High Naval School "N. Vaptsarov "

Naval Academy "N. Vaptsarov" is the oldest technical school in Bulgaria. It was founded in Ruse on 9th January, 1881 by Captain Lieutenant Alexander Egorovich Konkevich. First director of the Naval Academy is Second lieutenant from the Navy mechanics Corps Pavel Alekseyevich Mashnin. Nautical School was assigned the task to prepare machinists and stokers for the royal navy. In 1892 the school was reorganized and renamed into Unter Marine officer school, where boatswain, coxswain, gunners, miners and train machinists were been prepared. In 1900 the school was moved in Varna and renamed in the Navy Mechanical School. In 1904 by an Act of the National Assembly it became the first technical secondary school in Bulgaria and the training period was extended to six years. In 1906, the school issued the first matriculation certificates. In 1910 in Varna the first specifically designed building for the needs of the Engineering School at the Navy was constructed. In 1949, the Naval Academy adopts as its patron Nikola Vaptsarov, a poet and graduate of the school, class of 1926 and was named "National Naval School" N. Vaptsarov ". In 2001, it received full accreditation as a university, in accordance with the newly adopted Law on Higher Education. In 2004, it receives a certificate for quality ISO 9001-2000 for all majors.