The college in Dobrich is a successor of the Institute for preschool and primary school teachers established in 1972. Over the years the college has won recognition as a center for training highly qualified specialists in Northeastern Bulgaria within different areas of higher education.
The annual enrolment of the College is approximately 300 students who graduate in 2 professional fields comprising 4 higher education programmes: Informatics and Information Technologies, Primary School Education and Information Technologies, Primary School Education and Foreign Language – English Language, Preschool Education and Foreign Education – English Language. The College offers 3 years’ full-time education. Graduates are awarded a Diploma for Higher education and Professional Bachelor Qualification Degree. They usually become primary and pre-primary teachers in the region. College graduates can continue their education in a Master Degree Programme in the same professional field.
The education in the College is provided by highly qualified academic staff who work in the department of Education Sciences. The College aims at being a key factor in academic training and research that will allow education of harmonious and tolerant people who will be able to cope with the challenges in Bulgaria and worldwide. The offered programmes are in line with Bulgarian and European standards. They include mandatory, optional and elective courses that allow students to gain fundamental theoretical knowledge, skills, and competences. Students are offered internship in reputable institutions, organizations and companies.
Research-related activities at the College involves organising and participation in seminars, round tables, conferences; publishing articles in proceedings and journals; taking part in university and national projects.
The College in Dobrich is appropriately equipped with lecture and seminar rooms, computer laboratories with Internet, specialized foreign language teaching rooms, music rooms and sports facilities. The equipment includes interactive whiteboards; Lego MindStorms Education, 3d printer, virtual reality headsets for the computer laboratories, a TalkingPen for the language cabinets, keyboards and synthesizers for the music rooms. Annual subscription to WordWall is regularly updated. The library has more than 36 000 books. Its catalogue is digitalized and the database is available through the WEB site of the library.