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University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski


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The University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski" is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria.

Founded on 1 October 1888, the University's edifice was constructed between 1924 and 1934 with the financial support of the brothers Evlogi Georgiev and Hristo Georgiev (whose sculptures are now featured on its façade) and had an area of 18,624 m² and a total of 324 premises. The University has 16 faculties and three departments, where over 21,000 students receive their education. The current rector is Anastas Gerdzhikov.

The Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski is the first higher educational institution in Bulgaria. Its history is an embodiment and a continuation of centuries of cultural and educational tradition in this country. Public teaching activities in Bulgaria date back to the second half of the 9th century. During the Bulgarian Renaissance, a new idea for opening a School of Higher Education was conceived.

The School of Higher Education's prestige proliferated with the cultural and educational mission it acquired after the Liberation in 1878.

Year by year, Sofia University has developed into an influential academic and scientific center on the Balkans, a well developed academic institution with European dimensions. Today Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski is the largest and most prestigious educational and scientific center.

It has been consistently ranked as the top University in Bulgaria according to national and international rankings—it is continuously among the best four percent of world universities according to QS World University Rankings.

University St. Kliment Ohridski is the central national high academic, research, cultural, and information center of high international reputation.

The University is exemplary in its scientific research and educational activities, enjoying broad cultural and social significance.

The University forms the nucleus of the Bulgarian scientific and cultural elite and enlightens the Bulgarian national self-consciousness. The University contributes significantly to the Bulgarian participation in the global development of science and education.

The University plays an active role in preparing and conducting policies of national, regional, and international significance.

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski has the mission to safeguard, enrich, and carry through the centuries the spirit of knowledge and humanity's aspirations to knowledge and truth. The University is the center of the development of science and students' education in all domains of life. It also cultivates highly educated, nationally responsible personalities who will lead the Bulgarian nation to spiritual feats and social welfare.

The University's objective is to assert its role as an academic, scientific, and cultural center of European standing.

The educational programs of Sofia University must always meet European quality standards and approximate the leading world criteria.

The University aims at maintaining the level of the best practices in the development, management, and implementation of scientific achievements in vitally important walks of social life and the life of the separate individual.

The University will continue to expand its pivotal role in setting up and developing projects, policies, and strategies for the country's development.

The University does its best to assert its leadership position in education, science, and critical social development projects.

All that the University will achieve by adhering to:

  • The principle of professionalism, i.e., top professional competence and impeccable professional performance both by faculty and personnel
  • The principle of focusing the activities on the stakeholders, the clients and the users of educational services and the activities offered by the University
  • The principle of continuous improvement and the quest for better quality
  • The prevention principle is based on on-going monitoring, analysis, and prognostication that will help avoid the occurrence of adverse events in the activities and the educational services.

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