Skopje, University of

(full name, Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje), one of the largest universities in Yugoslavia; located in Macedonia. The University of Skopje was founded in 1949. In 1974 it comprised the faculties of agriculture and forestry, architecture, economics, law, mechanical and electrical engineering, medicine, letters, natural sciences and mathematics, and technology. In the 1974-75 academic year the university had 20,000 students and 800 teachers. The university library, the National and University Library of Skopje (founded 1944), has more than 500,000 volumes.