AUBG President Proud Alumni Get Accepted in Best Masters Programs

According to the President of AUBG, David Huwiler, the university graduates get accepted in the best international masters programs. Photo by AUBG

The President of the American University in Bulgaria, David Huwiler, has stated that the university graduates get accepted in the best masters programs.

"This past year six of our graduates went on to the London School of Economics. Two went on to MIT. Others went to Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, and many other elite graduate programs," Huwiler said in an interview for Novinite.com.

He has explained that one of the goals of the university is to increase the number of student to 1400 (from 1100 currently). He added that the admissions requirements are unusually rigorous, but the students who get accepted are "unusually ambitious."

"Many of the students who come to AUBG wish to go on to a top graduate school in Western Europe or the US, and they believe that an AUBG education will help them achieve that goal.  Our students tend to be unusually ambitious, and perhaps a little more adventurous than others," Huwiler said.

The president also pointed out that the high quality education offered at AUBG equals or surpasses what would be available at many institutions in the United States.

"My opinion—which is, of course, biased—is that there is no university which offers better value than AUBG," he said.

However, I his words, the university would not be able to offer such high quality education if it wasn't for the gifts and grants AUBG receives.

"Two of our largest supporters are the Open Society Institute and the America for Bulgaria Foundation.  Since I arrived at AUBG three years ago, we have received about USD 27 M in gifts and grants," Huwiler said.

To read the whole interview, click HERE.

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