The University of Forestry, (Bulgarian: Лесотехнически университет — София (ЛТУ), often abbreviated as LTU) based in Sofia, is a state university with six faculties with a total of 30 departments. The university is located in the university suburb in Sofia, close to the Technical University and the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy. The University of Forestry has two Forestry Training and Research Centers: the first one outstationed near the village of Yundola in the coniferous forest belt, and the other in the village of Barzia in the broadleaved forest belt. It also has one Training and Experimental Field Station in Vrazhdebna suburb of Sofia. For more than 80 years now the University of Forestry has been the only university in Bulgaria providing education in forestry, forest industry and landscape architecture. In the 1990s the range of scientific fields was expanded to include ecology, agronomy, veterinary medicine and business management. In mid 1990s the University adopted the three-level degree system of bachelor, master and doctor degrees. At that time it also introduced the European Credit Transfer System.