University of Economics – Varna

Corporate Marketing

Degree: Master

Type of education: Full-time, Distance learning, Distance learning (January Admission), Full-time (January Admission)

Number of semesters: 2

Professional qualification: Economics

Professional field: ECONOMICS

First year: 2024

Duration: 1 year; 1.5 years
Language: Bulgarian
Mode of study: Full-time

Specific courses:

  • Market Research
  • Marketing Management
  • Consumer Behaviour

Specialized courses:

  • Distributing Practices and Decisions
  • Corporate Marketing Strategies
  • Client Relations Management
  • Marketing Diagnosis and Auditing
  • Corporate Communication and Public Relations
  • Innovation Marketing
  • Master Seminar
  • Corporate Marketing Security (elective)
  • Data Bases Marketing (elective)
  • Marketing of Organised Markets (elective)

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Graduates of this programme can effectively plan, coordinate and manage marketing activities in various organisations. They are able to perform diagnosis of marketing activities, to manage effectively business communications and to improve market positions of firms.

This programme aims at providing systematic knowledge and practical skills integrated in the following areas:

  • Company marketing management and their market development;
  • Marketing research, diagnostics and company auditing;
  • Customer relations management, marketing modeling and innovative marketing;
  • Communication and distribution practices and solutions in companies;
  • Corporate marketing strategies and marketing security.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Graduates have the opportunity for widen professional realizations as leading experts in marketing and business management, modeling and systems, in educational and research organization, as risk managers in profit and non-profit organizations. They can work as:

  • functional specialist in marketing and financial management of companies;
  • researchers and analysts in marketing research, diagnosis and sales for corporations;
  • chief experts in corporations, marketing directorates, divisions;
  • experts in corporate marketing problems, solutions and projects;
  • experts in corporate marketing innovation;
  • marketing consultants and others.
Programme
First year
2024
Studied subjects Semester Credits Type of grading Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes
Specialised
Master Degree Seminar 9 6 Ongoing assessment 180 168 12
Distribution Practices and Solutions 9 8 Exam 240 225 15
Customer Relations Management 9 8 Exam 240 228 12
Corporate Marketing Strategies 9 8 Exam 240 228 12
Innovative Marketing 10 8 Exam 240 228 12
Market Diagnostics and Audit 10 8 Exam 240 228 12
Corporate Communications and Public Relations 10 8 Exam 240 225 15
Electives (1)
  • Corporate Marketing Security
  • Marketing by Databases
  • Marketing of Organizational Markets
10 6 Exam 180 168 12
Total for Specialised 0 0
Graduate
Electives (1)
  • Thesis Defense
  • Comprehensive State Exam
10 15 Exam 450 450 0
Total for Graduate 0 0
Total for the entire period of study 75 2250 2148 102


Optional courses Semester Credits Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes
Foreign Language - English 10 3 90 84 6
Foreign Language - German 10 3 90 84 6
Foreign Language - French 10 3 90 84 6
Foreign Language - Russian 10 3 90 84 6
1 The course is available only to foreigners