University of Economics – Varna

Duration: 1 year; 1.5 years

Language: Bulgarian

Mode of study: Full-time

Specific courses:

• Introduction into Banking
• Theory of Financial Intermediation
• Bank Transactions

Specialized courses:

• Strategic Bank Management
• Management of Bank Staff
• Financial Engineering
• Prevention of Breaches in Banks
• Master Seminar
• Bank Marketing
• Risk Management in Banks
• Bank Controlling
• Comparative Banking Systems

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Graduate students gain knowledge and skills, related to strategic management of banks, consulting of clients in various business sphere of banking; asset portfolio management; use of financial derivatives in bank transactions, marketing management in banks, human resources managements, bank risk management, controlling of structures, models, processes, identification and prevention of breaches in banking, evolution, structure and regulation of banking systems.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Graduates can find realization in the banking system and occupy positions in central banks, commercial banks and other financial institutions. They can work as:

• Corporate financial managers;
• Heads of departments;
• Director of departments and branches;
• Cash, marketing, controlling or risk managers;
• Consultants in sphere of retail banking, private banking, corporate banking, investment banking, and etc.
• Back- and middle-offices managers;
• Experts in internal bank revision and control
• Compliance managers
• Financial analysts
• Credit experts
• Managers of financial centers
• Regional managers
• Managers in call-centers;
• Heads of sectors;
• Experts in management of family offices
• Project managers;
• Facility managers;
• Senior analysts in directorates;
• Monetary policy experts
• Experts and analyst in other financial institutions – investment mediators, financial-brokerage houses, stock exchanges, leasing and other financial companies.

Graduates can continue their education as PhD students and to find realization in scientific sphere as lecturer in specialized economic disciplines in secondary schools and universities.