Sofia University of St. Clement Ohridsky

One of the oldest universities in Bulgaria is Sofia University, which bears the name of St. Clement Ohridsky, one of the founders of Slavic writing. It was opened ten years after the liberation of Bulgaria. Initially, the university had only one historical and philological faculty, and 7 teachers worked, of which four were professors, and three were associate professors. The first rector of Sofia University was Alexander Teodorov-Balan, a well-known Bulgarian linguist who lived for 100 years, of which about 70 years worked at this university. At the beginning of 1901, the first entrants – 25 women – arrived here.

In 1902, a university holiday was declared - the day of St. Clement of Ohrid, which was celebrated on November 25. In 1907, students spoke ugly about the future king Ferdinand I, after which the institution was closed for a while. The modern building of Sofia University was built in 1924-1934. Currently, there are 22 thousand students, as well as 3 departments, 16 faculties, a computer center, a publishing house and a sports center. The rector of the institution is Ivan Ilchev.