Memorandum of Cooperation with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The Rector Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov and Todor Zhekov, Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Global Delivery Bulgaria Center Ltd. /HPE/, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation that strengthens the partnership between the two institutions.

The agreement provides for the implementation of various joint initiatives aimed at improving the quality of education, advancing scientific research and training highly qualified specialists. Plans include providing opportunities for students to participate in internship programmes, conducting practical training and research, inviting company experts as guest lecturers and organizing masterclasses and workshops.

Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov and Todor Zhekov

Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov noted that the University not only educates students but also creates conditions that encourage the young people to find their path to professional development. He highlighted the various forms of partnership with the business sector, which allow the academic knowledge to be complemented with practical experience. The Rector emphasized on the work on the digitization of business processes using large databases and outlined the activities of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Economics. He also presented various ongoing projects noting the significant interest among young people in the speciality Cybersecurity in Business and speciality Cryptoeconomics.

Todor Zhekov outlined that the signing of the Memorandum opens up many new opportunities for collaboration on various projects; students will be able to visit the company’s office, where they will tour its operational data center and learn about its actual business processes and various stages of work.

The signing of the agreement was attended by Yordan Borodzhiev, Prof. Dr. Tsvetana Stoyanova, Vice Rector for Institutional and Business Cooperation and Student Policies, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Vodenicharova, Vice Rector for Research and Coordinator of the Memorandum on behalf of UNWE.

Prof. Tsvetana Stoyanova, Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov, Todor Zhekov, Yordan Borodzhiev, and Assoc. Prof. Maria Vodenicharova

Assoc. Prof. Maria Vodenicharova noted that the students had already had the opportunity to obtain valuable knowledge and learn from the practical experience of the specialists at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She said that the partnership had already begun with a public lecture by Yordan Borodzhiev for fourth-year students of speciality Business Logistics and that a visit by students to the company’s office was scheduled for later that week.

Signing the Memorandum, the UNWE continues to develop its partnership with leading business organizations that share its mission – to prepare the country’s next generation of leaders.