Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski "

Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ is the first Bulgarian university. In 1880 the Ministry of Education submitted to the National Assembly a draft Basic Schools Law in the Bulgarian Principality. It provides after filling the courses of real and classical schools, to open a Bulgarian university to teach legal, philosophical, natural, medical and technical sciences. Seven years later in 1887 was issued a decree for opening of educational class to First Male High School in Sofia. At its meeting on December 8, 1888, taking into account the good start of the Higher Pedagogical Course, the National Assembly decided to transform it into university. The big financier, merchant and banker Evlogi Georgiev from Karlovo, fulfilling the will of his brother Hristo Georgiev, donated and bequeathed an area of of 10,200 sq. m and 6.8 million golden levs for the construction of building and maintenance of the university in Sofia. Classes of Higher Pedagogical Course began on October 1, 1888. Alexander Teodorov-Balan was elected the first rector. The adopted provisional rules provided only the functioning of History and Philology Department. In the academic year 1889/1890 was opened the Physics and Mathematics Department, and in 1892 opened the Faculty of Law. In 1904 the school was transformed into university under the name ‘Bulgarian University Evlogi and Hristo Georgievs from Karlovo’.The new academic year will officially open on October 3, 2016 in the auditorium of the University. (Photo: bg.wikipedia.org)