St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo

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Established	1963
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Chancellor	Ivan Haralampiev
Vice-Chancellor	Stoyan Burov
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Students	over 7000 (total)
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Location	Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
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Website	http://www.uni-vt.bg

The main university building

The St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo is the first Bulgarian university outside the capital city of Sofia. It was established on 15th September 1963 as a pedagogical institute. The first four disciplines were Bulgarian Filology, Russian Filology, History and Arts. Since then, the university has grown to become the largest one outside Sofia, with over 60 different disciplines in 7 faculties being available to students, as well as two colleges in Pleven and Vratsa. Image File history File links VTU_Coat_of_Arms. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... All except one of the British universities are public, including Oxford & Cambridge. ... A financial endowment consists of funds or property donated to an institution or individual, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... A University Chancellor is the title frequently used — particularly in Europe — to indicate the head of a university. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... A graduate school or grad school (American English), or, in British English a postgraduate school, is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... Veliko Turnovo(Cyrillic: Велико Търново, Great Turnovo) is a city of approximately 65,000 people in North-central Bulgaria, 240km north-east of Sofia. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot), society or corporation. ... Image File history File links VTU.JPG Summary Autor is unknown, this photo is used by University Of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, and its placed in many sites, and in the official papers of the university. ... Image File history File links VTU.JPG Summary Autor is unknown, this photo is used by University Of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, and its placed in many sites, and in the official papers of the university. ... See Saint Cyril (disambiguation) for other persons with this name. ... Saint Methodius was a bishop of Great Moravia (Moravia) (born Thessaloniki, Greece, 826; he died in the (unknown) capital of Great Moravia, April 6, 885). ... Veliko Turnovo(Cyrillic: Велико Търново, Great Turnovo) is a city of approximately 65,000 people in North-central Bulgaria, 240km north-east of Sofia. ... This is a page about the capital of Bulgaria. ... This article is about a town in Bulgaria. ... Vratsa or Vraca or Vratza (Bulgarian: Враца) is a city in northwestern Bulgaria, at the foothills of the Balkan mountains. ...

External links

• Official website