Plovdiv University

Infobox University
name=Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski"
native_name=Пловдивският университет „Паисий Хилендарски


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established=1945
type=Public
staff=561
rector=
faculty=9
students=12,500
city=Plovdiv
country=Bulgaria
campus=
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website= [http://www.pu.acad.bg/ www.pu.acad.bg/]

The Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski" ( _bg. "Пловдивският университет „Паисий Хилендарски") is a university located in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It was founded in 1945 and is organized in 9 Faculties.

History and Profile

Plovdiv University, named in honor of the Bulgarian historian Paisiy Hilendarski, is the city’s leading cultural and scientific institution. It is the largest institution of higher education in Southern Bulgaria, and the second largest Bulgarian university, after St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. The year 2001 marks the university’s fortieth anniversary. In 1945 the University of Plovdiv was inaugurated by a Decree of the Regents’ Council of August the 4th, promulgated the same year in the State Gazette of August 20, structured in two Faculties: of Medicine and of Agriculture and Forestry [ [http://www.au-plovdiv.bg/en/ECTS/geninf.htm General information about the Agricultural university Plovdiv] ] , which in July 1961 was reorganized as Higher Teacher-Training Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. The Institute was promoted to university status by government decree on 12 January 1972, when it took its present name “Paisiy Hilendarski” Plovdiv University.

In 1973, it became the first higher institution in Plovdiv to offer language and literature studies, offering the B.A. degree in Bulgarian Language and Literature and Russian Language and Literature. Soon after, a program in Slavonic Languages and Literature (with Specialization in Czech Language and Literature) was added. A degree in Education was offered for the first time in 1984, Law degree programs were introduced in 1992, and Economics degree programs were launched in 1994. Today the University of Plovdiv is a true university by international standards, since it provi des training to students in the four major fields of higher education: natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and economics. “ Paisiy Hilendarski” Plovdiv University has been institutionally accredited by National Certification and Accreditation Board (Protocol No. 1 of 15 February 2001). Over 7,500 full-time and 5,000 part-time students are enrolled in the programs and courses by the university’s nine faculties. The full-time teaching staff consists of 34 Full Professors, 167 Associate Professors and 360 Assistant Professors.

Organization

These are the 9 faculties in which the university is divided into:

* Faculty of Biology
* Faculty of Economics and Social Science
* Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Physics
* Faculty of Languages and Literature
* Faculty of Philosophy and History
* Faculty of Chemistry
* Faculty of Law

ee also

* List of colleges and universities
* Plovdiv

References

External links

*bg icon en icon [http://www.pu.acad.bg/ Plovdiv University Website]