The new structure of the Institute has specialized premises: classrooms, study rooms, language laboratories, a library with a reading room, an exhibition hall, a multifunctional conference hall, and a theater hall. The large scale reconstruction work has been carried out with the assistance of Sofia University and the Beijing University for Foreign Languages.

At the beginning of the solemn ceremony the Rector Professor Dr. Ivan Ilchev and the members of the Academic Council laid flowers at the statues of Evlogy and Hristo Georgiev. At the Aula Magna of Sofia University were present Professor Todor Tanev, Minister of Education and Science, Professor Nikolay Denkov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Mrs Yordanka Fandukova, Mayoress of the City of Sofia, Krasimir Velchev and Borislav Velikov, MPs, Ms. Roumyana Kolarova, Secretary for education, science and civil society at the Presidency of the Republic of Bulgaria, rectors of high academic institutions, ambassadors, faculty and students.

On January 1^st, 2016, as part of the Horizon 2020 – ICT-2015-20 Program, an Adaptive trust-based e-assessment System for Learning (TeSLA) project will be launched.

The second meeting of the Association of Вalkan Universities was held at the Trakya University in Edirne, Turkey. The organization set up in 2008 includes more than 70 academic institutions of higher education in all the Balkan countries.

A solemn ceremony to award the national “For Women in Science, 2015” scholarships was held at the SS Cyril and Methodius National Library. This is part of the L’Oreal – UNESCO Program.