Varna University of Management
Висше училище по мениджмънт - Варна
Private specialised higher school · Varna · www.vum.bg
The website answered with an automated browser check when we looked on 6 November 2026.
English name tidied by us from the register's.
Latest institutional decision
8.88 / 10
Accredited, grade 8.88, to 11 Apr 2030
Bachelor's and master's programmes
15
13 bachelor's, 2 master's
Taught in English
11
Accredited doctoral programmes
1
of 1 in the register — counted, not listed
Institutional accreditation
| Decision | Grade | Term | Capacity set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accredited | 8.88 | 11 Apr 2024 – 11 Apr 2030 | 2,000 |
| Accredited | 8.51 | 25 Jan 2018 – 25 Jan 2023 | — |
Grades are the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency's (NEAA), out of 10, as the register lists them. They are shown as facts, never used to rank, and a grade from one procedure isn't comparable with another's. Terms are compared with the date we read the register only; where a listed term has ended, the register lists no later decision, and this page doesn't say whether the institution is accredited now.
Capacity is the maximum number of students an accreditation decision allows — a ceiling, not the number enrolled. The register holds no student numbers; the ministry's Rating System, which has them, sits behind a browser check we don't bypass, and the national open-data portal refused our connection.
Professional fields accredited (6)
| Professional field | Decision as listed | Term | Bachelor's capacity | Master's capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3. Pedagogy of teaching inПедагогика на обучението по | Accredited, grade 8.53 | 23 Nov 2023 – 23 Nov 2027 | 40 | — |
| 3.7. Administration and ManagementАдминистрация и управление | Accredited, grade 8.77 | 17 Apr 2019 – 17 Apr 2024term ended | 300 | 240 |
| 3.8. EconomicsИкономика | Accredited, grade 8.8 | 30 Jan 2019 – 30 Jan 2024term ended | 220 | — |
| 3.9. TourismТуризъм | Accredited, grade 9.07 | 6 Aug 2025 – 6 Aug 2029 | — | — |
| 4.6. Informatics and Computer studiesИнформатика и компютърни науки | Accredited, grade 9.08 | 13 May 2019 – 13 May 2025term ended | 130 | — |
| 5.12. Food technologiesХранителни технологии | Accredited, grade 8.26 | 24 Apr 2025 – 24 Apr 2029 | — | — |
The register's current record for each field; earlier decisions for the same field are kept by the register and not shown. Bachelor's capacity includes professional bachelor's; a capacity the register gives as 0 or leaves blank is shown as —, since the register uses 0 even for fields with programmes. Some older records carry no grade or procedure.
Programmes (15)
By degree in our order, then by name.
Professional bachelor's9 programmes
| Programme | Form | Length | Language | Faculty or unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business administrationБизнес администрация | Full-time | 3 years | English | Международен колеж |
| Gastronomy and culinary artsГастрономия и кулинарни изкуства | Full-time | 3 years | English | Международен колеж |
| Marketing and management in the hospitality sector and tourismМаркетинг и управление в хотелиерството и туризма | Part-time | 3 years | Bulgarian | Международен колеж |
| International business and managementМеждународен бизнес и мениджмънт | Full-time | 3 years | English | Международен колеж |
| Pedagogy of teaching Economics and managementПедагогика на обучението по Икономика и мениджмънт | Full-time | 3 years | Bulgarian | Международен колеж |
| Pedagogy of teaching hospitality and restaurant managementПедагогика на обучението по хотелиерство и ресторантьорство | Full-time | 3 years | Bulgarian | Международен колеж |
| Software systems and technologiesСофтуерни системи и технологии | Full-time | 3 years | English | Международен колеж |
| Hotel managementХотелски мениджмънт | Full-time | 3 years | English | Международен колеж |
| Food Science in Culinary ArtsХранителни технологии в кулинарните изкуства | Full-time | 3 years | Bulgarian | Международен колеж |
Bachelor's4 programmes
| Programme | Form | Length | Language | Faculty or unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business administrationБизнес администрация | Full-time | 4 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
| International business and managementМеждународен бизнес и мениджмънт | Full-time | 4 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
| Hospitality and culinary artsХотелиерство и кулинарни изкуства | Full-time | 4 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
| Hotel managementХотелски мениджмънт | Full-time | 4 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
Master's after a degree2 programmes
| Programme | Form | Length | Language | Faculty or unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business administrationБизнес администрация | Full-time | 2 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
| International tourismМеждународен туризъм | Full-time | 2 years | English | Faculty of Economics |
Programmes are the bachelor's and master's programmes in the register, one row per programme and form of study (full-time and part-time are two rows). Doctoral programmes are counted, not listed. Languages are the register's language of instruction; English names are the register's own, shown only where they read as a name.
What isn't here
Not in the register: enrolment, fees, entry scores and graduate outcomes. Faculties and branches are in it, but most carry no link to their institution, so they aren't listed here.
Students from abroad: the European Commission's Study in Europe profile says applicants apply under EU-citizen rules, through bilateral agreements or as international non-EU students, and should check each university's admission requirements.
Also in Varna: Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – Varna, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Technical University of Varna, University of Economics - Varna, Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar"
Source: National Centre for Information and Documentation (NACID) — Register of Higher Education Institutions (Регистър на висшите училища), kept for the Ministry of Education and Science; read 6 November 2026. Accreditation grades are the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency's. English names and labels, grouping and order are ours; contact data left out. Not endorsed by NACID.
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