SU-NIS is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria and was appointed by the Ministry of Education and Science(MES) as a bridgehead organization in ERA MORE in 2004. For more than a century Sofia University has been the national foremost centre for university education and research in both fundamental theoretical and applied areas. Today it is the largest university in the country with 88 degree programmes offered by 16 faculties.

During the academic 1999/2000 the University signed a contract to join the Socrates Programme of the European Commission. It has since held a leading position among universities in the country, with the highest rate of student and staff mobilities and the most significant contribution to the maintenance of European standards in higher education.

By signing the new Erasmus Charter in 2007 and the acceptance of Bulgaria in the European Union, the University will continue its active participation in the implementation of the opening new vistas educational programme of the EU Lifelong Learning.

Source: http://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/mission_vision_aims_and_objectives_of_the_university as accessed on March 2014.