The leadership of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy is congratulating Professor Cornel Panait on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. Prof. Panait was born on March 25, 1951. He graduated from "Mircea Batran" high school in Constanta in 1970 and received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Polytechnic University in Bucharest [...]
The Ambassadors of the USA – H.E. Herro Mustafa, of Georgia – H.E. Tamara Liluashvili, and of Romania – H.E. Ion Galea, visited Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy on 20 July 2020. Among the distinguished visitors were also the Deputy Prime Minister for public order and security and Defence Minister – Mr Krasimir Karakachanov, the Chief [...]
With an official ceremony, the Rector of Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy – Flotilla Admiral Prof Boyan Mednikarov, said goodbye to the Polish cadets who had been training at the Academy under the Erasmus+ programme. In front of the ranks on the parade ground, the flag of the Republic of Poland, which had been hoisted on [...]
On 02 April 2020, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy started a course in Basic Safety for 95 foreign trainees. For the first time the course will be conducted in a virtual environment, which will be monitored by Maritime Administration by means of dedicated accounts. The trainees are subdivided into 4 groups, and classes are scheduled in [...]
Third-year military student Venelin Neshev is among the 18 chosen youth ambassadors to NATO for 2020. Youth Ambassadors to NATO is a project by NATO and the Bulgarian Euro Atlantic Youth Club for 16 young leaders and innovators interested in diplomacy, international politics and security. The programme goes on for 12 months, and within that [...]
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy and G. S. Rakovski Defence and Staff College are launching a joint project for training cadets in the major of Organization and management of military units on the tactical level with a specialisation in Naval Logistics. The admission campaign for the academic year of 2020/2021 is already underway. The applicants are [...]
Despite the difficult situation in the country and the stepped-up measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, classes at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy continue. A remote form of training has been introduced. Lecturers and their civilian and military students fill the virtual classrooms every day. Both the staff and the students were a little anxious [...]
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria – HE Emma Hopkins OBE – paid a visit to Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. Her official call at our maritime Alma Mater was part of the events dedicated to the 140 th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries and their cooperation in the area [...]
A benchmarking project by the International Association of Maritime Universities placed Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy as the second most prestigious institution of maritime higher education in the world. The universities were ranked according to three performance indicators: global engagement, research output, and education measures, with data of that type released for the first time. In [...]
A solemn ceremony to mark 139 years from the establishment of the oldest technical school in Bulgaria, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, took place on 9 January 2020. On this day the Naval Academy celebrates its history, created by generations of Bulgarian seafarers who dedicated their lives to service to the Motherland and to love of [...]
