The Technical University (Bulgarian: Технически университет), based in Sofia, is the largest technical university in Bulgaria.
Founded on 15 October 1945 as part of the Higher Technical School (later renamed to State Polytechnic), it is an independent institution since 1953, when the Polytechnic was divided into four separate technical institutes. It has had its present name and university status since 21 July 1995 and has 14 main faculties based in Sofia, Plovdiv and Sliven, as well as 3 additional ones with education only in foreign languages — German, English and French.
The university is divided into:
1) main faculties in Sofia:
Faculty of Automation
Faculty of Electronic Engineering and Technology
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines
Faculty of Computer Systems and Control
Faculty of Communications and Communications technologies
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Machine Technology
Faculty of Management
Faculty of Transport
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics
2) main faculties in Plovdiv:
Faculty of Electronics and Automation
Faculty of Mechanical and Device Engineering
3) a main faculty in Sliven:
Faculty of Engineering and Pedagogy
