TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY - SOFIA
Technical University-Sofia is the leading HEI in the the field of technical sciences in Republic of Bulgaria. The studies at TU- Sofia are organized in 17 faculties; 2 faculties are located in the Plovdiv Branch and 1 faculty is located in Sliven. Technical University - Sofia is a unique institution in Bulgaria with its 3 foreign language faculties in German, English and French. TU-Sofia has experience in developing and implementing joint curricula with leading universities from Germany, Austria, France and plans to expand its partnership with countries outside the European Union. The University foster introduction of degree courses, providing knowledge of cross-sectional abilities. New course units taught in English at Bachelor and Master level have been introduced. The emerging course units have been integrated in the faculties’ curricula and run parallel to those of the foreign language faculties.
Statistics:
Number of students: 15 000.
Number of Ph.D. students: 500.
Number of academic staff: 1000:
Erasmus partnership: since 1999-2000 academic year.
Graduates of bachelors and masters are prominent professionals with a diploma and qualifications recognized on the labor market in the country and abroad.
TUS internationalization strategy, which is integrated into the Strategic Development Plan of a University adopted by the Academic Council in 2014.
(https://tu-sofia.bg/kcfinder/upload/files/Strategy_TU_2014-2020.pdf), set the main priorities and vision for improving the scientific and educational potential, improving the results of international cooperation and actively expanding the geographic regions of the partners.
Priority activity in the internationalization strategy of TU-Sofia is the international cooperation with universities from the European Union and other regions of the world. The University is among the first in the Republic of Bulgaria to have joined the Erasmus as yearly as 1999-2000 academic year.
For a 17-year period of participation in the Erasmus program, over 3,000 participants have been registered and more than 5 million have been used. Erasmus+ ICM is rapidly expanding. For the period 2015 – 2017 academic year 5 projects with 16 non EU countries have been awarded. The implementation count more than EUR 200 000.
