American University in Bulgaria

American University in Bulgaria; Amerikanski uniwersitet w Balgarija
motto	In pursuit of excellence
founding	1991
Sponsorship	Private
place	Blagoevgrad
country	Bulgaria
Interim President	David Evans
Students	1041 (2013-2014)
Employee	74 (2013-2014)
Networks	Network of Balkan Universities
Website	www.aubg.bg

The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG, Eng. American University in Bulgaria, bulg. Американски университет в България, Amerikanski uniwersitet w Balgarija ) is a private, liberal College of Liberal Arts , resulting in Blagoevgrad , Bulgaria , is located.

It was founded in 1991 . The language of instruction is English . There are three sources of funding: gifts (mainly from the United States Agency for International Development and the Soros Foundation ), gifts, and tuition fees. The university sees its goal in "training future leaders who will be initiated into the values of an open, democratic society and who will serve the community in this way."

The Bachelor's degree possible at this university is recognized in Bulgaria and the United States of America . There are 74 faculty members, about half of whom are American. The remaining members are mostly from Bulgaria. Around seventy percent of the students are Bulgarians, the remaining thirty percent come from neighboring countries. The university is a member of the network of Balkan universities .

Academic programs

The university offers bachelor degrees in 8 courses:

In addition to its visitor program, the university established an Executive MBA in 2003 . Classes are currently taking place at the Elieff Center in Sofia .

Personalities

Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean (* 1960), AUBG co-founder; teaches harp and piano as well as musicological topics
Marenglen Berisha (* 1984), Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ In the pursuit of perfection
↑ Leadership. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Amerikanski universitet v Bulgaria . In: WHED - IAU 's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved September 20, 2016.
^ Conference of the Balkan Universities May 2010 in Edirne ( Memento of August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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[1] In the pursuit of perfection

[2] Leadership. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .

[whed-3] Amerikanski universitet v Bulgaria . In: WHED - IAU 's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved September 20, 2016.

[4] Conference of the Balkan Universities May 2010 in Edirne ( Memento of August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )