South-West University Neofit Rilski

South-West University Neofit Rilski Jugosapaden university "Neofit Rilski"
founding	1983
Sponsorship	state
place	Blagoevgrad
country	Bulgaria
Rector	Borislav Yurukov
Students	14,000 (2014-2015)
Professors	200
Networks	BAUNAS
Website	www.swu.bg

South-West University Neofit Rilski, August 2012

The South-West University Neofit Rilski ( Bulgarian : Югозападен университет "Неофит Рилски" , Jugosapaden uniwersitet "Neofit Rilski" ) is a university founded in 1983 in the Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad with 9 faculties.

history

The history of this educational institution began in 1975, when a branch of the St. Kliment Ohridski University Sofia was founded in Blagoevgrad with two departments (pre-school education and elementary school pedagogy). In 1983 the department became autonomous and was named Higher Institute for Education . The name South-West University Neofit Rilski was given to the institution in 1995 by the Bulgarian Parliament. The university honors the Bulgarian scholar Neofit Rilski (1793–1881). In addition to the South West University, there is also the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad .

Faculties

• Faculty of Law and History
• Faculty of Science and Mathematics
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Art
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty of Sports Science
• Technical college

Alumni

• Toma Waszarow (* 1977), film editor and film director

Web links

Commons : South-West University Neofit Rilski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the SWU in Blagoevgrad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ University Profile ›Structure› Management ›Rector. Retrieved August 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Yugo Zapaden universitet "Neofit Rilski" . In: WHED - IAU 's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved September 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Members. In: www.baunas.org. Balkan Universities Association, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .  

Coordinates: 42 ° 1 ′ 6 ″  N , 23 ° 4 ′ 38 ″  E