program“; production of textbooks and teaching aids, supporting teaching in the DLST; proofreading, editing and translation work for the needs of MU of Plovdiv; promotion of Bulgarian culture among foreign students by organizing various events. DLST upgrades the language skills of the teachers and students of MU of Plovdiv by providing optional language courses with an emphasis on specialized terminology. Medical College Plovdiv Medical College, as a higher state health educational institution, is a main unit in the structure of the Medical University of Plovdiv. The modern-day Medical College is the legal successor of the second in Bulgaria "Sisters of Mercy school” (1942) and the Medical School for Midwives (1945), which in 1954 merged into the United Medical School. In its history, the school has gone through transformations; it has repeatedly changed its status: 1942 – Medical School for Nurses 1945 – Medical School for Midwives 1958 - Medical School for Nurses, Medical assistants and Midwives 1975 - Medical junior college 1980 – Vocational Institute for healthcare personnel 1983 - Vocational Institute for healthcare personnel with educational and professional complex 1990 - Medical junior college Since 1997 - Medical college as part of HMI in Plovdiv. Centres Medical Simulation Training Centre (MSTC) Functional Pulmonary Diagnostics Centre Immunology Research Center Translational Neuroscience Complex Library and information Centre University Publishing Centre Career Centre Project Centre Professional Training Centre Child Development Research Centre Morphological Research Centre Centre for Continuous Education in Dental Medicine (PODEM) Laser Dental medicine Centre Dental Implantology Centre CAD/CAM Dental medicine Centre Centre of competence "Personalized Innovative Medicine PERIMED" Electronic Distance Learning Centre Centre for electronic and distance learning Academic Development Centre Data Centre. Research Institute of MU of Plovdiv (RIMU) Research Institute of MU of Plovdiv (RIMU) works in several priority scientific areas: simulation-training technologies in medicine, translational neuroscience, molecular and regenerative medicine, 3D bioprinting, innovative diagnostic methods, child development, medical speech and language pathology, patient safety in surgery, modern technologies in dental medicine, pharmaceutical innovations for personalized medicine, health and quality of life in a green and sustainable environment, etc. Priority is given to scientific applied research, the results of which have practical value for the general public. Training Specialties Students, PhD students and specialists in the fields of medicine, dentistry and health care at the Medical University of Plovdiv are trained in the following master's and bachelor's programs: Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy (Master’s) – full-time, following exams