Bulgarian higher education has traditionally strong schools in a number of professional fields. If our staff is sought by employers abroad and international companies in our country, this means that Bulgarian higher education creates competitive labor resources. This is the strongest attestation for the Bulgarian diploma, said in an interview with BTA Prof. Dr. Miglena Temelkova, Rector of the University of Telecommunications and Posts (UTP) and Chairman of the Council of Rectors of the Universities in Bulgaria.
When asked about the budget for higher education in 2025 and whether the salary increase of university professors started last year will continue, Prof. Temelkova replied that there is a legal norm in the Higher Education Act regarding remuneration and the executive should comply with it because the law is a law for everyone.
“As far as I know, the budget for higher education will not reach the 0.9% provided for by law, but I hope that the funds for salaries in all higher education institutions will be unconditionally secured, that funds will be allocated to an investment fund through which the material base of Bulgarian higher education institutions will be improved and that an option will be given to Bulgarian science to be developed through the creation of a research fund, because a strong economy is based on innovation and innovation is created by science,” said Prof. Miglena Temelkova.
N.B. This is a non-binding, AI translated text. Any difference between the Bulgarian original and the English translation should be treated in favor of the Bulgarian version.
