medical university, sofia medical university, sofia the medical university, sofia (bulgarian: медицински университет в софия) is a public university in sofia, bulgaria which was founded in 1917. it is the oldest institution for higher medical education in bulgaria. medical universityмедицински университетlatin: universitas medicinae serdicensismottoerudiendo, sciendo, curandomotto in englishto teach, to research, to curetypepublicestablished22 november 1917 (1917-11-22)rectorlachezar traykovacademic staff1969students8311locationsofia, bulgariawebsitewww.mu-sofia.bg/en university rankingsregional – overallqs emerging europe and central asia165 (2022) medical university, sofia (2009) history medical university of sofia is the oldest institution for higher medical education in bulgaria. his majesty tsar ferdinand founded it by decree in 1917 as a medical faculty of sofia university. m. russev, a.m. petrov, st. vatev, and p. orahovatz prepared alexandrovska hospital’s departments for the needs of future clinics and organized training of teaching staff. among the first professors of medicine in bulgaria were v. mollov, p. stojanov, st. kirkovitch, iv. kiprov (first dean), r.h. kann, t. petrov, pashev, at. teodorov, etc. in 1942 a dentistry department opened and its founders were assistant professor sl. davidov, assistant professor g. stiljanov and professor al. stanishev. 1917 - a law is passed by his majesty ferdinand i of bulgaria for the establishment of the medical faculty of the sofia university. 1918 - professor g. shishkov performs the first lecture. the topic of the lecture is zoology. 1950 - the decree (№ 246) of the presidium of the national assembly is passed, resulting in the medical faculty becoming independent under the name of medical academy and subsequent separation from the university of sofia. 1954 - the medical academy is renamed the higher medical institute 1972 - a unified medical academy is established , comprising all the senior medical institutions in bulgaria 1990 - the unified medical academy dissolves. resulting in all higher medical institutes becoming independent 1995 - on 21 may the higher medical institute is renamed the medical university university hospitals university multiprofile hospital for active treatment „saint ivan rilski“ alexandrovska hospital university multiprofile hospital for active treatment „saint anna“ university multiprofile hospital for active treatment „тsaritsa yoanna - isul“ specialized orthopedic university hospital "prof.b.boychev"- gorna banya university specialized hospital for active treatment of endocrinology "acad. ivan pencev" university hospital of obstetrics and gynecology maichin dom specialized hospital for active treatment of children's diseases university multiprofile hospital for active treatment „st. ekaterina“ multiprofile hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry «st. naum» general hospital for active treatment of pulmonary diseases "st. sofia" university multiprofile hospital for active treatment and emergency medicine „n.i.pirogov“ specialized hospital for active treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases