The St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo is a Bulgarian university based in Veliko Tarnovo.
The university was established on 15 September 1963. It inherited the cultural and education traditions of Turnovo Literary School. In the first academic year, 25 professors, assistants and teachers came from universities in Sofia and the Bulgarian Academy of Science. The first subjects were Bulgarian Philology, Russian Philology, History and Art. The university was founded by Aleksandar Burmov and Penio Rusev.
In 1971 the school was accredited as Veliko Tarnovo University "St. Cyril and St. Methodius".
The university is divided into 9 faculties:
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Modern Languages
- Faculty of Orthodox Theology
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Based on its achievements and tradition, keen scholarly research and artistic and publishing activities, as well as the wide network of international partners and close collaboration with the business sector, “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo strives to:
- serve in the favour of national, regional and local public benefit and participate in global education, scholarly and artistic work;
- train market-oriented, socially-engaged, highly-qualified experts who can improve business and education, and, using knowledge and expertise gained at the University, successfully adapt to the society and culture of Bulgaria or any country worldwide;
- further train, improve and establish its academic staff of scholars and lecturers by consistently revising and updating its teaching methods;
- unify educational, scholarly and publishing activities by giving equal opportunity to innovative and flexible high quality education and academic environment to students, doctoral and post-graduate students of any age and background;
- support its scholars in achieving international recognition of their research and publications;
- distribute and apply knowledge and skills so that they best benefit all social strata;
- maintain and improve its material and technical foundation to accommodate contemporary, high quality and effective teaching and research alongside conditions for a modern lifestyle and leisure activities;
- function as a hub for education, science and culture, and promote innovative thinking;
- engage in entrepreneurial activities and initiate and encourage cooperation with the business sector, striving to improve education and work quality.
Prof. Hristo Bondzholov, PhD
Rector
