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Bulgarian higher education institutions join European Universities Alliance

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The Medical University in Sofia and the Agricultural University of Plovdiv have joined consortia that are part of the European Universities initiative. The European Commission has approved 4 more alliances, two of which involve Bulgarian higher education institutions. In this way a total of 7 Bulgarian universities are now full partners in the initiative.

The Medical University is part of the INGENIUM consortium, which includes 9 European universities. The Agricultural University of Plovdiv joined UNIgreen, along with 7 other partners as the Bulgarian university is the leading partner in the consortium.



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