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Technical College - Yambol, a branch of Trakia University - Stara Zagora

About Technical College - Yambol

The Yambol district is the only one in Bulgaria, in which no branches or departments of other State Universities have been established or promoted, in order to prepare specialists in the “Bachelors” degree. The Yambol district borders the following regions of Burgas, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Haskovo and the Republic of Turkey.

The mission, goals and tasks of the specialization concern the preparation of specialists, needed in the industry.

The Technical college – Yambol has a rich 40- years History. The Technical College–Yambol was founded in 1964.

With Decree No 374/ 15.10.1997 of the Ministerial council it was transformed into a Technical college, part of the Trakia University–Stara Zagora, and with range of activities - training of technical staff and teachers.

From September 1984 the College used a new independently building.

The duration of studies of all majors is three years from 1989. Graduating students receive a Specialist’s degree and a teacher’s qualification.

Students are trained to be specialists who can carry out, organize and control all the activities in the chosen professional area. The theoretical and practical training in the compulsory courses of the divisions and the majors gives them an opportunity to work as specialists at state and private companies.

 

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Majors

  •  Motor transport an Agricultural equipment and Technologies. Necessity of the labour market in the country and the area, worked a change and unification of two majors Agricultural equipment and technologies, Repair and operation of motor transport equipment. Specialist’s degree that hold a Certificate for a professional qualification - "Driving instructor" - Category "T" and "C" at least. From the analysis in the Strategy for development of Yambol district, it is clear that in the coming years the development of Southeast Bulgaria will depend heavily on the introduction of effective technology in agriculture and progress in the biological field farming. This offers great perspectives for our graduates with a degree “specialist in…” and “bachelor’s“ with a specialization “Mechanical transport and agricultural machinery”, which prepare specialists with such scope.

  •  Automation, information and controlling equipment (AICE). Students graduating with this major have the chance to find a job as specialists in introducing, fixing and operating modern means in automation and computer-controlled equipment. The specialization “Automation, informational and operational machinery” (AIOM), which offers degrees “specialist in…” and “bachelor” is traditional, broad-ranged and with permanent applications in different branches of the national economy.

  •  Textile equipment and technologies (TET). They work as designers of clothing, technologists in sewing and textile production, clothing and textile advertising agents, designer of patterns in textiles, repair and technical specialists in textile and maintenance of textile and sewing machines, managers of dressmaking and tailoring, and knitting shops and fashion houses.

  • Technology of foods (TF). Our graduates can work as technologists and organizers of production technological processes in the Food, wine and tobacco industries, manufacture of refrigerators and network of shops, quality controllers of raw materials in foods production.

  •  Heat and gas supplying. This specialization is the only one in our country. No specialists have been educated in it until now in any educationally qualified degree in Bulgaria. This program has been accredited by the National agency for the evaluation and the accreditation in connection with the Ministry Council. Our graduates find professional realization in the following positions: undertakers, investors and managers of small and medium-sized companies for the construction of gas installations and their maintenance, operators of gas distribution at pumps and compression stations, supervisors of gas-main lines, managers of laboratory and service workshops for adjustment and repair of gas equipment and inspectors at gas rescue station.

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Accreditation

Because of conforming to the Higher education act on 18 Feb 1999 the Thracian university–Stara Zagora received an institutional accreditation with a decision of the National agency for evaluation and accreditation (NAEA) at the Ministerial council.  The following majors at the Technical College –Yambol were accredited of the National agency for evaluation and accreditation (NAEA) at the Ministerial council (06.02.2003and13.02.2003)    for a period of three years.

In 2005 The Technical College–Yambol received an institutional accreditation with a decision of the National agency for evaluation and accreditation (NAEA) at the Ministerial council for transforming in Technical faculty Bachelor degree.

We have contracts with various universities in the country regarding the continuation of the education of our graduates in the degrees “Bachelor” and “Master”.

In 2005 year we have an average of 4 applications from candidates for college students’ for one position in the College. In the Technical College we teach 289 students now.

 

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Teaching staff and International collaboration

Technical College–Yambol employs highly qualified lecturers and offers opportunities for their continuous improvement and increase of qualifications. Their publications, research papers and educational degrees serve as a proof of that. In the period from 1999 until now five lecturers have defended their dissertations and received a scientific educational degree “Doctor”, two lecturers have received the scientific degree “Doctor of Sciences”, four lecturers- the scientific title “Associate Professor” and one lecturer – “Full-time Professor”. Nine of our habilitated colleagues, who work in the College, are from the town of Yambol.

The college faculty consists of 2 professors’ doctor of science, 1 associate professor doctor of science, 5 associate professors with PhD degree and 2 assistant professors with PhD degree; 37 assistant professors and 5 of them are enrolled in PhD degree in self study training; 8 assistant professors are enrolled in PhD to the end of 2005 year. In 2005/2006 academic year 289 full-time students are enrolled.

For the educational development of our academic faculty and for the education and involvement of students in the scientific research activities have been equipped two computer offices; almost all of the lecturers have computers, connected to the Internet. The university also provides two multimedia projectors for our scientific research projects.

Technical College–Yambol has contracts with Universities in Ukraine and Turkey.

The college organizes and participates in international conferences and seminars. We have prepared projects for participation in the program Minerva, Socrates in cooperation with 9 partners from 6 countries – Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Romania and Ireland.

 

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Decree No 79
 

Of 9 May 2000 for Approving of Order for the state requirements for accepting students at universities and colleges of the Republic of Bulgaria.

 

Part IV
Accepting foreign citizens at universities and colleges of the Republic of Bulgaria

Art. 11 (1) Foreigners, holding a high school diploma which gives them the right to study at universities of their home country, are eligible to apply to universities and colleges of the Republic of Bulgaria.
(2) Foreigners are eligible to apply to universities and colleges of the Republic of Bulgaria:
1. by taking part in intergovernmental agreements for educational, scientific and cultural exchange;
2. according to acts of the Ministerial council;
3. under Art. 95 Par. 5 of the Higher education act
(3) Foreigners are also eligible to apply for studies under the terms and rules for accepting Bulgarian citizens at universities and colleges of the Republic of Bulgaria if:
1. they have a permanent residence status in the Republic of Bulgaria;
2. they have a refugee status
3. are of Bulgarian citizenship confirmed in compliance with Decree No 103 of the Ministerial council of 1993 for educating Bulgarians abroad (revised, The Gazette, issue 48 of 1993; corrected, issue 52 of 1993; changed and expanded, issue 54 of 1995, issue 20 of 1996, issue 38 and 73 of 1999).
(4) The number of applicants accepted under Par. 3 is set annually by the Ministerial council.
 

Par. 12 (1) Foreign applicants submit the following documents:
1. A form or application with short biographical information, as well as the preferred university or college and majors;
2. A copy of the High school diploma - for students who are to enroll for the complete course of studies;
3. An official transcript - for students applying for a partial course of studies;
4. A medical certificate issued within 1 month prior to the date of application and certified by the appropriate authorities in the home country of the applicant;
5. Two photos
(2) The documents described in Art 1, item 2, 3 and 4 must be legalized, translated and certified in conformity with the edicts of the international agreements of the Republic of Bulgaria with the country in which they were issued, and in case such agreements are not available, according to the general rules for legalization, translation and certification of documents.
 

Art. 13 (1) Applicants meeting the requirements of Art. 11 Par. 2 item 1 submit the documents described in Art. 12, at the Ministry of education and science, and are also admitted under the terms and rules set in the relevant agreements.
(2) The Ministry of education and science decides on the applicants admitted, and as for a partial course of studies the decision is made in coordination with the corresponding higher institutions.
 

Art. 14 Applicants meeting the requirements of Art. 11 Par. 2 item 2 submit their documents at the Ministry of education and science, and are admitted under the terms and rules set in the relevant act of the Ministerial council.
 

Art. 15 (1) Applicants meeting the requirements of Art. 11 Par. 2 item 3 submit their documents at the Higher institution of their choice, until 1 Sep in the year of applying.
(2) the minimum grade point average of courses in the diploma which are taken into account upon applying for certain majors, should not be lower than 60% of the maximum value of all grades in the diploma
(3) Decision about admitting applicants under Art. 1 is taken by the university or college within 1 month after submitting the documents.
(4) The universities and colleges send the documents of the approved by them students to the Ministry of education and science in order to conform to the Order about the terms and rules for visa issuance by the Diplomatic and Consulate agencies of the Republic of Bulgaria, approved with Decree No 35 of the Ministerial council of 1999 (The Gazette, issue 20 of 1999).
(5) The high school diplomas of the foreign citizens, accepted at a university or college in the Republic of Bulgaria, are legalized at the Ministry of education and science.

 

Part V
Language and specialized training of foreign citizens, enrolled as students in the Republic of Bulgaria

Art. 16 (1) Universities and colleges provide language and specialized training to foreign citizens, enrolled as students in the Republic of Bulgaria.

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