New Joint Master`s Degree Programme of UNWE with A French University

It is the first trilingual Master`s degree of our university which will be implemented on the basis of an Agreement for Joint Master`s Degree Programme between the UNWE and the Universite du littoral Cote D`Opale (ULCO), France. There are eight Master`s Degree Programmes at the UNWE and four ones joint with foreign universities but it is the first programme in which the lecturing will be implemented in the Bulgarian, French and English language, announced at the presentation of the new Master`s degree programme Prof. D.Sc. (Econ.) Statty Stattev, Rector of UNWE. The event was organized by the Economics of Tourism Department jointly with the guest-lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgenia Madelin. At the Large Conference Hall of the university attended also Prof.D.Sc. (Econ.) Hristo Prodanov, Dean of the Economics of Infrastructure Faculty, Prof. Dr. Dimitar Tadarakov, Head of the Economics of Tourism Department, Prof. Dr. Tanya Parusheva, Scientific Secretary of the Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vera Pirimova, Director of the University Center for Students and Lecturers Mobility, fourth and third year students from the speciality Economics of Tourism, a lot of lecturers.

From the left to the right: Prof. Dimitar Tadarakov, Prof. Statty Stattev, Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Madelin

Economics of Tourism Department and its speciality occupy a special place at the university because they are bearers of a large part of the UNWE prestige, outlined Prof. D.Sc. (Econ.) Statty Stattev. He reminded that the UNWE had become a leader in the higher education in the country and the merit to its really high rating had also had the Department. Since this year the speciality Tourism has joined to the ten specilities studied entirely in the English language at our university, said the Rector and pointed out that the joint Master`s degree programme with the British University Nottingham Trent had educated students for almost 7 years. On behalf of the Rectors and Academic Managing Body he greeted the Department for the achieved success and expressed his hope that after two years both with Prof. Tadarakov would bestow the first diplomas to the alumni who would present the university with dignity in the new Master`s degree programme between the UNWE and the Universite du littoral Cote D`Opale (ULCO), France.  

There was a great interest to the new Master`s degree programme.

Today is a very solemn moment for the UNWE indeed, pointed out Prof. Dr. Dimitar Tadarakov and outlined the large opportunities provided by the signed Agreement for Joint Master`s Degree Programme and the recognition of Master`s degree diplomas from both universities.

Conditions of the new Master`s degree programme were presented also by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgenia Madelin, lecturer at the French university. In her presentation she “took” students to the four cities near the French university situated at the shore of the English Channel, told about the university and its 11 000 alumni, presented the campus, credit system, showed the programmes and stages of education in Master`s degree, opportunities for scholarship and job.

Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Madelin during her presentation

The applicants should have good command of French and English language - at least level B2 according to the European language framework, pointed out Assoc. Prof. Pirimova who outlined the opportunities of students to combine the education on Erasmus programme with the Master`s degree  “double diploma”.

Among them there are future applicants for the new joint Master`s degree programme