Burgas Free University

Burgas Free University

Бургаски свободен университет
Type	Private
Established	September 18, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-09-18)
President	prof. Petko Chobanov, PhD
Rector	prof. Milen Baltov, PhD
Location	Burgas , Bulgaria
Affiliations	Balkan Universities Network
Website	https://www.bfu.bg/bg

Burgas Free University (BFU) is a private university located in Burgas, Bulgaria. It is one of the first non-state universities in Bulgaria, established in the industrial and cultural centеr in the south-eastern region of the country, Burgas.

• President: Prof. Petko Chobanov, PhD
• Rector: Prof. Milen Baltov, PhD
• Vice-Rector: Prof. Mariya Alexieva, PhD
• Deputy Rector of Academic Affairs and Accreditation: Darina Dimitrova^[1]

• Faculty of Legal Studies ^[2]
• Faculty of Business Studies ^[3]
• Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering ^[4]
• Faculty of Humanities ^[5]

Burgas Free University offers admission ^[6] to Bachelor's,^[7] Master's ^[7] and Doctoral ^[7] programs in specialties imposed in practice and guaranteeing successful professional realization.

Burgas Free University /BFU/ was established with an Act of The Great National Assembly on 18 September 1991, and is one of the first non-state universities in the country.

• BFU is a member of the European Universities Association /EUA/.
• It has signed Agreements of Cooperation with 36 universities and organizations in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.
• It implements students and staff exchange programmes with 24 universities in Europe.
• It participates in the ECTS.
• It works under joint international projects with more than 100 universities and organizations.
• BFU is a partner of UNESCO under the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Prpgramme, and is a host institution of UNESCO Chair on Culture of Peace and Human Rights.^{[citation needed]}

Its building was constructed in 2004 and has a total area of 22,500 square meters. The building of BFU was awarded the “Building of the Year” Prize for 2004 in a competition organized by the Ministry of Regional Development of Bulgaria, in the area of architecture and civil engineering, and its architect was elected “The Architect of the Year".^{[citation needed]}