The objective of the International Master's Degree Programme is to prepare highly qualified managers for the needs of nuclear security. The Programme already has two graduating classes with a total of 19 students, including 13 international students from 10 countries /Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Jordan, Nigeria, Lebanon, Mauritania, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia/, some of the graduates are IAEA fellows. The Programme is supported by the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and the Ministry of Energy. The graduation of the first Master's students was attended by the Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova, graduate of UNWE.