University of National and World Economy

University of National and World Economy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search University of National and World Economy Университет за национално и световно стопанство Bobchev Logo unwe.png Latin: Universitas de nationalibus et mundi oeconomia Motto Духът прави силата Motto in English The Spirit Makes The Power Type Public Established 1920 Rector Dimitar Dimitrov Students 21 430[1] Location Sofia, Bulgaria Coordinates: 42°39′3″N 23°20′55″E Campus Urban Colours Purple Website www.unwe.bg/en Unss-bg.png The University of National and World Economy (Bulgarian: Университет за национално и световно стопанство) is a university in Sofia, Bulgaria. Notable alumni of the university are five Prime Ministers of Bulgaria – Reneta Indzhova, Stefan Sofiyanski, Ivan Kostov, Marin Raykov and Plamen Oresharski; the current Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund – Kristalina Georgieva; and the director of the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics and former Minister of Finance of Bulgaria Simeon Djankov. Contents 1 History 1.1 Founding 1.2 Communist period 1.3 Modern period 2 International Activity 3 Rating 4 Academic profile 5 Campus 5.1 Structure 6 Panorama 7 Notable alumni 8 References 9 External links History Founding UNWE was founded in 1920 as the Free University of Political and Economic Sciences (FUPES) by Stefan Bobchev and the Russian emigre Peter Bogaevsky with ordinance of the Minister of Public Education. In 1940 FUPES was transformed into the State Higher Education School of Finance and Administrative Sciences (SHESFA) and in 1947 SHESFA was transformed into a Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at Sofia University. Communist period Monument of Karl Marx in UNWE During the communist period in Bulgaria, the university was called the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics, but was renamed on April 27, 1990, soon after end of the communist era, due to the perceived failure of communism and, particularly, Marxist economics.[2][3] Modern period After the democratic changes in Bulgaria, the Academic Board (AB) passed a resolution renaming the Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics into the University of National and World Economy (On 27 April 1990 ). Officially this was done with an act of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria on the establishment and transformation of higher educational institutions (26 July 1995). Prof. Dimitar Panayotov Dimitrov is the current rector of the university, elected in December 2019.[4] International Activity UNWE is a leading and coordinating university for Bulgaria in the Central European Initiative for university networking.[5] Development of programmes providing mobility for students and academic staff (in the form of seminars, summer school or a master's degree programme) is in its initial stage. Application for funded joint education is done on the basis of already established contacts with universities from CEI member states whenever students and academic staff are in another foreign university. Rating Faculty Year founded Faculty of Finance and Accounting 1920 Faculty of Business 1949 Faculty of General Economics 1958 Faculty of Law 1991 (1920) Faculty of International Economics and Politics 1995 (1975) Faculty of Economics of Infrastructure 1995 Faculty of Management and Administration 1995 Faculty of Applied Informatics and Statistics 2008 University of National and World Economy is one of the eldest, most prestigious, and largest Universities of Economics in Southeast Europe, a leader in Bulgarian higher education. In 2006 UNWE was given the highest institutional evaluation among all Bulgarian universities by the National Agency for Assessment and Accreditation, in 2007 the professional field of Economics and in 2008 the professional fields of Administration and Management also received the highest estimate that has been given so far in Bulgaria. The University is not listed in any of the international rankings of universities (QS, Times, Financial Times, Shanghai CWUR ranking). University of National and World Economy is the absolute leader among students in the professional fields of Economics, Administration and Management in Bulgaria. By this criteria, according to the ranking system of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Open Society Institute, UNWE is № 1. Ranked by its social insurance income and by the number of registered unemployed UNWE again occupies the top positions: the professional field of Informatics and Computer Science is at the 8th place followed by the professional field of Economics 0.00% graduates of the professional field of Tourism have registered as unemployed. "Administration and Management", "Law" and "Political Science" at UNWE are the other professional fields at the forefront. It means that all of the six professional fields of education at UNWE are at the first positions in the rankings. It is the rating of 112 professional fields of higher education institutes in our country which give the students the opportunity to achieve the highest level of material well-being. Library view Traditionally, the highest number of applicants as well as a record number of A-students study at UNWE in comparison to other universities in the country. Since 2007, a unified exam (test) similar to the SAT test is used for admission to the university. Since 2008 it is also used for the professional fields. The University ranks second in Bulgaria by the realization of its graduates and the majority of them hold extremely favourable positions in the labour market. State and private employers adopt UNWE as synonymous with the excellent training and professionalism of its graduates. Only in the recent few years among its graduates there are four prime ministers, vice prime ministers, ministers, a president of the National Assembly, many deputies, a President of the National Audit Office, a chief prosecutor, a lot of bankers, businessmen and many others.