Open Doors Day for Joint Master`s Degree Programme in European Business and Finance between The UNWE and Nottingham Trent University

In Scientific Councils Hall was presented the Joint Master`s Degree Programme in European Business and Finance between the UNWE and Nottingham Trent University. At the event attended Assist. Dr. Diyana Miteva, Programme Coordinator, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Nenkov, Head of the Programme and Damyan Iliev, student in the fourth semester of the Programme.

Assist. Miteva reminded that the Master`s Degree Programme had been started in 2007. Along with the UNWE two European universities - Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic and the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland - participate in the Programme. The students from the three countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Poland are in their third semester, explained Miteva. She spoke to students about the Programme in details and pointed out that the first and second semester are held at the UNWE, the third semester is held at the Nottingham Trent University and the fourth semester includes a compulsory internship and preparation of diploma paper but students have the right to decide whether to come back to Bulgaria or stay in Nottingham.  

Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Nenkov, Damyan Iliev and Dr. Diyana Miteva (from the left to the right)

Disciplines studied during the first semester are the following: International Problems of Human Resources European Management led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kiril Dimitrov, International Marketing - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milanka Slavova, Global and European Business Environment - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Stoychev, International Finance -Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silvia Trifonova, Business English Language - Sen. Lect. Kalina Bratanova. Disciplines studied during the second semester are the following: Financial Risk Management led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Nenkov, International European and Business Law - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jivko Draganov, Research Methods of International Business and Teams Forming – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetla Boneva, Modern Problems of European Managerial Accountancy – Chief Assist. Dr. Mihail Musov, Business English Language – Sen. Lect. Kalina Bratanova. Disciplines studied during the third semester at the Nottingham Trent University are the following: Finance and Accountancy for Strategic Business Management, Applicable Consultant Project on International Strategic Management, Corporative Policy and Investment Strategy, Human Resources International Management and Informational Management.

In Scientific Councils Hall

“Very soon on the website of the Finance Department will be announced the detailed programme for each discipline”, clarified Dr. Miteva. The admission is implemented in September when is held a unified entrance examination for Master`s degree programmes and examination in English language.

The advantages of Master`s Degree programme were explained and it was pointed out that the education is in the English language according to the English standards in small groups where could be paid personal attention to each student. Master`s Degree programme is suitable for working students because the lessons in Bulgaria are held in the evenings or at the weekend and the most important thing is that students obtain Bulgarian and English diplomas.  

The education in Nottingham is three months – from September to the middle of December. “The lessons are held from Monday to Friday and the presence is compulsory”, reminded the Programme Coordinator. There are various options for accommodation like dormitories, lodgings as well as houses of Bulgarian families. About the finance the attendees clarified that the tuition fee for the first and second semester in Bulgaria is 1800 BGN per semester and in the UK it is 2650 £ per semester. Assoc. Prof. Nenkov explained that “the tuition fee at the Nottingham Trent University is lower than the one at the other universities”. For the fourth semester the tuition fee is 250 BGN. There is an opportunity for scholarships on the Erasmus+ Programme and European scholarships.

Students in the hall

Assoc. Prof. Nenkov shared that so far the number of graduates from the Programme has been about 130 people. “In 2007 there were four students studying in the Programme but their number was increasing year by year”. “Graduates from the Programme search for a job mostly in the private sector and the English diploma is respected by the business”, said Assoc. prof. Nenkov.

“The greatest advantage of the Programme is that you have two diplomas”, said in the beginning of his comment Damyan. The student explained that the Programme is quite good by the financial point of view because “if you decide to study in the UK out of the Programme the tuition fees are considerably higher”. He pointed out that the double diploma provides lots of opportunities. “I am sure that wherever you give your CV you will receive a call back”.