Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen

Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen has inherited a centuries-long educational tradition dating back to the famous Pliska and Preslav Literary School (10th c) and going on through the ages in Shumen intellectual life.
Shumen University is one of the five classical public universities in Bulgaria it is recognized as a leading university that offers modern facilities for education, scientific researches and creative work.
The University continues and enriches the mission of the Higher Educational Course, started 80 years ago, on the basis of which in 1964 a Faculty, as a branch of Sofia University, was founded. In 1971 it became a separate higher school with three basic faculties - philological, natural sciences and educational. At present Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen has seven structural educational units (five faculties, a college in the town of Dobrich and In-Service Teacher Training Department in Varna). These units cover the main fields of the classical university science in the humanities, natural, mathematical and technical sciences and education. Students’ education is based on curricula and syllabi for the educational qualification degrees vocational bachelor, bachelor and master in correspondence with the state regulatory documents.