| Business Department Undergoes Accreditation |
| Written by Magdalena Tsankova | |||
| Sunday, 10 February 2008 | |||
“This kind of visits are an exchange of ideas and experience between the traditional state universities and our university,” said Miroslav Mateev, a professor at the BUS department. There may be two main areas of concern regarding the program : the number of elective courses and the state exams, he said. “We have to find the most appropriate way [for state examination] in the form of a questionnaire or business case,” said Mateev, “we did it two years ago, and the students were not so happy to have a full exam in the end of their education.”
After visiting AUBG, the NEAA representatives visited the Elieff Center in Sofia to perform accreditation of its MBA program. This MBA program does not correspond to the Bulgarian standards, said Mateev, and the accreditation team might have concerns about its structure. The applicants need no prior business education. They have to take TOEFL and GMAT, and should have worked in the business field for at least two years. The accreditation team reviews the official documentation prepared by the faculty, as well as all the self-study reports. One of the things they have a particular interest in is the work study model, which gives students the chance to learn and to influence the university decisions, said Mateev. The Business and Public Administration majors in the whole country undergo the accreditation process simultaneously. After the evaluation process ends, the Standing Committee of the national Agency for Accreditation will publish the results. “The accreditation will give us the chance to prove that we are [among] the best [in Bulgaria],” Mateev said. “We can use the review to look at the strengths and weaknesses of our program,” said Alf Eastergard, current chair of the Business department. |
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