• Regular - for holders of degrees "Bachelor" or "master" specialty "Geography," "History" and "Geography and History" - 2 semesters - Info Pack
• regular - 4 semesters

Master's program is aimed at profiling and enhance the training of specialists BA majoring in "Geography" and "History" and "Geography and History" in the natural and cultural heritage as a resource for tourism and additional alternative employment.

Important conditions to ensure the targets are highly qualified and lore, the rich teaching, research and practical experience of professors, providing training in the master's program. Created over the years and continuously expanding material base, the availability of lecture and computer halls, modern licensed and specialized educational software library fund, own collections ensures a high level of training in the program.

Fundamental prerequisite for achieving educational goals is the structure and content of the curriculum. It was developed in two semesters for graduates majoring in "Geography " and " History " and " Geography and History ." For graduates from other fields of study is developed synchronously four semester curriculum. Four semester version of the Master's program provides additional wide- and interdisciplinary training for students who have acquired degree "Bachelor" in another specialty, which would be especially useful for graduates in "Tourism" for the acquisition of in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of natural and cultural heritage in order to exercise and a guided tour operator activity. Moreover, the curriculum allows, depending on the combination of elective courses in the last semester, to achieve more narrowly specialized expertise, ensuring successful adaptation to future masters of the conditions of dynamic labour market in Bulgaria. It is associated not only with theoretical knowledge but also the construction of the presentation skills of the natural and historical heritage of Bulgaria and the compilation of relevant attractive tourist products. The training ends with a thesis defence.

Extensive general and specialized culture that provides this training ensures graduate students competitive position of the tourism market in Bulgaria, the emphasis in the development of which in recent years has shifted to visit sites of natural and cultural heritage. Graduate students will be able to operate as managers of tourist services related to the development and maintenance of new programs and tourist destinations, or as guides and animators of tourist services, conduction of specialized lectures for single sites or routes of cognitive and environmental tourism. Thus expanding opportunities for alternative or complementary realization employment, which is particularly important for students from small towns in the regions has a significant, yet untapped potential for the development of various kinds of "gentle" tourism.

Graduate students can rely on the realization as scientists (geographers, historians) and university professors, experts in the state, regional and municipal administrations as specialists in the earth sciences, natural and social sciences, and specialists in administration policies in the field of rational use and protection of natural and cultural heritage as a prerequisite for sustainable regional development. In their careers, they may hold positions such as Head of recreation centers and cultural centers (museums, galleries, visitor centers, protected areas, etc.).