Future navigating and engineering officers in Slovenia are educated at a higher education level at the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, Portorož in two separate courses: Navigation and Mechanical Engineering. The first-year students in both courses, who were registered for the first time, were analyzed for two selected periods of time. For the selected generation of students, the qualities that were important for their success were determined. The final results of the selected generation of final-year students were analyzed and on the basis of this analysis the maritime-programme teachers’ work was assessed and, in addition, recommendation for its improvement were made.Budući časnici palube i stroja obrazuju se u Sloveniji na dodiplomskom studiju Fakulteta za pomorstvo i transport u Portorožu na dva odvojena odjela: nautičkom i brodostrojarskom. Odabrana su dva određena vremenska perioda unutar kojih je izvršena analizana studenta oba smjera koji su prvi puta upisali prvu godinu
studija. Kod odabrane generacije studenata utvrđene su kvalitete koje su neophodne za uspješno studiranje. Konačni rezultati do kojih se došlo kod odabrane generacije studenata završne godine studija podvrgnuti su također analizi, na temelju koje se ocijenio rad predmetnih nastavnika pomorske struke, dajući im istovremeno
i preporuke kako poboljšati i osuvremeniti stručne nastavne predmete
