Higher Technical Education in Bulgaria and Romania: The Changes from the Second World War to the Beginning of 1960s
Higher Technical Education in Bulgaria and Romania: The Changes from the Second World War to the Beginning of 1960s

Summary/Abstract: The development of higher technical education (HTE) in the countries of Eastern Europe after the Second World War is part of the processes of profound social and economic changes that occurred after the establishment of totalitarian regimes. In each of these countries, the transformation and evolution in this area until 1989 took place under different conditions, they shared a number of common features, as well as some peculiarities due to the specific conditions. This article deals with the cases of Bulgaria and Romania, focusing mainly on the general trends in the functioning of the HTE system in the period from its reorganization in the late 1940s to 1963-1964, when both countries entered a new stage of development in this field. The development of HTE after 1948 in both countries was characterized by massovietization and democratization and a radical change in its structure and curricula. The reform severed the ties with the training centers in the West and linked the training with the Soviet Union.

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