The Technical University of Sofia celebrates its 80th anniversary. On October 24, 1945, the successor to the Higher Technical School in Sofia which opened its doors in 1942, was renamed the State Polytechnic. The Technical University of Sofia is considered to be the first higher technical school in Bulgaria. It laid the foundations of four different higher institutes of education that exist to the present day. These are the Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, later (in 1965) renamed the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, now known as the Technical University of Sofia, the Civil Engineering Institute, now known as the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Metallurgy, now known as the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, and the Institute of Mining and Geology, now the University of Mining and Geology, all established in 1953. The Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with a decision of the National Assembly in 1995 was transformed into the Technical University of Sofia.
For 80 years the University has been preparing specialists in the field of engineering, the website of the institution reads. Hundreds of thousands of engineers have graduated from it to this day and have found jobs in their professional fields both in Bulgaria and abroad. The Technical University of Sofia has 14 faculties, several departments, one college and other units where students are trained and scientific research is conducted. The University has a branch in the city of Plovdiv with two faculties and a college and also an affiliated unit in the town of Sliven comprising one faculty and one college. Technical University of Sofia Celebrates its 80th Anniversary THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-24 15:14:13 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
