On April 16, 2019, for the eighth consecutive year, the employer exhibition "Internships" was held at the Technical University of Sofia, organized by the University's "Career and Alumni" Center.
Official guests of the event were Vasil Velev – Chairman of the Board of Trustees of TU-Sofia and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Industrial Capital in Bulgaria (AICB), Kiril Domuschiev – Member of the Board of Trustees of TU-Sofia and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB), Ivan Mihaylov – Member of the Board of Trustees of TU-Sofia and Manager of Visteon Bulgaria, Svetoslava Stoyanova – Head of "Marketing" at "Junior Achievement Bulgaria".
Silya Yaneva-Stoyanova – Director of the "Career and Alumni" Center, welcomed students and employers: "This year, a record number of employers – 142 – are participating in the 'Internships' exhibition. This is the largest university event of its kind in the country and has become a tradition. Our students take their first steps in their careers precisely at this meeting. 82% of the employers we surveyed stated that TU-Sofia alumni are the best prepared in technical specialties compared to other higher education institutions and stand out for their theoretical knowledge and desire for career realization."
Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Eng. Georgi Mihov – Rector of the Technical University of Sofia, opened the exhibition with the words: "For 73 years, the Technical University of Sofia has been preparing highly qualified engineers, our alumni, who are employers and today meet with the young generation of Bulgarian engineering. The symbiosis between education and business is infinitely beneficial for all of us, for our entire country. I am sincerely grateful to the participating companies for presenting internship opportunities to our students, who can meet their future employers even while still sitting at the student bench."
Vasil Velev congratulated the students of the Technical University of Sofia on their choice to study here, stating: "Graduates of higher technical universities are much better compensated and more satisfied with their work. I hope that today you will make your next good choice by selecting your future employer where you will complete your internships."
Kiril Domuschiev expressed his pride in being an alumnus of the Technical University of Sofia: "This is the best university in Bulgaria with unique specialties in the country, high-quality education thanks to its faculty and material base, which have no equivalent in the country. The future is in your hands, and I hope this exhibition will achieve even greater success. You should be proud to study here, and your professors should be proud of what they do for the Bulgarian industry, which has no future without the Technical University of Sofia."
The "Internships" exhibition was held on April 17 at the branch of the Technical University of Sofia in Plovdiv and at the "Faculty and College" in Sliven.
