WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN THE MASTER PROGRAM?

This is one of the most prospective master program now! The duration of this master program is 2 semesters
( one year ) with blended mode of study.

For potential students

  • Are you all about making a social impact? Come and join our especial social entrepreneurship program taught by the Miller Center at Santa Clara University in the heart of Silicon Valley.
  • Do you believe you can be an innovator? This can the taught in the Master in Entrepreneurship program.
  • Are you at this point of your development where you can benefit from world-class mentors? You can find them at our Master in Entrepreneurship program!
  • Would you like to master your management skills? Learn what you need know.
  • Are you looking to develop the necessary mindsets to run businesses and conquer the world? Come and join us.
  • Do you need to develop you sales and marketing skills to enable your business to go "cross-borders"? Come and learn from a real time practitioner from Silicon Valley.

For institutions / partners

  • Do you struggle to keep your best employees? Invest in their professional career.
  • What do you need to do to stay ahead of your competitors? We teach innovation, we practice entrepreneurship, we constantly develop to be the best, and you can do it with us.
  • Do you need to develop talents? You can sponsor their education now and work with them at the same time.
  • Do you want to attract international entrepreneurs to your company? Come and apply for interns.
  • Do you want to build an "Entrepreneurial" culture within your business? We can help.


For investors

  • Are you in search for your next business venture? We are working with new businesses and you can possibly find your next big exit here.
  • Do you feel ready to pass your knowledge to the next generation? Come and join our fantastic team of speakers
  • Do you need to grow your team with educated talent in entrepreneurship? You may want to sponsor their master program now to work with them in the future.







FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PROGRAM


Description: The Master in Entrepreneurship (MiE) Program is a two-semester graduate-level academic program for active professionals and entrepreneurs from Bulgaria and the CEE region. In mid- to long-term the Program will seek to expand and include Turkey and the Middle East. The Program is designed to develop entrepreneurial mindset and shape skills needed for effective initiation, and execution of entrepreneurial projects across different contexts: business, social services, art, sciences, politics, etc.


Mission: To inject entrepreneurship into the DNA of students from CEE (and the broader target region) by activating their entrepreneurial potential and innovation-oriented culture equipping them to execute impactful entrepreneurial projects across market, non-business and social contexts.


Vision: The Program will be the leading and most impactful program activating the entrepreneurial potential and enhancing the skillset of aspiring entrepreneurs in the CEE region, and contributing to the stronger positioning of the region’s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems.


AMBITIONS: THE PROGRAM WILL:


✓ Be a state of the art program designed and executed according to leading cutting-edge thinking principles in entrepreneurship and business education;

✓ Be a program of regional significance impacting the entrepreneurial potential of young professionals across CEE countries;

✓ Enable the forming of a powerful knowledge network creating a growing community of proactive entrepreneurially-minded professionals eager to impact the socio-economic success of CEE countries;

✓ Contribute to the lifting of Bulgaria and CEE countries from the bottom of the EU in terms of economic development by keeping talent (and their businesses) at home and enabling them to market their products and services across borders.


OVERALL APPROACH

The Program will be grounded on the philosophy that entrepreneurship can be taught and disciplined on the basis of combining the delivery of knowledge from specific areas relevant to any entrepreneur, training of specific soft skills that enable the navigation of expected steps and challenges in the entrepreneurial process, and hands-on learning experiences that are designed around real-world entrepreneurial ventures.


THE PROGRAM

Below is a preliminary program structure for the Program proposed on the basis of comparative analysis of leading academic programs in entrepreneurship and knowledge about the specifics and existing needs of the ecosystems in the CEE region. Emphasis is placed on gradual understanding of the fundamental principles of business thinking, market culture and innovation.



PROGRAM APPROACH & LECTURER PROFILES

Program Approach & Lecturer Profiles

PROGRAM INGREDIENTS:


The Program will be designed around the contemporary thinking about effective business and entrepreneurship education emphasizing the building of fundamental knowledge, shaping of specific personal and professional skills, and engagement in experiential learning that prepares students for navigating their ideas through an effective entrepreneurial process. To achieve this the program will consists of three fundamental pillar elements the combination of which will produce powerful enabling effect and lead to gradual upgrade of the entrepreneurial mindset of students.


The three pillar elements are:
1) Classical courseware – delivering fundamental knowledge in areas that are relevant for successful entrepreneurship such as law for entrepreneurs and managers; accounting; fundamentals of business strategy; marketing principles; leadership and finance.
2) Facilitated experiential learning – shaping targeted soft skills identified as essential for successful team building and customer satisfaction and guiding students through an interactive, disciplined process of planning, preparing and executing an entrepreneurial project.
3) Inspirational real-life storytelling – presenting first-hand real-life stories of entrepreneurs, many of whom shared the same national and cultural background as the MiE students, revealing the ups and downs in their personal experience of initiating, leading, failing and succeeding with new ventures and social initiatives in similar national.





PARTNERS OF THE PROGRAM


partner of vfu
partner of vfu
partner of vfu

8000

Happy Students

20

World Wide Top Mentors

30

World Wide Top Lecturers

100%

A brilliant career

 

NOW YOU ARE READY TO APPLY, AREN`T YOU?

We are providing you a few fast steps for applying to the Master Degree Program of "ENTREPRENEURSHIP". Please follow them and you will see how fast and easy you could become a part of one of the most valuable program, created because of the partnership between Varna Free University and Bulgarian Entrepreneur Center.

Semester Tution Fee: BGN 2200 (the very best of the candidates can win a scholarship)

You can apply until the 20th of January 2020

 

1. REGISTER

We need to know about you, so please fill your current and correct information. And then check your email address

2. LOGIN AND UPLOAD YOUR FILES!

ATTACH Recommendations, CV and Cover Letter!



3. TAKE A DEEP BREATH, WE WILL CONTACT YOU!

Our team members will receive your application request and will contact you with more information. They will help you trough all the steps to the formal application process.


4. BE READY!

Well, open your mind and be ready for a great and life changing experience. After this Master Program you will be ready to win a StartUp, to create own company and / or to become an irreplaceable part of a fast developing company.

WATCH IT! BEC AT VFU - VIDEO


DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE MASTER PROGRAM BETTER?

If you are interested about the partnership between the university and the BEC organization, please feel free to take a look to the news section below.

МАЙКЪЛ МАРВИН - ТОП ПРЕДПРИЕМАЧ ОТ САЩ И ЛЕКТОР В МАГИСТЪРСКАТА ПРОГРАМА ПО ПРЕДПРИЕМАЧЕСТВО, ПРЕД BTV

July 13, 2019

Топ предприемачът от САЩ Майкъл Марвин e лектор в магистърската програма по предприемачество на Варненски свободен университет. Вижте разговорът му с репортера Десислава Кръстева в предаването "Тази събота и неделя" на bTV.
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Майкъл Марвин, предприемач, създател на Tech Valley в САЩ, пред „Труд“: Имате блестящи млади хора, насърчавайте ги!

May 15, 2019

"Имате блестящи млади хора, насърчавайте ги!", каза топ предприемачът от САЩ Майкъл Марвин пред журналиста вестник "Труд" (бр. № 112, 15 май 2019, с. 12-13.) Майкъл Марвин е лектор в Магистърската програма "Предприемачество" на Варненски свободен университет "Черноризец Храбър" и Българския център по предприемачество. Програмата пренасе в България най-добрите практики на лектори от Силициевата долина, както и богатия опит на световно известни предприемачи, постигнали впечатляващи резултати...
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VARNA FREE UNIVERSITY AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN FINANCIAL ADVISER AND INVESTMENT MANAGER LARRY BIEHL SIGN PARTNERSHIP MEMORANDUM

May 29, 2018

A tripartite agreement on understanding and cooperation will be signed between Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar, the Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Centre Foundation and the InterCulture Foundation of the US Financial Advisor and Investment Manager Larry Biehl. The document will launch a wide range of activities, including the start of a master's degree programme in entrepreneurship with lecturers from Silicon Valley.
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The Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Center (BEC) Foundation is a Bulgarian public benefit foundation formed to encourage and support aspiring entrepreneurs in Bulgaria.

2018

Its mission is to help Bulgarians develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem whereby programs are formed to educate, mentor, fund, and service entrepreneurial endeavors, on an all-inclusive basis, and thereby promote prosperity through economic development. In short, BEC Foundation works to inject entrepreneurial attitudes and skill sets into the Bulgarian DNA in order to inspire and enable people to prosper and serve their community.
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VARNA FREE UNIVERSITY STARTS A MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH MENTORS FROM THE SILICON VALLEY

JUNE 1, 2018

A tripartite agreement on understanding and cooperation was signed between Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar, the Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Centre Foundation and the InterCulture Foundation of the US Financial Advisor and Investment Manager Larry Biehl. The document launched a wide range of activities, including the start of a master's degree programme in entrepreneurshipwith lecturers from Silicon Valley.
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OUR EXPERIENCE COLLECTED IN PHOTOS

The lecturers of VFU has a lot of experiences in different fields as: StartUps, Accelerators, Hackathons etc. Take a look at the gallery to understand our activities ...

Dean Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Tankova PhD
at Design at Stanford

Dean Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Tankova PhD
at Design at Stanford

Dean Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Tankova PhD
at Hasso Plattner institute of Design at Stanford

VFU inspired by WEBIT FESTIVAL | 2018

VFU looking to the professions of the future

Our students at StartUp Weekend - Varna

3D printing at FUNCITY+ 2018

VFU Computer Science Students - members of Blockchain Dev Team

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