The University of Plovdiv is built on the foundation laid by the Higher Teacher-Training Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, which opened in July 1961. The Institute was promoted to university status by government decree on 12 January 1972, when it took its present name “Paisiy Hilendarski” Plovdiv University.

Plovdiv University , named in honor of the Bulgarian historian Paisiy Hilendarski, is the city’s leading cultural and scientific institution. It is the largest institution of higher education in Southern Bulgaria, and the second largest Bulgarian university, after St. Kliment Ohridski  University of Sofia. The year 2001 marks the university’s fortieth anniversary.

FACULTIES

• Biology • Economics and Social Science • Mathematics and Informatics • Education • Physics • Languages and Literature • Philosophy and History • Chemistry • Law

Faculty of Chemistry

The Faculty of Chemistry is among the first faculties accredited when the University of Plovdiv was established. It is located in the main university building which is situated in the city center. Every department in the Faculty possesses several laboratories for teaching and scientific work. The Faculty of Chemistry supports 3 computer laboratories, an internal computer network, several servers for scientific and network purposes.

Faculty of Chemistry

Bachelor of Science

ChemistryComputer ChemistryChemistry and Physics

Master of Science

Medical Chemistry Organic Chemistry Applied Physical Chemistry Spectrochemistry Chemistry and Ecology Food ChemistryRadiochemistry and RadioecologyTeacher of Chemistry

Computer Chemistry

General and Inorganic ChemistryAnalytical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Structure of the SubstancePhysical and Colloids Chemistry

Instrumental Methods of Analysis

Biochemistry Applied Inorganic Chemistry

Applied Organic Chemistry

Ecology and Protection of EnvironmentPolimer Chemistry

Material Science

Chemical Toxicology Catalysis

Computer Chemistry

Computers and Software

Chemical Informatics

Statistic and Metrology in Chemistry

Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programming

Chemometry

Quantum Chemistry Methods

Computer Modelling in Chemistry

Computer Design of Biologically Active Substances

Databases and Basis of Programming