About Us

The Goce Delčev University of Štip (Macedonian: Универзитет Гоце Делчев Штип, romanized: Univerzitet Goce Delchev Shtip; abbr. UGD) is a public university in North Macedonia.[3] Founded in 2007, the university has twelve faculties and three academies (as of July 2019). As of the 2018–19 school year, a total of 8,237 students were enrolled at the university. It is named in honour of the revolutionary Goce Delčev.

On 27 March 2007, UGD was established by the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia. On 28 June 2007, the first Constitutive Session of the University Senate was held in the amphitheater of the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Polytechnic. The University Senate unanimously appointed Professor Sasha Mitrev, PhD, as the first rector of the university in the presence of the State Secretary of Education Pero Stojanovski, a UGD home commission, and representatives from Štip.

UGD is divided into different sections, including academic faculties, administrative departments, and libraries.The university comprises 12 faculties and three academies, and it offers over 100 study programs in three cycles of studying. UGD has numerous university symbols, including a coat of arms, flag, insignia, gown, plaque, and anthem.