The St. Cyril

Saints Cyril and Methodius

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 and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists...

(Bulgarian

Bulgarian language

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 Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n university

University

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 based in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It was established on 15 September 1963 as a pedagogical

Pedagogy

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 institute

Institute

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. The first four disciplines were Bulgarian Philology, Russian Philology, History, and Arts. Since then, the university has grown to become the largest one outside Sofia

Sofia

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, with over 60 different disciplines in 8 faculties being available to students, as well as two college

College

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s in Pleven

Pleven

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 and Vratsa

Vratsa

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Organization

The university is divided into 7 faculties:

• Faculty of Economics
  Economics
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• Faculty of Education
  Education
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• Faculty of Fine Arts
  Fine art
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• Faculty of History
  History
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• Faculty of Law
  Law
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• Faculty of Modern Languages
  Modern language
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• Faculty of Orthodox
  Orthodox Christianity
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   Theology
  Theology
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• Faculty of Philosophy
  Philosophy
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• Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics