South West University Neofit Rilski

Institution Info

The Southwestern University is a center of a rich educational and scientific activity, one of the most authoritative spiritual fireplaces outside the capital. There are 10 500 Bulgarian and foreign students at the University, which study in more than 40 majors. A special authority have the functioning International University Seminar for Balkan Research and Specialization, the Center for Foreign Languages and Literature, Center for International cooperation and integration, Center for Distance Education, the University Publishing House and other centers and units within the framework of the University.

Rich library, wonderful sport facilities, dormitories, perfectly equipped labs, curricula according to the requirements of the 21st. century all this makes SWU "Neofit Rilski" an attractive center for the young people not only from Bulgaria but also from other countries. The Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski" is located in the city of Blagoevgrad, which is only 90 km to the South from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, and 15 km from the border with the Republic of Macedonia and 80 km from the border with the Republic of Greece.

The strategic geopolitical place of the region makes it a center for economic, cultural, educational relations, which facilitated by the vicinity of two borders and the modern transport and communication infrastructure network. In the city, there are radio and TV centers, opera, Drama Theater, movie theaters, 15 high schools, and 6 technical vocational schools. All this defines the objective necessity of, as well as the higher requirements for, an adequate educational system for the preparation of high quality specialists with higher education.

The main objective of the University is to prepare topnotch specialists with higher education in the field of culture, education, science, law, and the economical life of the country and abroad.

In doing so, the Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski" performs its specific mission to be the largest and most authoritative scientific-educational and social-cultural institution in Southwestern Bulgaria, the neighboring region of the Balkans, and Southeast Europe as a whole.