Long-term successful cooperation with the economy resulted in numerous projects, studies, reports and expert reports, as well as long-term scientific and research cooperation agreements with a number of companies and institutions such as: Croatian Electric Power Company (HEP), Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Končar, Siemens, Croatian Telecom, Institute “Hrvoje Požar“, Shipyard Split, CEMEX, Light Metals Factory in Šibenik, Split-Dalmatia County, Town of Split, etc. The establishment of joint laboratories was initiated with Croatian Telecommunications -Telecommunication Centre, Split and the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla. Experts in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and naval architecture educated at FESB provide a foundation for development of the shipbuilding industry, economic activities based on mechanical engineering, power engineering and particularly the IT sector in the region.
Study programmes at the Faculty are based primarily on the needs of the economy which is included in the study programmes in several ways: students complete one part of course requirements (final and diploma thesis and professional practice) in companies, and experts from the private sector participate in teaching activities of the Faculty.