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Judicial Administration

Degree: Bachelor

Type of education: Full-time

Number of semesters: 8

Professional qualification: Administration and Management

Professional field: ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

First year: 2023

Faculty: Faculty of Management
Duration: 4 years
Language: Bulgarian
Mode of study: Full-time

Specific courses:

  • Constitutional law
  • Civil Law and Process
  • Administrative Culture and Ethics
  • Fundamentals of Public Administration
  • Family and Inheritance Law
  • Human Resources Management in the Public Sector
  • Criminal Law and Process
  • Property Law
  • Administrative Law and Process
  • Legal Information Systems
  • Labour and Social Security Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Court Administration
  • Registry and Legal Style
  • Access and protection of information
  • Organizational Psychology and Personal Skills

Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:

Students graduating in Judicial Administration receive Bachelor's degree in professional field Administration and Management.

The main purpose of the education is to prepare highly qualified experts in the field of judicial administration who possess integrated knowledge, practical skills and serious professional competencies. The tuition provides complex and profiled training oriented towards the main directions and activities in the administration of the bodies of the judiciary, as well as knowledge of basic legal branches and related legal institutes, forms and procedures of the different types of process, and also ways of out-of-court settlement of disputes.

Employment opportunities upon graduation:

Graduate students can find professional realization as judicial administrators and can occupy different managerial and administrative positions in the judicial and prosecution administrations.

The positions they can occupy are in the following groups:

  • Judicial Administrator
  • Administrative Secretary
  • Judicial Secretary
  • Employee in Registry, Court Registry, Archives
Programme
First year
2023
Studied subjects Semester Credits Type of grading Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes Competence2
CORE
Informatics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Microeconomics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Physical Education 1 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Applied Mathematics 1 9 Exam 270 195 75
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
1 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Management 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Macroeconomics 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Physical Education 2 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Principles of Law 2 8 Exam 240 165 75
Electives (1)
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Russian
  • Bulgarian Language
2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Accounting Theory 3 9 Exam 270 195 75
Introduction to Finance 3 9 Exam 270 195 75
Physical Education 3 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Electives (1)
  • Labour Economics
  • Career Development
  • Economic Psychology
  • European Studies
  • Philosophical Culture
  • Business History
  • Commercial Correspondence
3 4 Exam 120 60 60
Physical Education 4 1 Ongoing assessment 30 0 30
Marketing 4 8 Exam 240 165 75
Total for CORE 0 0
Special
Academic Research 2 3 Ongoing assessment 90 60 30
Principles of Public Administration 4 9 Exam 270 195 75
Human Resources Management in the Public Sector 5 8 Exam 240 165 75
Civil Law and Proceedings 5 8 Exam 240 165 75
Criminal Law and Proceedings 5 8 Exam 240 180 60
Electives (1)
  • Ethical Standards in the European Public Institutions
  • Political Science
  • Research Methods in Management
  • Digital Communications
  • Consumer Law
5 6 Exam 180 120 60
Legal Information Systems 6 6 Exam 180 120 60
Law of Estate 6 7 Exam 210 135 75
Administrative Law And Proceedings 6 7 Exam 210 135 75
Electives (1)
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Knowledge Management
  • Demography and Management of Demographic Processes
6 5 Exam 150 90 60
Administrative Competence and Ethics 7 8 Exam 240 180 60
Labour and Insurance Law 7 8 Exam 240 165 75
Organization of Judicial Administration 7 8 Exam 240 180 60
Electives (1)
  • Quality Management Systems in Public Administration
  • Marketing in the Public Sphere
  • Constitutional Law
  • Family Law and Inheritance Law
7 6 Exam 180 120 60
Access to Data and Data Protection 8 5 Exam 150 90 60
Specialized Seminar 8 5 Exam 150 120 30
Record Keeping and Legal Style 8 5 Exam 150 75 75
Electives (1)
  • Conflict Management and Anticorruption Practices
  • Contemporary Political Systems
  • Mediation and Out-Of-Court Disputes
  • E-Justice
8 5 Exam 150 90 60
Total for Special 0 0
University specialised
Introduction to Statistics 3 9 Exam 270 195 75
Electives (1) 4 6 Exam 180 120 60
Electives (1) 4 6 Exam 180 120 60
Total for University specialised 0 0
Practical
Practical Training 6 8 Exam 240 240 0
Total for Practical 0 0
Graduate
Electives (1)
  • Thesis Defense
  • Comprehensive State Exam
8 10 Exam 300 300 0
Total for Graduate 0 0
Total for the entire period of study 247 7410 5175 2235


Optional courses Semester Credits Student involvement
Total Self-study Classes Competence2
Foreign Language - English 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - German 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - French 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - Russian 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Foreign Language - Portuguese 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Bulgarian Language 1 3, 4, 5 3, 3, 3 270 180 90
Administrative and Legal Service 5 3 90 60 30
Physical Education 5, 6, 7 1, 1, 2 120 0 120
Business Culture and Traditions 6 3 90 60 30
Taxation and taxation process 7 3 90 60 30
1 The course is available only to foreigners
2 Competence: 1 - Literacy, 2 - Multilingualism, 3 - Numerical, scientific and engineering skills, 4 - Digital and technology-based competences, 5 - Interpersonal skills, and the ability to adopt new competences, 6 - Active citizenship, 7 - Entrepreneurship, 8 - Cultural awareness and expression