University of Agribusiness and Rural Development

University of Agribusiness and Rural development was founded in 1992 by a decision of Bulgarian Government and accredited by National Agency of evaluation and accreditation to the Council of Ministers as Higher School “Agricultural College”. The college was established based on a model of the British Lackham College of Chippenham. Following 20 years of successful development and a number of accreditation procedures, now University of Agribusiness and Rural Development is the biggest private university in Bulgaria which train specialists in the field of agribusiness and rural development.

University of Agribusiness and Rural Development is well-experienced in international and regional projects preparation, management and implementation embracing a number of successful activities in the fields of:

• Sustainable development.
• Organic farming, management and entrepreneurship.
• Networking concerning ecological agricultural production and management.
• Integration and implementation of a Quality Assurance System in organic food retailing.
• Investigations on ecological plant and animal food production, management and enptrepreneurship in different regions.
• Transfer of innovative technologies for SMEs.
• Transfer of innovative technologies for SMEs.

• To provide quality academic product at all levels: Professional Bachelor’s,Bachelor’s, Master’s degrees, and continuing education and lifelong learning to Bulgarian and foreign citizens in the field of agribusiness, rural development, tourism, economics, management and administration.
• In today's knowledge-based economy, to be educational, research and expertise center for economic and management sciences, based on the relationship between education, science, academic cooperation and entrepreneurship, according to the individual requirements of its students and the conditions for successful professional realization and career development in the market environment, and at the same time educating them in the European values.
• To prepare highly qualified specialists in th efiled of Management who are familiar with the economic, historical and cultural traditions of regions and are able to respond promptly and effectively to the challenges of the real sector and contribute to preparation and implementation of major development projects in Bulgaria and Europe.

The Higher School "Agricultural College" is founded on October 23rd , 1992 by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Since 1993 the Higher School provides for students scholarships and traineeships in Europe and the U.S.A.
Since 1994 several projects have been carried out, funded by the European Union under Programs Tempus, Phare, Interreg, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates - Comenius.

The National Assembly converted Agricultural College into an independent higher education institution.The same year Center for Integration and culture is revealed with a library and academic publishing house.

By a decision of the National Assembly from the Higher School "Agricultural College" is transformed into University of Agribusiness and Rural development, which provides training in "Bachelor" and "Master" degrees.

The University of Agribusiness and Rural development became a member of the Alliance of Central Eastern European Universities.