Top 10 in Informatics and Computer Science

According to Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, the best Universities for studying Informatics and Computer Science are:

1. Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - 74 points out of 100
2. American University in Bulgaria - 62 points
3. New Bulgarian University - 56 points
4. Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" - 52 points
5. Rousse University "Angel Kanchev" - 50 points
6. "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Tarnovo - 48 points
7. South-West University "Neofit Rilski" - Blagoevgrad - 48 points
8. Burgas Free University - 47 points
9. Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" - 45 points
10. EU - Varna - 44 points

FA1: National Academy of Art

The State Drawing School was opened on 1 October 1896 by Decree signed by Prince Ferdinand. This Act made legitimate the oldest institution for higher education in Bulgaria. The archive documents for the setting up of the present Academy reveal the names of outstanding public figures, artists Anton Mitov,  Ivan Markvichka and Boris Shats and men of letters Konstantin Velichkov and Ivan Shishmanov.

In 1911 the teaching staff submitted a plan for development to the Ministry of Education in which they also put forward their request the School to be renamed to Academy of Art. Ten years later in 1921 following a proposal by Stoyan Omarchevski, Minister of Education, the State Drawing School was renamed to Academy of Art.

Today the former Drawing School is called National Academy of Art, which till this very day is still considered to be the most prestigious Bulgarian institution for training professional artists in the field of fine and applied arts, design, conservation and restoration and history and theory of art (in BA, MA and DA degrees).

FA2: New Bulgarian University

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT

Fine Arts Department is a new department that came into existence in December, 2006.

The Department has united teachers who previously worked in different art departments with those who teach major art disciplines such as Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Technique, Ceramics, Perspective, Plastic Anatomy and more. The teachers’ community in the department works in the fields of Painting, Graphic Art, Sculpture, Ceramics, Graphic Design and Stage Design.

The Department has been attracting distinguished Bulgarian artists popular at both the national and international level to work as full-time teachers and lecturers, thus achieving high quality education using alternative teaching methods.

FA3: South-West University "Neofit Rilski" - Blagoevgrad

 

The South-West University is a state institution that offers training in Bulgarian and English in 67 Bachelor's, 86 Master's and 43 specialized PhD programmes.
With its 36-year history the South-West University "Neophyte Rilsky" has subjugated a leading position in the scientific and educational space both in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. Located in Blagoevgrad, the economic, cultural and educational centre of South-Western Bulgaria, it is situated only 90 kilometers southwards from Sofia, 20 kilometers from the border with Macedonia and 80 kilometers from the Greek border.  This strategic location naturally facilitates the academic cooperation with a number of Universities in the Balkan region. It also allows a direct and easy access to numerous attractive destinations among which Bansko, Sandanski, the Medieval Rilsky Monastery, Melnik, the Rila and Pirin National parks, Thessaloniki, Serres, Shtip, Bitola are only a few worth mentioning.

FA4: Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts - Plovdiv

Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv began its existence in 1964 as a subsidiary of the former Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia. At the core of this initiative stands the famous Bulgarian musician and energetic Plovdiv cultural activist Professor Asen Diamandiev. Major contribution to the realization of the idea have the rectors of the Bulgarian State Conservatory Professor Vladimir Avramov and professor Neinski.In 1972, Branch was transformed into an independent Higher Musical Pedagogical Institute. At that time started the education in folk music majors with which the mission of the new university acquires a unique character. For its first rector was elected Professor Asen Diamandiev.In 1975, training and choreography courses, which naturally led in 1995 to rename the new high school - this time at the Academy of Music and Dance. He soon began training and courses in the field of visual arts. This completely natural forms present outlook of the Academy as the Academy of Arts. Rectors successively during this period were: Professor Nedyalcho Todorov (1979-83), Professor Georgi Kanev (1983-89) and Professor Ivan Spassov (1989-96).

FA5: "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" University of Veliko Tarnovo

ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ST. CYRIL AND ST. METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF VELIKO TURNOVO

         Our university was founded in 1963, as Brothers Cyril and Methodius Higher Institute of Education and on 14 October 1971 it was established as Bulgaria’s second university under its current name St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo. The year was deliberately chosen: 600 years earlier, in the fall of 1371, Euthymius, the renowned theologian and writer and later Bulgarian Patriarch, returned from Mount Athos to establish the medieval Turnovo Literary School in the Holy Trinity Monastery near Turnovgrad, an institution whose reputation as a prestigious medieval seat of learning spread the rich repository of Bulgarian literary traditions far beyond the borders of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Turnovo Literary School had a powerful influence on the development of the literature and literary language in Russia, Serbia, and Romania and also greatly influenced the philosophy and practice of the religious institutions in those countries. For these reasons, despite its relatively short history as a university, Veliko Turnovo University is the rightful heir to centuries-old traditions dating back to the mission of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius among the Slavs. 

FA6: Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar"

Chernorizets Hrabar Free University of Varna was established in 1991. On 21 July 1995, by resolution of the 37^th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, the University was officially granted the status of Higher Education Institution. The University provides full-time and part-time education in all academic degrees regulated by the Bulgarian Act on Higher Education, i.e. BA, MA, and PhD.

In 2001, the University was granted its first institutional accreditation for a five-year period. On 27 July 2006, Chernorizets Hrabar Free University of Varna was granted its second institutional accreditation by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency for a six-year period, deserving the highest of all marks, "Very Good". Today, the University is well-renowned as a major academic and research centre, teaching Bulgarian and international students in nationally significant academic fields, guaranteeing a globally competitive academic and research product. Currently, the University provides education for over 12 thousand students in 67 B.A. and M.A. programmes, as well as in 20 accredited PhD specialities.

The Bulgarian Black Sea Capital’s youngest university is a dependable partner preferred by any academic institution in Europe, the USA and Asia. Among VFU’s well-established academic traditions are the exchange programmes and partnerships with numerous offshore universities and institutes.
The University is among the initiators and most active members of the Black Sea University Network. VFU’s lecturers and students take an ever more significant part in diverse international projects, such as Tempus, Erasmus, Leonardo, and other research and education dedicated programmes funded by the EU.
VFU’s long-term partners, which include numerous research, economic and business organisations, are always ready to provide their facilities for the practical training of our students and applied scientific needs of our lecturers, and above all, with regard to our active involvement in different national and international public projects, in response to the challenges of an ever-globalising information society.
Varna Free University is the only Bulgarian university to have been awarded an ECTS and a DS Label, the education provided by it being recognised everywhere in Europe.
All these characteristics make Varna Free University an integral part of the European and global education space.