INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

The University of Ruse is significantly enhancing its international engagement through active participation in a variety of initiatives, including:

•  Scientific and applied research programs of the European Union, such as HORIZON Europe, the Digital Europe Program, and Life.
• EU scientific and educational programs like ERASMUS+, ERASMUS MUNDUS, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
• National and transnational programs e.g., the "Research, Innovation and Digitization for Smart Transformation" (2021-2027), the Recovery and Resilience Plan, the INTERREG Danube Region Programme (2021-2027), the INTERREG Romania-Bulgaria Programme, the EEA Financial Mechanism, the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, as well as Science for Peace and Security Program, COST actions and CEEPUS.
• Collaborative programs with China through the Confucius Institute and partnerships with the French Institute (Institut français de Bulgarie).
• We have established bilateral cooperation agreements with over 130 universities and research institutes across 31 countries, further strengthening our global academic network.

The University is committed to organizing and participating in international events, joint trainings, and summer schools; it also offers mutually recognized diplomas and provides quality education and opportunities for professional realization.

The University of Ruse is one of the first Bulgarian universities which started its participation in the ERASMUS programme. Now there are more than 600 bilateral agreements signed with universities and companies from 60 countries around the world (30 of them from EC). At least 80 undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD-students are annually involved in all EU exchange programmes.