Abstract:
The paper presents some real experiences, emerging models and lessons learnt based on
the case of Sofia University - Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI), and its
partners. Sofia University has always played a very important role for the development of
the country. The university experiences a lot of challenges related to the overall
transformation of the economic and social system in the country, the changing models of
education, the new role of the universities in the knowledge-based society and the great
demand for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) specialists. Sofia
University is also challenged by the opportunity to be actively involved in the development
of the European space of higher education. The outcomes of an internal university project
aimed at the establishment of ACM/IEEE based BSc programs in Computer Science,
Software Engineering and Information Systems are described and analyzed. Some
experience in developing a layer of MSc programs as a live link to the professional ICT
society and ICT industry is also described. Some future plans for the development of the
Computing Curricula and its coordination with the European ICT education, research and
innovation agenda are presented as well.
