The starting point will be the measures taken to harmonize the educational system of Bulgaria with the ones in other EU member states, with aparticual focus on the traditions of foreign language-taching in Bulgaria.

An introduction of German-language academic careers (Mechanical Engineering; Chemistry; Agriculture; European Studies; Translatology) with a bilingual graduation will be followed by an evaluation of my so-far experiences with ERASMUS-students from German-language countries.

Name: Prof. Dr. Nikolina Burneva

Date of Birth: 19.10.1954

Citizenship: Bulgarian

Reasearch Focus: Literature and Cultural Studies, Media Research, Translation Critics

Career: since 1977: Associated Professor for History of German Literature and Literature Studies

Guest Lectorships: 1998 - 2003: Professor for "History of German Literature"at the New Bulgarian University of Sofia; SS 2000: Guest Lectorship for "Introduction to Literature Studies"at Paris - Lodron - University Salzburg, Austria

Memberships: since 1985: International Germanists' Association; since 1997: Goethe -Society in Bulgaria; since 2005: Bulgarian Germanists' Association