystem of transport, acquisition and improvement of theoretical and practical knowledge from all areas of economics and entrepreneurship, performing activities in the field of marketing, logistics, transport, forwarding, insurance etc.

The curriculum of the VHZK is comparable to the curriculum of reputable foreign universities:

1. Logistik und Transportmanagement
Fachhochschule des BFI Wien
Wohlmutstr. 22 , 1020 Wien
Austria

2. Transport Engineering / Logistics
Hochschule Bremerhaven
An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven
Germany

Jobs for which the student is qualified after graduation:

• for professional activities of independent establishment and management of small and medium transport companies, for successful involvement in activities related to certain business functions in large companies, and
• miscellaneous customs affairs
• organization and management of large warehouses and freight terminals
• performing activities in the field of traffic control through terminal use of spatial databases (Geographic Information System - GIS)
• performing work in freight forwarding and insurance
• research projects in interdisciplinary areas of logistics processes
• organization and management of services in car services, technical inspections, car dealerships
• making professional decisions using quantitative methods and modern technologies
• a variety of logistics operations in large and medium-sized systems
• organizing business logistics systems and the most demanding logistics operations
• use of information management systems
• cooperation with other systems
• acquiring the necessary knowledge of entrepreneurship
• further continuation of professional studies

Knowledge and skills acquired upon completion of studies:

• required knowledge of a foreign language for business communication in international logistics chains.
• basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, statistics, economics, information technology in business, traffic technology of individual transport branches.
• basics: entrepreneurship and management, freight forwarding, risk, insurance, business mathematics and statistics, investing and financing.
• master the skill of organizing, managing and maintaining logistics systems. Warehouse capacity management, superstructure in distribution logistics.
• master the skill of business communication.

 

 

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OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

 

Study Program Operational Management

Study program		Operational Management
Degree of education		Three-year professional study
Duration		3 academic years (6 semesters)
Mode of study		Full-time study / Part-time study
Professional title		Professional bachelor (baccalaureus / baccalaurea) management
ECTS credits		180
Teaching hours		The average weekly student workload is 22 to 23 school hours.
Duration of the semester		15 teaching weeks

 

Purposefulness and goal of the study

The main purpose of the study Operational Management is the training of operational managers, primarily management and middle management, for independent work in industry, trade, construction, shipping, transport and traffic, tourism, catering, utilities, health care institutions, government agencies, government agencies, etc.

The Operational Management program offers an appropriate quantum of interdisciplinary knowledge for the training of creative and operational managers in entrepreneurship and institutions. Such staff are the bearers of entrepreneurship and are trained to quickly spot problems; for independent business decision making; to manage human resources, production resources, factors and processes; for innovations and changes in the business of economic and non-economic entities, etc. Staff who complete a three-year professional study of Operational Management, can meet the propositions of all types of entrepreneurs, as well as all levels of management in economic and other organizations.

By acquiring the knowledge offered by the Operational Management program, students are trained to:

• independently establishing and running the business of one's own company, small and medium-sized enterprises and institutions, or providing services to other entrepreneurs,

• successful involvement in business related to certain business functions in large companies,

• managing the potentials and resources of the company,

• business process management,

• launching economic projects and studies,

• successful realization of good own or other people's entrepreneurial ideas

• successful implementation of business orders and realization of business ideas of the employer,

• management of smaller, medium and large work units, etc.

• Continuation of training at other scientific and professional institutions,

• acquisition and improvement of theoretical and practical knowledge in all areas of economics and entrepreneurship,

• performing activities in the field of marketing, logistics, transport, forwarding, insurance etc.