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Bulgarian Higher Education and Research. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Apostolov South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad EEU Annual Conference, June 22-23, 2012, Maastricht. Bulgarian Higher education and research system and structure
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Bulgarian Higher Education and Research Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Apostolov South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad EEU Annual Conference, June 22-23, 2012, Maastricht
Bulgarian Higher education and research system and structure • National Assembly – Committee for Education, Science, Children, Youths ans Sports • Ministry of Education, Youth and Science • National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency • Rectors’ Conference • Universities and Colleges (52+51) • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences • National Science Fund • Around 20 000 teaching and research staff in HES
Education, EmploymentandSocial Inclusion Unemployment rates in Bulgariaaccording to different education levels: 4,5 % with higher education 8,5 % with high education 22,7% with secondary education %unemployed aged betwenn 24-30г. according to the education level Source: European Commission, The European Higher Education Area in 2012
Source: Eurostat, 05.2012 Nubers of students in the HE system and 2020 targets Current % and 2020 targets • The percentage of HE graduates aged30-34 г. in 2010 е: • Bulgaria- 27,7 % • ЕС27 - 33,6%. • Bulgarian 2020 target -36% • Students enrolled in 2009-2010 accorrding to the different levels are: • Professional Bachelor (short cycle) – 28 947 • Bachelor and Master– 254 289 • PhD– 3 850
Source: European Commission, The European Higher Education Area in 2012 Enrolled and graduated rates • The difference between enrolled and graduated with Bachelor degree in 2009 is 20.8%. The difference between enrolled and graduated with Master degree is 3,2% . • For the period 2003/2004 - 2008/2009 in Bulgaria there is an encrease with 20% of those who enroll in HEIs. If this trend continues the 2020 target (36%) could be achieved Rate of enrollment between 2003/2004 - 2008/2009
Брой лица в програми за мобилност в ЕС (1000) Източник: Eurostat, 05.2012 Student mobility in the ЕС-27 • Student mobility from and to Bulgaria in 2009 is 23 of 1000 • Financial reasons remain the key obstacle for raising the rate of mobility
Graduates in Natural Sciences and Mathematics % of youngsters aged between 20-29 studied and graduated in the fields of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (2009): Bulgaria – 10,1 of 1000 ЕС-27 – 14,2 of1000 Source: Eurostat, 05.2012 Кадри с подготовка в областта на математическите и точните науки
The Universities as research centers and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) • 3.3% (or134 of the total4064) Bulgarian patents for the period 1994 – 2007 were registered by the universities; for the same period BAS had the share -3,3% (according to the Bulgarian Patent Bulletin) • 45.98% of all 22 170 research articles for the period 1999-2008 were published by the universities and 54,02% - by BAS
Public expenditures for HE - % GDP Sources: European Commission, The European Higher Education Area in 2012 Annual public expenditures of HEIs for their students as % fo the GDP per capita Sources: European Commission, The European Higher Education Area in 2012 Funding Higher education • Higher education funding in2009 is0,86% of GDP(0,19% of them allocated to supplementary measures and 0,02% for R&D • At the same time the public expenditures for a full-time student are very high compared to the Purchasing power index in Bulgaria– 43,7%
Higher education sector and Lifelong Learning • There is no an effective system for LLL in Bulgaria: • Only 12,6 % of people above 30 years old in Bulgaria study in HEIs or research organizations; • Only1,3% of the population participate in some form of LLL compared to the EU average of 9,3% • There is no a system in Bulgaria for recognition of prior, informal and non formal learning outside of the educational institutions. • Only 31% of the private companies in Bulgaria(2008) offer any kinds of qualification courses for their empoyees. %of the companies, which offer any kinds of qualification training to their employees Source: EC, The European Higher Education Area in 2012
Education profile of the Bulgarian workforce • 12,4% with secondary or lower education • 60,5% with high education • 27,1% with higher education
Research in Bulgaria and ЕС-27 • Total expenditures for R&D as %GDP (Eurostat 2010): • Bulgaria: 0,6% • ЕС-27: 2,00% • Expenditures of the private sector for R&D as % of GDP (2010): • Bulgaria: 0,3% • ЕС-27: 1,23% • Share of the private and public expenditures for R&D (2010): • In Bulgaria - 30:70 • In the OECD countries - 70:30 • % of the total public expences for R&D adopted by the universities (2009) • Bulgaria - 14% • ЕС-27 - 23,7%
Major policy changes • Recent: • National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure was developed and aproved by the Council of Ministers in 2010 • New Law on the Promotion of Academic/Research Staff enacted in 2010 • Launch of a National Ranking System in 2010 • Approvement of the National Qualification Framework in 2012 • Development of the National Research Strategy 2009 – 2019 • Expected: • New Higher Education Act • New Law for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences