Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen

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Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen
founding 1971
Sponsorship state
place Shumen
country BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Students 7000
Employee 400
Networks BAUNAS
Website shu.bg

The University of Shumen ( Bulgarian Шуменски университет ) was founded as a pedagogical college in the northern Bulgarian city ​​of Shumen in 1971 and expanded into a university in 1995. The university bears the name of Archbishop Konstantin Preslawski (bugl. Епископ Константин Преславски / Episkop Konstantin Preslawski) founder of the medieval writing school of Preslaw , where the Cyrillic alphabet was created around the middle of the 10th century .

The university is divided into five faculties:

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Education

There is also a college in Dobrich and a department for information and teacher training in Varna .

The university is a member of the network of Balkan universities (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro).

Web links

Commons : Shumen University  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d History. In: shu.bg. University of Shumen, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Members. In: www.baunas.org. Balkan Universities Association, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  3. ^ Conference of the Balkan Universities May 2010 in Edirne ( Memento of August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )