St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo
St. Cyril and St. Methodius university of Veliko Turnovo was founded in 1963, as Brothers Cyril and Methodius Higher Institute of Education and on 14 October 1971 it was established as Bulgaria’s second university under its current name. The year was deliberately chosen: 600 years earlier, in the fall of 1371, Euthymius, the renowned theologian and writer and later Bulgarian Patriarch, returned from Mount Athos to establish the medieval Turnovo Literary School in the Holy Trinity Monastery near Turnovgrad, an institution whose reputation as a prestigious medieval seat of learning spread the rich repository of Bulgarian literary traditions far beyond the borders of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Turnovo Literary School had a powerful influence on the development of the literature and literary language in Russia, Serbia, and Romania and also greatly influenced the philosophy and practice of the religious institutions in those countries. For these reasons, despite its relatively short history as a university, Veliko Turnovo University is the rightful heir to centuries-old traditions dating back to the mission of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius among the Slavs.
The university’s Academic Council strives to respond successfully to the European requirements for accessible higher education and to ensure conditions for lifelong learning. Our aim is to facilitate and promote mobility of students from different countries and universities through the credit accumulation and transfer system and through the implementation of different opportunities for study, training and research. Very much like the most prestigious universities in Europe and the United States, the University of Veliko Turnovo is located in a peaceful and romantic town that pulsates with the university rhythm.
Today St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo is the largest Bulgarian university outside of Sofia, and is a highly-respected centre for fine arts and the humanities, enjoying both a national and international reputation and maintaining a wide range of international contacts around the world.
St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo offers its programs of study in Cyprus in cooperation with Saveriades Educational Organisation under the Franchise Law Agreement (2010). The courses are delivered at the premises of the Educational Organisation in Nicosia. All the Academic Staff teaching at St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo in Cyprus courses are approved by the University itself. The degrees are awarded by St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo and not by Saveriades Educational Organisation, and are identical to the ones received by students studying in Bulgaria. All academic programs offered by St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo are recognized by all European countries including Cyprus.
Academic Programs Offered in Cyprus
Postgraduate