Erasmus ECTS Information Package

Erasmus ECTS Information Package
Faculty of EEEA
BUSINESS CARD of the University of Ruse (UR)
Name of higher education institution
“Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse
Type of higher education institution
Location and address
State University
8, Studentska Street, Ruse 7017, Bulgaria
Rector Prof. Hristo Beloev, MEng, PhD, DSc
Number of students for the academic year 2008-09: 9750
Number of international students: 311 from 17 countries
Number of PhD students for the period 2000-2011: 346
Full-time personnel: 705
of which faculty 538
full and associate professors 242
Number of degree programmes offered:
41 in 6 of the 10 major fields of study (education, humanities, economics and management,
mathematics and natural sciences, health care, engineering and technology)
The University of Ruse is the only university in the present and former Ruse region (with a population of
approximately 1 million), which complies with the international index “one higher education institution
per one million people”.
The University of Ruse ranks 13 th among the largest higher education institutions comparing indexes,
such as: number of state-approved vacancies for admission, overall number of students, number of
doctoral study students, size of state subsidy, applicants versus approved vacancies ratio, etc.
The University of Ruse is the only Bulgarian higher education institution, which is a regular member of
the European Association of the Universities from the Danube Countries.
The University of Ruse was accredited on 26 th January 2006 by the National Evaluation and
Accreditation Agency for a six–year period with the highest grade – “very good”.
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