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Bulgaria Mathematics and Computer Science Tempus-Phare

In 1996 twenty two new Joint European Projects with Bulgaria were selected by the Tempus Office in Sofia.

TEMPUS is the European Union´s major instrument for the development and restructuring of higher education in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States and Mongolia.

This programme forms part of the overall PHARE and TACIS programmes of the European Union.

TEMPUS was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the European Union on 7 May 1990 and extended on 29 April 1993 for a second 4-year phase commencing with the academic year 1994/1995 (TEMPUS II).

Within TEMPUS II, TEMPUS PHARE and TEMPUS TACIS should be seen as two parallel but separate schemes in administrative and budgetary termes.

A TEMPUS II bis is envisaged, which would then run for two additional academic years 1998-1999/1999-2000.

The main objectives of the TEMPUS scheme are: to promote the quality and support the development and renewal of higher education in the PHARE and TACIS Partner States; to encourage their growing interaction and as balanced a cooperation as possible with partners in the European Union, through joint activities and relevant mobility.

Priority Areas:

TEMPUS, PHARE and TACIS will only support activities focusing on priority areas which are jointly identified each year by the national authorities of the Partner States and the European Commission.

Bulgaria Mathematics and Computer Science Tempus-Phare

Structural Joint European Project

Contract #S_JEP-11087-96

"Modular Education in Mathematics and Informatics"

University College London (University of London) is the Contractor for this project. The responsible contact person is Professor J.E. Jayne. The total of this contract is 395,850 ECU over three years beginning 1 September 1996. The main objective of the project is to restructure the existing curricula in Bulgarian universities to meet the requirements of the new Bulgarian national law regarding higher education. The emphasis will be placed upon the development of standard curricula for the Bachelor level degree for mathematics, informatics, applied mathematics, and mathematics and informatics for secondary school teachers for all of the Bulgarian universities. Since the Masters level education is expected to be concentrated mainly at Sofia University, such a standardization will allow students of other universities to satisfy the requirements of Sofia University for Post-Bachelor education. For the same reason the new curricula should be compatible with that of the corresponding EU universities.

In summary the objectives of the project are:

  • to establish a unified integral framework for two level--Bachelor and Post-Bachelor--education in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Sofia University and in the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at the Technical University of Sofia
  • to restructure the curricula and study programs for Bachelor degree courses in all Bulgarian Universities in
    • mathematics
    • informatics
    • applied mathematics
    • mathematics and informatics for secondary school teachers
  • to select basic courses for Post-Bachelor education in mathematics, informatics, applied mathematics, and mathematics and informatics for secondary school teachers
  • to design and develop a curriculum and study program for Bachelor and Post-Bachelor degrees in Industrial Mathematics to be implemented in the Technical University of Sofia
  • to improve computer facilities in order to support education at Sofia University and other Bulgarian Universities
  • to facilitate the expansion of contacts with the EU through the mobility of both staff and students
  • to manage the vast cultural and academic changes occasioned by the dramatic social changes throughout Europe and the rapid technological advances throughout the world

Activities

Coordinator and
Managing Director

Project Administrator

Professor J.E. Jayne
Department of Mathematics
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
Tel: +44-171-380 7322
Fax: +44-171-380 7322
e-mail: j.jayne@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucahjej/
Dr. C. Draganova
Higher Education Research and Development Unit
University College London
1-19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 6BT
Tel: +44-171-380 7322
Fax: +44-171-380 7322
e-mail: c.draganova@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucahcrd/

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