Abstract:

The current security situation shows the society inevitably needs to overcome the contemporary threats more effectively. It needs the university-educated security and safety experts who have mastered the methods of solving the crisis events and are able to utilise them in practice, who are able to identify, analyse and assess the risks in various environments, manage the preventive activities as well as inadequate responds to the crisis phenomena and reduce or eliminate their negative effects on people, material values and the environment. The quality of employee must be a strong point on the way to prosperity, especially in the security and safety area. Effective co-operation of universities with employers means teaching for work, by harmonizing study plans with the needs of employers. Therefore, project-based teaching is a step towards success. Exceptional partnership means active collaboration between students, graduates, universities and companies. The article deals with the results of implementing the requirements of experts in to the study programs in the field of security and safety at Faculty of Security Engineering of University of Zilina in Slovakia.

Keywords:

Study programs, security, safety, requirements of experts.