Висше училище по мениджмънт (ВУМ) | |
Motto | Developing Leaders since 1996 |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1996 |
Rector | Assoc. Prof. Todor Radev, PhD |
Location | Varna, Dobrich, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | Blue |
Affiliations | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
Website | www |
The Varna University of Management (Bulgarian: Висше училище по мениджмънт, abbr. ВУМ), is an international business school located in Varna, Bulgaria.
Its primary campus is in Varna. The university awards Bachelor's and master's degrees in the fields of Business and Marketing, IT, Tourism, Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts.
VUM offers programmes fully taught in English language both for Bachelor's and Master's level:
Undergraduate programmes are also taught in Bulgarian language.
Culinary Arts Institute (CAI) is a part of VUM. It offers a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts. The programme is taught in English.
VUM offers summer language courses and preparatory semesters for students who need to improve their English.
VUM encourages students to spend 1-2 semesters abroad. The school has experience in international exchange with over 100 European universities, plus a few outside Europe. They participate in the Erasmus+ programme.
VUM has partnership agreements with more than ten universities in Europe, to transfer to or from, after their first or second years. Transfer result in dual degrees.
VUM has a library with more than 20 000 books and articles in Marketing, Management, Tourism, IT, etc. The VUM library provides access to electronic databases such as EBSCO, Scopus, ScienceDirect, etc.
The University operates a number of its own training companies (restaurants, a tour agency, a facility management company and an accounting agency) where students can get training, do their internships or launch their careers.
The Culinary Arts Institute boasts a fully equipped laboratory designed for cooking experiments, sensory analysis and research of colour, smell and texture of food products.
For information about the dormitory, please see Accommodation.
VUM is one of very few universities in Bulgaria with programmes fully taught in English and strong international orientation. The university's diversity of students is rich, with students from more than 40 countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, India, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Turkey, China, France, Spain, etc.
VUM ranks among the top 40 business school according to the "General Performance" criterion in Central and Eastern Europe
VUM also ranks 7th among all business schools in Central and Eastern Europe, according to the "International Orientation" criterion.