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Faculty of Public Health
UNIVERSITY: Medical University of Varna

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
55, Marin Drinov Str. ; 9002 Varna, Bulgaria

CONTACT:
fph.muvarna@gmail.com
+359 52 677 010; 52 677 011
https://www.mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/PublicHealth/Pages/default.aspx
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Faculty of Public Health

Faculty of Public Health
UNIVERSITY: Medical University of Varna

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
55, Marin Drinov Str. ; 9002 Varna, Bulgaria

CONTACT:
fph.muvarna@gmail.com
+359 52 677 010; 52 677 011
https://www.mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/PublicHealth/Pages/default.aspx
The Faculty of Public Health of Medical University "Prof. Dr. P. Stoyanov" - Varna was established in 2001 by Decree of the Council of Ministers ? 160/20.06.2001 and was one of the first two faculties of public health opened in Bulgaria.

The purpose of the Faculty of Public Health of MU-Varna is to produce highly qualified medical and non-medical specialists, needed for the health system, with professional competence in the field of public health and health care, health care management and technology, developing the relevant scientific fields and carrying out activities for the benefit of society.

The FPH MU-Varna prepares specialists with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the specialties of Nurse, Midwife, Speech Therapy, Clinical Speech Therapy, Kinesitherapy, Optometrist, Rehabilitation, Sea Treatment, Wellness and Spa, Public Health, Public Health Care, Public Health Care and Control, Health Management, Pharmaceutical Management, Health Care Management, Public Health in English and in Russian, Health Management and Care, Pharmaceutical Management and Care, Information Technology in Health and Health Care, Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and AI in Public Health.

The Faculty of Public Health trains specialists with higher education in Public Health, Health Management, Health Care and Nursing and Midwifery. The Faculty comprises ten departments with 116 lecturers, 48 of whom having academic ranks. Master's Degree training may be carried out in 15 accredited courses. Postgraduate education is organized in the form of continuing education courses as well as individual courses for postgraduate studies.

The structure of the PHF includes 10 departments: Social Medicine and Health Care Organization, Health Care Economics and Management, Hygiene and Epidemiology, Health Care, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Sea-healing, Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine, Optometry and Occupational Diseases, Speech Therapy and Medical Pedagogy, Department of Medical Equipment, Electronic and Information Technologies in Health Care, Kinesiotherapy. The MU-Varna University Centre for Marine Health Care, a corporate member of the International Association for Marine Health Care, and the Green Marine Yard of Varna, an early childhood socialization centre, are attached to the FPH at MU-Varna.