Students` joint presentation

STUDENT’S MOTIVATION FOR
SELECTING AN UNIVERSITY AND A
PLACE TO WORK AFTER GRADUATION
Students joint presentation
STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION FOR
SELECTING AN UNIVERSITY
• Career opportunities
• Receiving a Bachelor degree
• Interest in the profession
• Avocation
• Need for knowledge
• Family traditions
FIRST NATIONAL RESEARCH: PROFESSIONAL
ORIENTATION AND STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION - 2008
• More than 80% of the students in Bulgaria are satisfied with their education.
• Fourth-year students are 25% less satisfied than the first-year students.
• The most satisfied students – those who study Economics.
• Leading motives when choosing an employer – payment, career development and
opportunities for further education.
• For students from engineering, biotechnologies and accounting courses most
motivating is the payment.
• Around 60% of the students do not work during their education.
• 57% of the student have not attended internship.
STUDY OF THE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS ABOUT
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN
BULGARIA
• Number of the students at the universities
does not respond to the employers’ needs.
• It is necessary to define the actual needs
of professional training.
Reasons for studying in Varna
• Geographic location of the city
• Attractive students’ life
• Diversity of university course programs
• Universities’ reputation
STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION FOR SELECTING
A PLACE TO WORK AFTER GRADUATION
• Payment
• Career development
• Opportunities for additional training
• Flexible work-time
• Working atmosphere
• Organizations’ reputation
• Location
NIKOLA VAPTSAROV
NAVAL ACADEMY
VARNA 2014
Students’ motivation for studying in Nikola
Vaptsarov Naval Academy
• High payment in the chosen profession
• Good connection between the university and employers
• University reputation
• To study in the centre of maritime science and marine technologies
• The university’s international contacts with similar schools and academies
from the USA, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, etc.
Need for improvements in Nicola Vaptsarov
Naval Academy
• Internships should be conducted at the beginning of the students’
education.
• The syllabus should respond to employer’s needs.
• More students should participate in the work at the university.
• Popularization of Science Conferences and trainings.
University of Economics-Varna have
past, we are proud and present, which are
recognizable in Europe.
"With the academic traditions in the future"
Facilities of the University of
Economics are continuously updated
and modernized. There is currently
completed project to build a modern
test center. For further improvement
the classrooms are constantly being
renovated.
The building of the University of
Economics–Varna is one of the
symbols of the city, in the list of
cultural monuments. This year, the
school observes the 100th anniversary
of its construction.
Library of the University of
Economics was renovated in
2011 with funds from the OP
"Regional Development" and is
today one of the most - modern
in Bulgaria. There is a modern
borrowing service and system
for day and night returning
books. It is equipped with a
computer terminal for people
with impaired vision. Robotic
scanner scan 1,600 pages per
hour, which makes it possible to
rapidly increasing electronic
database of learning materials.
Sport and Culture , University of Economics - Varna
• University of Economics - Varna has a modern sports complex. Students have the
opportunity to practice volleyball, basketball, fitness, gymnastics, table tennis. Each
student with special interests may be included in the representative teams of the
university. Students of the University of Economics - Varna have excellence in
sports, such as basketball, swimming, soccer, orienteering and more.
• University of Economics - Varna offers its students a cultural calendar for free time.
Each student is free to visit the cinema classic and contemporary Bulgarian movies,
concerts by popular musicians and performers, theater, meetings - Discussions
favorite for the younger generation of artists . In recent years the University has
hosted over 40 events and meetings with celebrities (writers, directors , actors , etc. .)
From Bulgaria and abroad.
Disadvantages of University of Economics Varna
The distance between the two buildings.
Lack of transport between the two buildings.
Few places in the campus.
Lack of canteen in the campus.
Motivation for studying in Medical University:
• Personal circumstances (parents-
doctors, disease in the family and
etc.)
• A good salary
• Plenty of specializations after
graduating
• Philanthropic reasons
• Respect in society
• Great need for doctors
“Our education system is not so different from
the German one.”
Doc. Pavlov from MU Varna
who was a lecturer in the
University of Cologne for
5 months
Selecting a place to work after graduation
It’s a fact that most of our young doctors are leaving the country. Statistics
by the Bulgarian Doctors’ Union show that 80% of the young doctors that
are finishing their studies want to leave Bulgaria.
Specialization
According to a recent reportage of NTV the problem begins with the
specialization.
2800 free places for specialization and approximately
1000 doctors applying for them
The main problem here is that the young doctors have to pay for studying to be
specialists but in other countries they are paid to do it.
Choosing a place to work
Bulgarian graduates from MU beside having their specialization
abroad, often think about working there too. A few circumstances
cause these thoughts:
-in other E.U. countries they have 10 times higher salaries
-good offers that include working on their specialty, language course, place
to live, airplane tickets and sometimes even education about their kids
Technical University of Varna
• First name : Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering Institute
• Education in many fields
Choosing to study in the Technical University of Varna
• Prestige
• Geographical position
• Specific mission of preparation of graduates
• The University facilities
• The student council of the university
• Center for Career Development.
Needs for improvement
• Student hostels and canteens
• Contact between students and
management
MOTIVATION OF THE STUDENTS FOR
SELECTING PLACE TO WORK AFTER
GRADUATION
• Finding a job
• Steady income
• Opportunities for career growth
• Flexible working time
Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar
• Factors motivating the students to select our university:
- a wide choice of courses
- lecturers are well proven and valued experts at their fields
- good study environments and factors that influence studying
Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar
• Factors motivating the students to select our university:
- annually organized workshops, conferences and exhibitions on a questions
and problems of present interest
- prestige European accreditation
- well-established international partnerships and exchange programmes with
numerous universities
Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabar
Problems of studying and professional realization:
- not enough attractive apprenticeships and traineeships while
studying
- the city does not offer good opportunities for finding job and
professional development to young professionals
- the campus is far from the city centre
- many subjects unrelated to the main course topics
Student’s Joint Presentation
Ralitsa Zlateva – Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy
Desislava Spirova - Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy
Kosio Vladimirov – University of Economics
Djuliana Stoilova – Medical University
Gleb Dimitrov – Technical University
Mario Doychinov – Varna Free University Chernorizets Hrabur