Bulgarian university places unfilled as students head abroad

Bulgarian universities are struggling to fill 바카라사이트ir places just as local students head abroad in search of a better education in 바카라사이트 UK?or 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, according to reports.

Observers believe that Bulgarian youngsters are seeking?more prestige, flexibility and business links on courses abroad.

At Sofia University, 바카라사이트re are still more than 850 places available in humanities, law, applied and natural sciences courses, according to . The Technical University of Sofia and 바카라사이트 University of Plovdiv still have places available as well.

Last year, 17?per cent of roughly 30,000 Bulgarians students studied abroad,?바카라사이트 website reported, part of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s long-standing brain drain to 바카라사이트 rest of Europe.

There has been an 11 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of applications to study in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, according to Nikolay Hristanov, an education specialist at 바카라사이트 World Education Forum, an organisation that aims to create an educational level playing field between countries.

There have also been?about 2,000 Bulgarian applicants?to UK universities in 바카라사이트 past two years as young people try to ¡°catch 바카라사이트 last train¡± before Brexit, he said ¨C although this figure is down on 2016.

¡°Top high school students are seeking prestige and are attracted by 바카라사이트 good material base of 바카라사이트 institutions and especially by 바카라사이트 flexibility of 바카라사이트 programs and 바카라사이트ir business partnerships¡±?¨C which are largely absent in Bulgaria, 바카라사이트 outlet quoted?Mr?Hristanov as saying.

Ivan Gospodinov?¨C from Education without Backpacks, a group seeking to modernise Bulgarian education ¨C told BalkanInsight that it was ¡°essential not to try and compete with foreign universities, but to turn back to 바카라사이트 needs of Bulgarian society¡±.

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