About the Department

At the Department of Production Engineering 1274 students have graduated, where 68 have obtained a bachelor’s degree,
128 have obtained a master’s degree, and 1078 have graduated from the previous study programmes. Also, 54 students have obtained the title of the graduated engineers-Masters and 31 students have obtained a doctoral degree at this Department. There are currently around 250 students studying at the Department.

Studies

The studies at the DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTION ENGINEERING at the Faculty of technical Sciences in Novi Sad are divided into three cycles:

FIRST CYCLE STUDIES – UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES last four years (eight semesters) and students are obliged to obtain 240ECTS (European system of accreditation points), including the final paper, which is worth 6 ECTS.

SECOND CYCLE STUDIES – Graduate Academic-Master’s Studies last one year (two semesters) and are the continuation of the undergraduate academic studies (worth additional 60 ECTS). After completing the second cycle of studies each student has obtained no less than 300 ECTS.
In the course of the second cycle studies, the student can choose between 5 modules (study groups):

• Computer Aided Technologies
• Modern Technologies in Metal Forming
• Modern Technologies in Plastic and Wood
• Precision Engineering
• Software for Mechanical Engineering

THIRD CYCLE STUDIES - Doctoral Studies last three years (six semesters) and are the continuation of the Graduate Master Studies. The student is obliged to obtain 180 ECTS, so that after completing the Doctoral studies the student has obtained at least 480 ECTS in total.

The Goal and Result of the Production Engineering
Study Programme

The goal of the programme is to educate and enable experts in the field of production engineering to work in different and ever-changing demands of the profession. The study programme is constructed to give students different levels of ability when it comes to designing and constructing, maintaining and exploiting production lines and machinery. The programme also familiarizes the students with the necessity to develop the appropriate programme tools and equipment for their functioning, simulation, connecting and coordination. This goal is achieved by studying at the academic studies in two cycles of study: Undergraduate Academic Studies – Bachelor with Honors: students have obtained the required level of understanding the most important principles and methods in the field of production engineering and the ability to independently advance their knowledge. The knowledge of the students who have completed the undergraduate academic studies is equivalent to ‘the textbook knowledge’ (to the information they can obtain by learning from a textbook), but they also become familiar with some more complex aspects of the subject, based on the up to date research in certain fields of production engineering. Graduate Academic Studies – Master: the students who have completed this cycle of studies should have the level of knowledge and understanding of the subject which will enable them to develop and pass on their own original ideas and solutions via research and the application of that knowledge in practice. At the end of the studies, students have a broad, detailed and comprehensive level of knowledge and understanding in one or more specialized fields of production engineering.

Organization of the Department

The Department for Production Engineering is, organization wise, divided into five sub-departments:
• Chair of Machining
• Chair of Computer Aided Technological Systems and Design
• Chair of Materials and Joining Technologies
• Chair of Forming Technologies and Surface Engineering and
• Chair of Metrology, Quality, Equipment, Tools and Ecological-Engineering Aspects

The department has several laboratories at its disposal:

• Laboratory for Conventional Processing Methods
• Laboratory for Technological Processes, Optimization of
Technological Processes and Virtual Design
• Laboratory for Machine Tools
• Laboratory for Tribology, Maintenance and Cutting Tools
• Laboratory for Metrology, Quality and Equipment
• Laboratory for CIM Systems
• Laboratory for Material Testing
• Laboratory for Joining Technologies
• Laboratory for Thermal Processing and Surface Engineering
• Laboratory for Casting
• Laboratory for Plastic Deformation Technology
• Laboratory for Virtual and Rapid Prototype Design

Department Staff

At the Production Engineering Department there are currently
59 employees:
22 professors
14 associates
13 researchers
8 laboratory assistants
2 administrative workers
Out of those there are:
22 doctors of sciences
11 masters of technical sciences
13 graduated engineers- masters

Such expert potential is the most important base for the current and future work at the Department in all fields of its activity.