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The program is the first in its specificity in the higher education system in Bulgaria, which ensures the development of personal and professional competences of students in the field of technology and entrepreneurship education. Graduates receive a Bachelor's Degree, which corresponds to Level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework and Level 6 B of the National Qualifications Framework.

The vocational qualification of graduates is a teacher in technology and entrepreneurship, with which they can carry out educational, research, methodological and organizational-management activities related to the education in the general educational subject "Technology and Entrepreneurship" in the school system. education, occupy positions and perform activities in public, private and municipal institutions requiring higher education.

The program has been officially approved and accredited. The curriculum and syllabi are developed according to the requirements of the higher education policies and standards in Bulgaria.

The study lasts 4 (four) years (8 semesters). The curriculum provides 2580  academic hours and 242 ECTS CR. The ECTS credits are divided equally in the eight semesters according to the State requirements.

The program structure provides compulsory, elective and facultative courses.

There are 35 compulsory courses included (a total number of 1830 academic hours). They offer a profound fundamental knowledge and specific competences in both theoretical and practical areas of the study. They follow an interdisciplinary approach.  The technical studies and teaching training are also an important part of the program. They take place in different centers, schools and laboratories.

The elective courses (a total number of 735 academic hours) widen the general and basic knowledge and help students to acquire more specific information and professional skills. The curriculum provides 27 elective courses organized in 5 modules:  Economics and Entrepreneurship; Interdisciplinary and applied experimental disciplines; Psychological, pedagogical and private-didactic disciplines; Specializing in Educational Technology and Special Methodologies.

Students chose 13 of them according to their interests and educational needs.

The facultative courses enable students to acquire new skills and knowledge of their interest that are not a part of the curriculum.

Students graduate after they successfully pass their final exam or defend their senior thesis according to the state and university rules and regulations.

Educational mobility and international compatibility of the expertise gained

The curriculum design, the program structure, ECTS, the quality of education and the qualification gained enable students to be competitive on the labour market as specialists or to continue their education and qualification in Bulgaria or abroad.

Qualification and career opportunities

The qualification gained covers the requirements of the national and the European qualification frameworks. Graduated students become qualified design and technologies teachers. They are prepared to implement educational and research work, management and administration activities in the field of design methods, techniques, technologies and entrepreneurship, according to the needs and the requirements of the modern school system.

The Bachelor's program offers career opportunities in the field of private and public education organizations and institutions.

Graduate Bachelor's students have a future possibility:

• to specialize in different forms of continuing education and lifelong learning;
• to proceed with their education in Master's degree