University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev” (UR) was established in 1945. There are 20 professional fields which have been granted programme accreditation in the following areas of higher education: Educational Studies; Social, Economic and Law studies; Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Informatics; Technical Studies; Healthcare, Social Activities and Sports.
The university has a number of specialized centers such as Centre for Further Education (CFE); Distance Learning Centre (DLC), University Career Center (UCC); Center for International Cooperation and Mobility (CICM); Bulgarian-Romanian Interuniversity Center (BRIE), etc. which support UR development and recognition as a significant regional and national educational and research institution.