Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" is the largest private university in Bulgaria. It is an established academic center that combines Bulgarian and international students' training in priority areas for the country and creates an internationally convertible and competitive scientific and academic product. It teaches over 10,000 students in more than 67 bachelor's and master's programs and 29 Ph.D. programs.
Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" is the first and only university in Bulgaria certified with the signs DS Label, ECTS Label, and HR by the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture at the European Commission of the European Union.
Varna Free University organizes regular, part-time, and distance learning for all the education-and-qualification degrees set in the Law on Higher Education such as "Bachelor", "Master" and "Doctor". It has more than 27,000 alumni.
Every year Varna Free University offers new scholarship programs that are open to students with the highest grades and prominent acting and dancing talents and sportspersons.
Part of the campus is based as a university branch in the town of Smolyan.
It educates more than 12,000 students above 80 undergraduate (bachelor's) and 20 graduate (master's) programs and in 20 accredited research courses for Ph.D. students.
Established in 1991 by a resolution of the 37th National Assembly of 21.07.1995, the university was given a higher education institution's status. It organizes full-time, part-time, and distance learning for all the Higher Education Act's educational and qualification degrees - bachelor, master, and doctor.
In 2001, the university received its first institutional accreditation for five years. On 27.07.2006, VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" received re-institutional accreditation from the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (NEAA) at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria with a maximum score of "Very good" for six years. In 2013, the university was again institutionally accredited by the NEAA for the maximum 6-year period with one of the country's highest scores.
The high accreditation assessment, the prestigious labels of the European Commission for quality of the educational process - DS Label, for the implementation of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System - ECTS Label and excellence in research - the HR Logo - are proof that Varna Free University is competitive in the European and global educational space.
For more than 20 years, one of the first private universities in Bulgaria has been pursuing its mission to be a socially responsible civil society subject oriented towards the students and their professional realization. During their studies, they can participate in various academic exchange programs, placements, internships, and training. Lecturers and students participate in the projects under the Tempus, Erasmus, Leonardo, and other EU research and education programs. We believe that the experience gained from participating in our programs is an invaluable advantage for our graduates in their professional realization.
VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" has established itself as a university with modern management seeking a qualitative change in the selection criteria of the academic staff and its activities' evaluation criteria, with a developing project management center, with a prospective program for the professional development of the students. It stands out as an educational brand that has gained the trust of its graduates and its numerous academic partners all over the world.
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