Confucius Institute opens within SS. Cyril and Methodius University

President Gjorge Ivanov and Education Minister Spiro Ristovski are to attend Tuesday formal opening of Confucius Institute within SS. Cyril and Methodius University.

The establishment of Confucius Institute is in partnership between the SS. Cyril and Methodius University and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) in Chengdu, the People's Republic of China and is a result of strengthening the cooperation in education between Macedonia and China. 

300 Foreign Students enroll at Ss Cyril and Methodius University to study Macedonian

300 foreign students have enrolled at Macedonia's biggest university Ss. Cyril and Methodius in a program to study Macedonian language from September 2012 through May 2013.

Macedonian geographical dialects in the Balkans.

Should they pass the exam, they will be granted a certificate which will allow them to enroll into any of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius colleges for the next academic year.

This program is designed to prepare students in learning Macedonian so they can later enroll and be successful in their studies.

The 300 foreign students mostly come from the European continent: Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria, Holland, Lithuania, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia etc.