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October 11, 2007, Warsaw Tsvetan Bogdanov

Student Mobility in Student Mobility in Sofia University: Sofia University: Tendencies and Tendencies and

PerspectivesPerspectives

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A short History of

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski • The Sofia University "St. Kliment

Ohridski" is the first school of higher education in Bulgaria

• The authority of the School of Higher Education grows with the cultural and educational mission it acquires after the Liberation of 1878

• Today the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" is the largest and most prestigious educational and scientific center in the country

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Beginning of Socrates/Erasmus

Program in Sofia University

• Sofia University is turning into an active equal partner of the European institutions for higher education

• SU St. Kliment Ohridski starts the Programme in 1999 with 15 outgoing students

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Tendencies – positive initiatives

Academic

year

Total number of outgoing Erasmus students

Financed months of mobility of the

National Agency

Total amount

in finance agreement with

Bulgarian National Agency

Real amount of financing after Final

reports

Assimilation of the finances

according to the

finance agreement with the NA

Maximum

Monthly grant

500 €

/Countries/

Total number of incoming Erasmus students

2002/2003 67 493 223 725,00 € 202 940,00 € 90,70 % UK 14

2003/2004 109 702 304 725,00 € 280 943,10 € 92,19 % UK, DK 17

2004/2005 137 837 362 098,00 € 356 563,00 € 98,47 % UK, DK, SE 31

2005/2006 144 800 344 657,00 € 399 835,50 € 116,01 %

UK, DK, SE, FI, FR, DE, NL, BE,

AU, IE, LX, IT, SP, PT, GR, CY, CZ

47

2006/2007 186 1044,5 379 781,00 € 522 250,00 € 137,51%

UK, DK, SE, FI, FR, DE, NL, BE,

AU, IE, LX, IT, SP, PT, GR, CY, CZ, PL, HUN, LIT

70

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Tendencies – positive initiatives

Country Monthly Grant Student Mobility

Coefficients Annex 1 Annex 2 Total

United Kingdom 336 2,36 164,00 - 500

Denmark 314 2,20 186,00 - 500

Sweden 304 2,13 196,00 - 500

Finland 293 2,06 207,00 - 500

France 281 1,97 219,00 - 500

Germany 271 1,90 229,00 - 500

Netherlands 265 1,86 235,00 - 500

Austria 262 1,84 238,00 - 500

Belgium 247 1,74 224,36 28,64 500

Luxembourg 247 1,74 224,36 28,64 500

Ireland 246 1,73 223,46 30,54 500

Italy 236 1,67 214,38 49,62 500

Cyprus 220 1,54 199,84 80,16 500

Spain 217 1,53 197,13 85,87 500

Greece 214 1,50 194,39 91,61 500

Portugal 197 1,38 178,95 124.05 500

The Czech Republic 196 1,38 178,04 125,96 500

Poland 162 1,14 147,15 190,85 500

Lithuania 150 1,05 136,26 213,74 500

Hungary 143 1,01 129,90 227,10 500

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Development of Student Mobility from 1999 to 2007 years

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Agricaltural U

niversity

University of V

elikoT

arnovo

University of E

conomics -

Varna

Medical U

niversity - Sofia

New

Bulgarian U

niversity

Plovdiv U

niversity

Rousse U

niversity

Sofia U

niversity

Technical U

niversity ofS

ofia

UN

WE

- Sofia

UA

CE

G - S

ofia

UC

TM

- Sofia

2006/2007

TOTAL

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Development of Student Mobility

from 1999 to 2007 years

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Univ

ers

ity o

f

Econom

ics V

arn

a

Agric

ultu

ral

Univ

ers

ity

UN

WE

Sofia

Univ

ers

ity o

f Velik

o

Turn

ovo

Plo

vdiv

Univ

ers

ity

UA

CG

Sofia

New

Bulg

aria

n

Univ

ers

ity S

ofia

Technic

al U

niv

ers

ity

of S

ofia

UC

TM

Sofia

Rousse U

niv

ers

ity

Sofia

Univ

ers

ity2006/2007 TOTAL

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Executed whole spectrum of Student Mobility

•Students with severe disability or Exceptional Special Needs

•Zero Grant Student

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Prospects of growth in the LLP, 2007-2013 academic years in the Digital

World •Today’s Life Long Learning

Programme, with is variety of instruments for supporting inter-university cooperation, modernization and exchange

•But students will always be in the heart of the Programme.

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Student Mobility in Sofia University: Student Mobility in Sofia University: Tendencies and PerspectivesTendencies and Perspectives

Thank you for your Attention!

Mr. Tsvetan BogdanovLLP/Erasmus Operative Administrator

Centre of European Educational ProgramsInternational Relations Department

Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiPhone: + 359 2 944 64 23; + 359 2 9308 700

Fax: + 359 2 986 15 97E-mail: socrates@admin.uni-sofia.bg

socrates_su@yahoo.com