The annual “Academic Oscars” 2023 ceremony was held for the eighth time in a row.
In the presence of the Prime Minister Acad. Nikolay Denkov, the Minister of Education and Science Prof. Galin Tsokov, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science Krasimir Valchev, the mayor of Sofia, Mr. Vasil Terziev and several previous ministers of education, the new rector of Medical University-Sofia, prof. Boycho Landzhov, MD, PHD received the award for the university’s first place in five areas:
Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Care.
Prof. Landzhov accepted the award personally from Minister prof. Galin Tsokov, who said that: “Medical universities, and in particular Medical University-Sofia, are the face of our higher education, because they not only provide good education to Bulgarian and foreign students, they are also research universities . In fact, a large part of science currently takes place in them in Bulgaria.”
From the point of view of publication activity, according to the minister, in recent years MU-Sofia has become “a very important model for the development of Bulgarian higher education”.
In his speech of acceptance, the new rector of MU-Sofia, prof. Landzhov emphasized that he is very proud of the fact that the oldest medical university in Bulgaria is once again a leader in all directions in which it conducts education.
“This prize is thanks to the entire academic community of Medical University-Sofia, which, for more than a century, with its work, with its enthusiasm, with its sleepless nights and with its competence, continues to raise the authority of the university not only in Europe, but also in the world”.
He shared that this award also comes with a great responsibility for the rector, but he is motivated for a restart – “with new approaches, with innovations, with new research methods and with purposefulness to maintain this high rating of the Medical University”.
In his greeting to the rectors and guests of the ceremony, Acad. Nikolay Denkov congratulated the organizers of the rating system and the ceremony, because their work makes it possible to present the results of the ratings in such a way that “young people can make the right choice in order to know what to expect after completing their higher education.”
He emphasized the importance of the ratings for updating the policies of higher education institutions in order to develop and modernize them.
The prizes are based on the Rating System of Higher Schools in Bulgaria – the annual ranking conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science for over a decade. The award ceremony, organized by “24 Hours” promotes the Rating System as a guide for prospective students regarding which universities and which professional fields offer the best chances for realization on the labor market.
