Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Stara Zagora
faculty of veterinary medicine in Bulgaria
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is a state-funded higher education establishment.
History
The idea about the foundation of a veterinary medical faculty in Bulgaria emerges because of the need for veterinary certification of livestock production and export combined with the impossibility of ensuring the needed number of veterinary professionals by tuition in foreign veterinary medicine universities. The proposal was first brought up in 1897 and, after several unsuccessful attempts, was resurrected again after the First World War. The moving force of this process is the Association of Veterinary Professionals in Bulgaria. The government of Aleksandar Stamboliyski took the first decisive steps towards establishing the faculty by submitting the relevant bill to the 19th Ordinary National Assembly. The bill was presented by Stoyan Omarchevski, Minister of Public Education. Thus, in 1923, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established as the seventh faculty of Sofia University. The Act was approved with a Decree 145 from July 11, 1921, signed by His Majesty Boris III. Thus, the proposal to establish a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine became a legal act. Nevertheless, the practical implementation of the idea was a continuous process, accompanied by many difficulties, efforts and professional self-denial in the name of strengthening of Bulgarian higher veterinary medical education.
With Order No 3294 from August 13, 1921, the Minister of Public Education appointed a commission (interim Faculty Council) with the following structure, proposed by the Academic Council of the Sofia University - prof.
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