According to Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” the Faculty of Medicine has been founded in 1917 through a Decision made by the Parliament amending the Education Law, and approved by Decree No. 21 of Tzar Ferdinand (Published in State Gazette No. 266 of November 29th 1917). The newly established Faculty receives for its needs buildings of First High School for Boys, situated on Dunav Street 2, as well as Aleksandrovska Hospital, and Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital “Princess Maria Louise”.
At that time the Faculty of Medicine was the only one in Bulgaria, and soon became a cradle of sound professional schools in all medical disciplines. The role of Faculty in establishment and further successful development of important Bulgarian medical institutions such as the Medical University – Sofia (1950), the Faculty of Medicine in the Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” (1945), and the Institute for Specialization and Qualification of Physicians (1950) is unquestionable. High authority and widely respected professionalism of lecturers and scientists such as Assen Zlatarov, Assen Hadjiolov, Metodii Popov, Dimiter Orahovatz, Vladimir Markov, Stefan Vatev, Vassil Mollov, Stoyan Kirkovich, Vladimir Alexiev, Paraskev Stoyanov, Alexander Stanishev, Stoyan Belinov, Konstantin Pashev, Bogomil Beron, Luben Popov, Nikola Krustnikov, Toshko Petrov, Dimiter Kadanov, Konstantin Chilov, Boycho Boychev, Marin Petrov, Ivan Penchev, Peter Pophristov, Nikola Shipkovenski, Alexy Puhlev, Tasho Tashev, and many more build a solid respect of the Faculty of Medicine and make the Faculty both a wanted partner in international collaborations and well ranked European high medical school.
The fee for medicine is 7700 EUR
