Agricultural University Plovdiv

The Agricultural University - Plovdiv was established in 1945. It has strengthened its positions as a national centre of agricultural science and education in Bulgaria.

In 2006 the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency awarded the Agricultural University – Plovdiv with an institutional accreditation and the highest grade of “Very Good”.

The University has modern lecture halls, computer rooms, sport halls and playgrounds, a swimming pool, a cafeteria, a library, etc.

The AU-Plovdiv provides training for three academic degrees – Bachelor, Master and PhD. Bulgarian students as well as foreigners are enrolled both as full-time and part-time students in the three academic and educational degree courses.

• To provide high quality student-centered education guaranteeing competitiveness on the Bulgarian, the European and the world labour market;
• To achieve research results ensuring their rapid introduction into practice;
• To bring up citizens committed to civic virtues, capable of making policies and strategies in the agricultural sector;
• To preserve the traditional love of Bulgarian people to land and its richness, their desire for knowledge and the values of Bulgarian agricultural education and science;
• The Agricultural University should earn the social acknowledgement as a leading institution in the area of agricultural business, science and education.

In November 2006 the Agricultural University - Plovdiv received the last valid institutional accreditation with an assessment grade of “Very Good” by the National Agency of Evaluation and Accreditation within the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.