The programme is in the field of humanities with an emphasis on the history of Southeast Europe. The instruction in the field of humanitarian studies is one of the oldest and most basic academic educations in the whole world; politics, economics, religion, historical demography and culture of this key region are some of the most relevant and discussed topics in the modern world. The interdisciplinary and comparative nature of the programme allows students to acquire knowledge and skills to analyse key problems, such as multi-national and multi-religious coexistence, ethnic tolerance/intolerance, geopolitics, power-society interaction models, democratic and dictatorial regimes, society and war, traditions and modernisation, etc. on macro level and in their concrete and specific regional dimensions.

Thus, the programme provides the opportunity to obtain in-depth theoretical knowledge with broad practical applicability on key and debatable issues of the historical development of Southeast Europe and pragmatic, professionally-oriented training, which makes its graduates competitive on the labour market in Bulgaria and abroad. The courses are taught in English. The content and structure of the programme are in accordance with the NBU philosophy and the established international educational standards.