University of Plovdiv

Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"
founding	1962
Sponsorship	state
place	Plovdiv
country	Bulgaria
Rector	Zapryan Kozludzhov
Students	18,000
Employee	900
Website	www.uni-plovdiv.bg

Tech.-Fac. (2008)

Math. Fac. (2013)

The Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" ( Bulgarian Пловдивски университет "Паисий Хилендарски" , Plovdiwski uniwersitet "Paissij Chilendarski" ) is a university in Bulgaria. It is the second largest university in Bulgaria after the University of Sofia and was founded in 1961. At first it was referred to as a university for natural sciences and mathematics, one year later (1962) as a university. In 2018, over 60 educational programs in the fields of economics , natural sciences and social sciences will be offered.

history

The university is named after Païssi von Hilandar . In 1973 it became the first institution in Plovdiv to offer undergraduate programs in literature and linguistics. In 1984 and 1994 the faculties in Education and Business were introduced. The university also consists of the Technical College in Smolyan and two other branches also outside Plovdiv - in Smolyan and Kardzhali .

management


Period	Rector
1961-1968	Zhiwko Lambrew
1968-1970	Stefan Ivanov
1970-1972	Zhiwko Lambrew
1972-1979	Dragomir Pobornikov
1979-1983	Pavel Angelow
1983-1989	Zwetan Obretenow
1989-1993	Nikola Balabanov
1993-2003	Ognyan Saparev
2003-2011	Ivan Kuzarov
2011 – today	Sapryan Kosludev