About Us
The International Centre for Bulgarian Studies (ICBS) is a structural unit of St.Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, with its specific activity supported by the Ministry of Education and Science as part of the teaching, research and international activity. The main purpose of ICBS is to strengthen the Bulgarian studies abroad through educational, research, applied and publishing programs. The academic understanding of foreign Bulgarian studies includes teaching and learning the Bulgarian language, literature and civilization (history, traditions, culture, modern aspects and achievements of the Bulgarian society in different spheres). ICBS is a partner of those institutions which are concerned about the Bulgarian education in the academic and cultural space in Europe and worldwide. Along with the tuition programs offered, the Centre continues the good practice and the experience of all previous teams who have contributed to its establishment as well as to its high rating abroad. The language education is organized in accordance with the criteria of language competence according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Along with its stable development and its activity, ICBS is part of the modern aspect and the inherited spirit of the town of Veliko Turnovo (www.studentholidays.com; www.veliko-turnovo.com), the old capital of Bulgaria (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria) – as a traditional centre of the Slavic and the Orthodox Christian Spirituality.
The University of Veliko Turnovo (www.uni-vt.bg) continues the educational and cultural traditions of the famous medieval Literature School of Turnovo, 13th- 14th Centuries, embodies the spiritual continuity and the preserved cultural identity of the Old capital of Bulgaria during the Ottoman Empire, 15th-19th Centuries. It is the first university established out of the capital Sofia (1963) and offers a wide scope of subjects for more than four decades, including a series of European academic programs and various forms of international collaboration.
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BULGARIAN STUDIES accepts participants with scholarships in bilateral programs for cultural and academic exchange with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science. It is also open to participants by cooperation agreements between universities, by European programs for students’ and lecturers’ mobility, individual participants and groups against payment: students, lecturers, interpreters, journalists, businessmen, professionals and amateurs, people of all ages.
