1. TODOR KABLESHKOV UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT SOFIA, BULGARIA 18 th AMO Meeting Sozopol, Bulgaria June 17 - 23, 2013

2. The Todor Kableshkov University of Transport in Sofia, Bulgaria trains students and postgraduate students for acquiring engineering and special qualification for the needs of transport and transport infrastructure who can find jobs in all fields of: land transportation; transport manufacturing; telecommunications; signalling; logistics; building industry; power engineering; management of transport.

3. UNIVERSITY HISTORY Founded as State Railway School in 1922, reorganized as Railway College in 1958 and Higher Military School of Transport in 1984, the Todor Kableshkov Higher School was demilitarized in 2000. At present, for more than 90 years, it has been a unique prominent centre of training specialists for the transport sector.

4. UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION The Todor Kableshkov University of Transport has a five-year institutional accreditation and has been implementing the System of Quality Management according to EN ISO 9001:2008 standard since 2003. The Todor Kableshkov University of Transport has been applying the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and issues diplomas with the European diploma application.

5. The Todor Kableshkov University of Transport trains students in two main fields of higher education : Engineering sciences Social, economic and legal sciences Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation Telecommunications and Computer Engineering Transport, Maritime and Aviation Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy General Engineering Economics in seven professional trends:

6. FACULTIES AND PROGRAMS 3 BSc Programs: Technology and Management of Transport Industrial Management Economics of Transport 6 MSc Programs: Technology and Management of Transport Economics of Transport Economics of Transport Companies Transport Management and Logistics Economics of Small and Medium Enterprises Project Management FACULTY OF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT

7. FACULTIES AND PROGRAMS - 2 2 BSc Programs: Telecommunication and Signalling Power Engineering and Electrical Equipment FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN TRANSPORT FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN TRANSPORT 3 MSc Programs: Telecommunication and Signalling Power Engineering and Electrical Equipment Electric Vehicles

8. FACULTIES AND PROGRAMS - 3 5 BSc Programs: Transportation Engineering Transport Equipment Railway Engineering Automotive Engineering Engineering Logistics and Building Machines FACULTY OF MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION TECNOLOGIES IN TRANSPORT FACULTY OF MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION TECNOLOGIES IN TRANSPORT 9 MSc Programs: Transportation Engineering Transport Equipment Engineering Logistics and Building Machines Computer Aided Design in Mechanical Engineering Auto Technical Expertise Internal Combustion Engines Railway Engineering Automotive Engineering Specialization in Building Structures

9. The three faculties train PhD students in 20 PhD Programs for the educational and scientific degree of Doctor.

10. Structure Research & International Relations Department Head of Department Sector: PhD Students, Research and International Relations Expert, PhD students, International Relations, Scientific Potential and Competitions Executive SecretaryExpert Activity, Innovations Expert, Projects External Funding Specialist, Projects External Funding

11. Main Tasks Research & International Relations Department Organizing, managing and controlling research activity: - financed be the state budget - financed by contracts with external companies and organizations - financed by national and international programmes Organizing and carrying out the International Scientific Conference TRANSPORT Organizing the participation of university’s lecturers in national and international scientific forums Organizing and carrying out the competitions for academic positions

12. Main Tasks Research & International Relations Department Organizing the procedures for dissertations defenses and the acquisition of PhD and Doctor of Science degrees Keeping and maintaining the scientific files of the academic staff Organizing and carrying out the attestation of the academic staff Organizing the competitions for PhD enrolment Administrating the PhD education Organizing and administrating PhD courses, developing specific research and academic knowledge and skills Keeping and maintaining PhD students files

13. Main Tasks Research & International Relations Department Implementing the organizational service of the Academic Council and General Assembly activities Keeping Academic Council and General Assembly archive Presenting the organization to international institutions and organizations; Initiating and managing relations with national and international institutions, including but not limited to Ministries, Embassies, Agencies, Universities, Associations, etc.

14. PARTNER UNIVERSITIES 1.Moscow State University of Railway Engineering /MIIT/, Russian Federation 2.Petersburg State Transport University, Russian Federation 3.Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University, Russian Federation 4.St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russian Federation 5.Moskow State Academy of Municipal Economy and Construction, Russian Federation 6.Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russian Federation 7.Karoly Robert College, Hungary 8.Union University, Faculty of Industrial Management Republic of Serbia 9.Railway College of Vocational Studies, Republic of Serbia 10.University of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia 11.University of Zilina. Slovak Republic 12.School of Economics and Management in Public Administration, Slovak Republic 13.Paris-Dauphine University, France 14.Faculty Of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia 15.Higher School of Administration and Business, Poland 16.University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, Slovenia 17.University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania 18.Center of Transportation at Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany 19.University of Nant, France 20.Belarusian National Technical University, Belarus

15. 10th-13th October, 2013 International House of Scientists, “Frederic Joliot Curie”, “St. Constantine and Elena”, Varna

16. Thank you for your attention! For contacts: Nadia Dimitrova, MBA Expert on PhD Students, International Relations, Scientific Potential and Competitions Ph: +359 885 278 146 E-mail: nadiadimitrova@vtu.bgnadiadimitrova@vtu.bg