Our Six Key Strategy Pillars
The American University in Bulgaria’s five-year strategic plan intends to grow the institution to a more sustainable size and introduce initiatives that will increase its impact in Bulgaria, the region and the world.
We believe that a liberal arts education provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
Our liberal arts pillar is focused on expanding opportunities for community and civic engagement, developing and implementing sustainability projects, and optimizing and digitizing processes for greater student satisfaction.
We believe that by focusing on these key areas, we can provide our students with a truly exceptional liberal arts education, one that prepares them to make a positive impact in the world and succeed in their chosen careers.
We are focused on attracting and retaining faculty members who bring experience and enthusiasm for U.S. liberal arts education, and providing them with the resources and support they need to excel in their teaching and research. By doing so, we can provide our students with an exceptional education that prepares them for success in a globalized world.
Raising financing will be a key component of our campus development efforts. We are exploring a range of financing options, including public and private funding sources, as well as grants and donations. By taking a strategic and data-driven approach to campus development, we can create a vibrant and dynamic campus environment that better serves the needs of our students, staff, and faculty.
We are focused on increasing our student body by 50% over the 2023-2028 period, and attracting students from across the world with a particular focus on Bulgaria, the Balkans, and the U.S. By doing so, we can provide our students with a diverse and inclusive learning environment that prepares them for success.
Our focus is on raising the profile of AUBG as a leading global institution through the establishment of the Center for Information, Democracy & Citizenship, as well as developing co-curricular activities and creating partnerships that promote democratic values.
Academic Institutional Golas
-
Engage students with significant contemporary and continuing questions and focus their studies to:
- Understand the physical and natural world and the relationships of humans to the environment and natural systems.
- Understand people, societies, and human cultures and the way their interaction in a global context shapes the future of the world.
- Demonstrate an appreciation for aesthetics and creative activities in various forms and contexts.
-
Encourage students through progressively more challenging problems and projects within the discipline and across the curriculum to:
- Use critical and creative thinking to identify, analyze and solve problems and create new knowledge.
- Communicate effectively in English through speaking and writing skills.
- Apply quantitative skills to understand and process numerical data in solving problems.
- Use appropriate strategies and technologies to locate, evaluate, and present information.
- Participate productively in leadership or other team roles, work collaboratively to achieve common goals, and promote the equivalent importance of every team member.
-
Involve students with diverse communities and real-world challenge and encourage them to:
- Develop commitment and strategies for handling civic, social, and personal responsibilities.
- Understand diverse cultures and contributions in their global and historical contexts.
- Demonstrate respect for diversity of thought and action.
- Demonstrate ethical reasoning and decision making and an awareness of the role of values in society.
- Integrate and apply knowledge, skills, and insights from curricular and co-curricular experiences for both self-development and life-long learning.
-
Engage students with complex problems and settings and encourage them to:
- Integrate specialized and general knowledge, skills, and responsibilities, and apply them to new settings and complex problems.
- Synthesize and seek advanced accomplishment in specialized and general studies.
