
The Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Postgraduate Qualification of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" launches new free courses in the Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese languages and culture, aimed at students, teachers and employees of the university

A congratulatory address on behalf of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev was read by Ilin Dimitrov, PhD - Secretary for Culture, Education and Tourism of the Head of State. It states: "For more than thirty years, your university has been providing competitive educational training in a wide range of specialties, tailored to current economic and social needs... Dear first-year students, students, the progress of the Bulgarian economy and our society requires individuals like you - with innovative thinking and ambition for the heights of knowledge. I wish you inspiration and determination to follow your path to your chosen professional realization. I believe in the success of each of you! Good luck!"

The role of private educational institutions in Bulgaria is to provide an alternative for young people. They are initiators of innovations. Usually, new directions in the development of education appear for the first time in them, said the president of the university, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krasimir Nedyalkov, at the opening of the new academic year.

The branch of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar" in Smolyan opened the academic year 2025/2026 with a student competition on the topic "Global Problems of Modernity in the Context of the Green Transition". The event brought together first-year students, faculty, representatives of business, institutions and the local community and focused on the challenges of the energy transition and the role of young people in sustainable development.

Students from the Master's program "International Business Project Management" received certificates for successfully completing a course dedicated to the work of the European institutions and EU priorities. The certificates were awarded by MEP and Deputy Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee in the EP, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emil Radev

In October, the department of civil law sciences of varna free university "Chernorizets hrabar" organises a series of public lectures and presentations of scientific publications with the participation of lecturers from the university.

The ceremony at the VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar" campus in Varna will be held on 29 September (Monday) at 10:00 am in the East Park of the university. At the Smolyan Branch – on 27 September (Saturday) at 9:00 am in the Bulgaria Hall in the Rhodope city.

Varna Free University welcomed a delegation from Ningbo University in China, led by Hu Shangui, Dean of the College of International Education.

Assoc. Prof. Maria P. Petrova, PhD - Head of the Department of Civil Law, has been elected as a member of the Management Board, and Prof. Teodora Bakardzhieva, PhD - Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, will be part of the Control Board.