Editing Varna, Bulgaria (section)

=== Higher education ===
[[File:Naval Academy, Varna (70 percent).jpg|thumb|[[Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy]]]]
[[File:Kaliakra1.jpg|thumb|[[Kaliakra (Tall ship)|''Kaliakra'']], the Naval Academy training [[barquentine]], in Varna Bay]]

*[[University of Economics Varna|University of Economics]], founded on 14 May 1920 as the Higher School of Commerce, is the second oldest Bulgarian university after [[Sofia University]]. It is the first private one—underwritten by the Varna Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ue-varna.bg/bg/p/7825/za-nas/istoria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125080017/https://ue-varna.bg/bg/p/7825/za-nas/istoria|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2020|title=UE Varna History|website=UE Varna|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> Prof. Tsani Kalyandzhiev, [[University of Zurich]] alumni and a research chemist in the United States, was university's first [[Rector (academia)|rector]] ([[Principal (academia)|principal]]).
*[[Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy]] is the oldest technical educational institution in Bulgaria. The institution started as a Maritime School, established in 1881 in [[Ruse, Bulgaria|Ruse]]. After 1900 the now called Engineering School to the Fleet was moved to Varna and subsequently named as His Majesty's Naval Academy in 1942. In 1949, the Naval School adopted as its patron [[Nikola Vaptsarov]], a poet, who graduated the school in 1926, and received the name N. Y. Vaptsarov People's Naval School.
*[[Medical University of Varna|Medical University Varna]] was established in 1961 and is a recognised abroad as a leading institution for quality medical education. The university has attracted students from 44 countries and is partnering with 85 foreign institutions across the globe.
*[[Technical University of Varna]] was founded in 1962 and was first established as Mechanical-Electrical Engineering Institute.
*[[Varna Free University|Chernorizets Hrabar Varna Free University]], founded in 1991, was the first private university after 1989. It specialises in International Economics and Administration, Law, and Architecture.