New Bulgarian University

New Bulgarian University
Нов български университет

Motto	Ne varietatem timeamus
Motto in English	Do not fear variety ^[1]
Type	Private
Established	18 September 1991 (1991-09-18)
President	Bogdan Bogdanov
Students	~ 7 000
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Campus	Urban
Website	www.nbu.bg

New Bulgarian University (Bulgarian: Нов български университет, also known and abbreviated as НБУ, NBU) is a private university based in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. NBU is the first private university in Bulgaria.^[2] Its campus is located in the Ovcha kupel municipality in western Sofia, known for its proximity to the Vitosha mountain. The university's student body is smaller than that of older institutions in Bulgaria with approximately 7000 students, but larger than that of the American University in Bulgaria (1044), making it the largest private university in the country.

Since 2004, NBU is an accredited partner of The Open University Business School.^[3]

As of 2014 the university offers 37 Bachelors, 69 Masters and 26 PhD programmes in several formats, including distance learning courses.

History

NBU was established on 18 September 1991 by Bogdan Bogdanov and a group of Bulgarian intellectuals with a resolution by Bulgarian Parliament. NBU's main purpose was to modernise Bulgarian higher education. 2,500 students were welcomed during the first year; a test of general education was introduced in 1995 and established as a uniform standard for the reception of students in 1996.

NBU educational museum was founded on 23 April 2010. The first exhibition was “Museum Network Resources”. It was the final stage of the project "Educational Museum at New Bulgarian University”. The project was funded by the National Fund for Research at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, the Cultural Heritage (study on national historic and culture legacy as a part of European culture heritage and advanced methods for preserving).^[4]

Since 2010, NBU is the home of 'The Slug Theater', where the university's drama club present their shows.

Library

NBU's academic library provides over 128 000 items accessed by 150 000 annual visitors.^[5]

Reputation

NBU's IT and management departments rank high in the country ^[6] and as of 2014 NBU ranks second in Bulgaria according to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.^[7]

Centers

Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science

The Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science (also as CEEC of Cognitive Science ^[8]) at the New Bulgarian University undertakes research in fundamental and applied cognitive science.^[9] Research topics include: memory, thinking, language, learning, perception, context, applications to robotics, AI, and cognitive systems, cognitive economics, human factors and usability, education and learning methods. The Center is co-directed by Boicho Kokinov and Jeff Elman.

The CEEC of Cognitive Science grants M.Sc., Ph.D. degrees ^[10] in cognitive science and organizes annually summer school.^[11]^[12]

Other centers:

Bulgarian Center for Human Relations
Center for Social Practices
Center for Public Administration
Assessment Center
South-East European Center for Semiotic Studies

Departments

National and International Security Studies
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biomedical Sciences
Cinema, Advertising and Show Business
Cognitive science and Psychology
Architecture
Design
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Economics and Business Administration
Fine Arts
Foreign Language Education
Foreign Languages and Literatures
History
Informatics

List of programmes

Bachelor's

Administration and management
- Public administration
- Healthcare management
- Civil and corporate security
- Management and development of the organisation (facilitated distance learning)
Anthropology
- Sociology
- Cultural anthropology
Visual arts
- Cinema and television
- Advertising
- Animated cinema
- Graphic design
- Photography
Language and literature
- Bulgarian studies – theory of literature
- Bulgarian studies – linguistics
Natural sciences
- Ecology and environmental protection
Economics
Economics (distance learning)
- Business administration
Information science
- Computer science
- Computer programming
- Applied information science
History
- History of Bulgaria, the Balkans and Europe
- Archaeology
- Cultural heritage
- History of the Old World

Computer media technologies
- Multimedia, computer graphics and animation
- Computer-aided music composition
Culture and art
- Art studies
- Cultural studies
Hotel and restaurant management
Hotel and restaurant management (in the French language)
Mass communications
- Personified audio-visual journalism
- Public relations
Network technologies (in the English language)
- Network administration
- Internet programming
Music
- Musical arts
- Sound engineering
- Musical pedagogy
- Opera directing
- Bulgarian folk arts
- Management and production in musical arts
Plastic arts
- Painting
- Textile
- Artistic glass
Design and architecture
- Fashion design
- Architecture
- Interior and spatial design
Political sciences

Political sciences (in the French language)
- International relations
- European studies
Psychology
- Cognitive psychology, psychology of development and education
- Social and organizational psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Communicative disorders
Theatre
- Contemporary and alternative theatre forms
- Psychological theatre
- Scenography
- Vocal and instrumental and dance theatre
Telecommunications
- Telecommunication systems and technologies
- Management of postal communications
- Biomechanics
Philosophy
- Ancient and medieval philosophy
- Contemporary philosophy
Foreign languages and culture
- English studies
- German studies
- Spanish studies
- Egyptology in the English language
- Classical studies (Latin; ancient Greek language)
- Neohellenic studies (modern Greek language)
- Oriental studies (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish language)
- Romance studies (French language)
- Slavonic studies (Russian language)
- Foreign language teacher (distance learning)
Artes liberales

References

↑ New Bulgarian University in Sofia, www.sofiabulgariatravel.com
↑ Студентите на НБУ тръгват на турне (Bulgarian) CROSS information agency, 24 May 2010
↑ "International and UK partners | Open University Business School". Open.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
↑ Museum
↑ Library Statistics, NBU http://www.nbu.bg/index.php?l=981
↑ Đ˜ĐźĐľ. "Đ˜ĐˇĐ˝Đľđ˝Đ°Đ´Đ¸ Đ˛ Đşđťđ°Ń Đ°Ń†Đ¸Ń?Ń‚Đ° Đ˝Đ° Ńƒđ˝Đ¸Đ˛Đľń€Ń Đ¸Ń‚Đľń‚Đ¸Ń‚Đľ Economix". Economix.bg. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
↑ "Bulgaria | Ranking Web of Universities". Webometrics.info. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
↑ NBU: CEEC of Cognitive Science, nbu.bg
↑ For example: Evgenia Hristova, Maurice Grinberg, Investigation of Context Effect in Iterated prisoner' Dilemma Game, CEEC of Cognitive Science, in Pierre Deransart, Bernard Lorho, Jan Maluszyński, Programming Languages Implementation and Logic Programming: International Workshop Plilp '88, Orleans, France, May 16–18, 1988. Proceedings, Springer, 1989
↑ The M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs
↑ The series of Annual International Summer Schools in Cognitive Science started in 1994
↑ 20th International Summer School in Cognitive Science

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Coordinates: 42°40′39″N 23°15′11″E / 42.67750°N 23.25306°E / 42.67750; 23.25306

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