Towards the Creation of a New Program in Informatics

This paper describes a project, supported and funded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, which is directed to the design and implementation of seven, new, cutting-edge courses for a degree program in Informatics. The focus for the project was that the courses improve the quality of education and training in line with the needs of the ICT labour market to build an economy based on knowledge in the region. Critical factors in the development of these courses are that experts from industry are actively consulted over the design of the curricula, and that experts are also invited to give some lectures. The authors describe their experiences in the design and development of the courses.