VUZF University is accredited for Doctoral Studies by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency–NEAA, which is a full member of The European Association for Quality Assurance of Higher Education–ENQA and a full member of The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education–EQAR. The doctoral programs comprise a large specter of the professional direction “Economics”: Finance, Business, Insurance, Social and Health Insurance, Banking, Marketing, Accountancy, Control, Audit and Analysis, Financial Mathematics, Management, Innovations, Entrepreneurship and anything connected with Economics.

VUZF University has a long tradition in preparing highly qualified specialists covering the needs of Economics but also of research. The high-grade training of our students and PhD students in all educational programs classified them among the most preferred personnel not only in business but in academic institutions too.

Among the various master programs are: Economics (Leadership and Management); Financial Management and Marketing; Accounting, Control and Corporate Analysis; Insurance Business and Risk Management; HR Management and Leadership; Audit and Risk Management (in cooperation with Bureau Veritas); Digital Marketing and Business Finance; Circular Economy and Sustainable Management (in cooperation with Cleantech); Bank Management and Investments (in cooperation with FiBank); Management of Processes, Project and People in IT Industry (in cooperation with Naxex).

The VUZF University master and doctoral programs fit to people who wish to acquire profound fundamental economic knowledge to be applied in their professional practice and career. The student and PhD student development in the field of Economics is in agreement with the needs of the contemporary practice and raises its competitiveness giving priority to innovative investigations that support science and business. The high quality education and research activity in VUZF University are supported by several journal editions, in which the students and PhD students could publish their research papers. Contracts between VUZF University and several foreign universities together with participations in European projects and programs contribute in this direction strongly.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radostin Vazov

Director of research unit „International PhD and Master’s Programs and Projects and International Collaboration“