New Bulgarian University

NBU was established on 18 September 1991 by Bogdan Bogdanov and a group of Bulgarian intellectuals with a resolution by the Bulgarian Parliament.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://nbu.bg/en/about-nbu/new-bulgarian-university/history |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=nbu.bg |language=en}} NBU's main purpose was to modernise Bulgarian higher education. 2,500 students were welcomed during the first year. A test of general education was introduced in 1995 and established as a uniform standard for the reception of students in 1996.

NBU's Educational Museum was founded on 23 April 2010. The first exhibition was "Museum Network Resources". It was the final stage of the project "Educational Museum at New Bulgarian University". The project was funded by the National Fund for Research at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, the Cultural Heritage (study on national historic and culture legacy as a part of European culture heritage and advanced methods for preserving).[http://museum.nbu.bg Museum]

Since 2010, NBU is the home of 'The Slug Theater', where the university's drama club present their shows.

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The campus consists of two buildings (Buildings 1 and 2) housing the Aula, Library, University Theater, NBU Museum, UniArt Gallery, Medical Center, and a Sports Center surrounded with open green spaces.

The university has more than 100 halls, computer labs, language and simultaneous interpreting labs, a Mock Courtroom, an Arts Center with practice rooms and studios for students of music, fine arts, design and architecture with a total capacity of 2,500 seats.

NBU's academic library houses over 128,000 items accessed by 150,000 annual visitors.Library Statistics, NBU http://www.nbu.bg/index.php?l=981

NBU's IT and management departments rank high in the country.{{cite web|author=Economix |url=http://economix.bg/iznenadi-v-klasatsiyata-na-universitetite |title=Изненади в класацията на университетите |publisher=Economix.bg |access-date=2016-02-29}} As of 2014, NBU ranked second in Bulgaria according to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.{{cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/europe/bulgaria |title=Bulgaria - Ranking Web of Universities |publisher=Webometrics.info |access-date=2016-02-29}}

The Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science (or CEEC of Cognitive Science[http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/center/index.html NBU: CEEC of Cognitive Science], nbu.bg) undertakes research in fundamental and applied cognitive science.For example: Evgenia Hristova, Maurice Grinberg, [https://books.google.com/books?id=A8c1xgkXblIC&dq=Central+and+East+European+Center+for+Cognitive+Science&pg=PA183 Investigation of Context Effect in Iterated prisoner' Dilemma Game], CEEC of Cognitive Science, in Pierre Deransart, Bernard Lorho, Jan Maluszyński, Programming Languages Implementation and Logic Programming: International Workshop Plilp '88, Orleans, France, May 16–18, 1988. Proceedings, Springer, 1989 Research topics include: memory, thinking, language, learning, perception, context, applications to robotics, AI, and cognitive systems, cognitive economics, human factors and usability, education and learning methods. The center is co-directed by Boicho Kokinov and Jeff Elman.

The CEEC of Cognitive Science grants M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees[http://nbu.bg/cogs/center/progs.html The M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs] in cognitive science and organizes an annual summer school.[http://nbu.bg/cogs/events/ The series of Annual International Summer Schools in Cognitive Science started in 1994][http://nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2013.html 20th International Summer School in Cognitive Science]

• Bulgarian Center for Human relations
• Center for Social Practices
• Center for Public Administration
• Assessment Center
• South-East European Center for Semiotic Studies

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• National and International Security Studies
• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Biomedical Sciences
• Cinema, Advertising and Show Business
• Cognitive science and Psychology
• Architecture
• Design
• Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Economics and Business Administration
• Fine Arts
• Foreign Language Education
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• History
• Informatics

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• History of Culture
• Law
• Mass Communications
• Mediterranean and Eastern Studies
• Musical Arts
• New Bulgarian Studies
• Philosophy and Sociology
• Plastic Arts
• Political Sciences
• Theater
• Telecommunications
• Tourism

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• Administration and management
• Public administration
• Healthcare management
• Civil and corporate security
• Management and development of the organisation (facilitated distance learning)
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Cultural anthropology
• Visual arts
• Cinema and television
• Advertising
• Animated cinema
• Graphic design
• Photography
• Language and literature
• Bulgarian studies – theory of literature
• Bulgarian studies – linguistics
• Natural sciences
• Ecology and environmental protection
• Economics
• Finances
• Business administration
• Tourism
• Economics (distance learning)
• Business administration
• Information science
• Computer science
• Computer programming
• Applied information science
• History
• History of Bulgaria, the Balkans and Europe
• Archaeology
• Cultural heritage
• History of the Old World
• Computer media technologies
• Multimedia, computer graphics and animation
• Computer-aided music composition
• Culture and art
• Art studies
• Cultural studies
• Hotel and restaurant management
• Hotel and restaurant management (in the French language)
• Mass communications
• Personified audio-visual journalism
• Public relations
• Network technologies (in the English language)
• Network administration
• Internet programming
• Music
• Musical arts
• Sound engineering
• Musical pedagogy
• Opera directing
• Bulgarian folk arts
• Management and production in musical arts
• Plastic arts
• Painting
• Textile
• Artistic glass
• Design and architecture
• Fashion design
• Architecture
• Interior and spatial design
• Political sciences
• Political sociology
• International relations
• European studies
• Social work
• Political philosophy
• Political sciences (in the French language)
• International relations
• European studies
• Psychology
• Cognitive psychology, psychology of development and education
• Social and organizational psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Communicative disorders
• Theatre
• Contemporary and alternative theatre forms
• Psychological theatre
• Scenography
• Vocal and instrumental and dance theatre
• Telecommunications
• Telecommunication systems and technologies
• Management of postal communications
• Biomechanics
• Philosophy
• Ancient and medieval philosophy
• Contemporary philosophy
• Foreign languages and culture
• English studies
• German studies
• Spanish studies
• Egyptology in the English language
• Classical studies (Latin; ancient Greek language)
• Neohellenic studies (modern Greek language)
• Oriental studies (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish language)
• Romance studies (French language)
• Slavonic studies (Russian language)
• Foreign language teacher (distance learning)
• Artes liberales

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• Bulgarian Virtual University
• Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science

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• [http://www.nbu.bg/index.php?l=1 New Bulgarian University official website]
• [http://www.sociosemiotics.net/ South Eastern European Center for Semiotic Studies]
• [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14631377.2012.729306/ Efficiency and public funding for higher education in Bulgaria]

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