Applying to universities in Bulgaria

 

Undergraduate: Bulgarian universities are open to all foreign citizens who have a diploma for completed secondary education (final examination, which serves as general qualification for university entrance) that makes them eligible for higher education in their own country.

Post-graduate: Foreign citizens can apply for PhD programmes after acquiring a Master’s degree. Students graduating from foreign universities (or other higher education institutions) can apply for doctor programmes after their diploma for completed higher education has been officially recognized and a certificate has been issued in accordance with the State Requirements for the Recognition of Diplomas for Completed Higher Education.


Foreign citizens can apply to universities in the Republic of Bulgaria:
• according to intergovernmental agreements on educational, scientific and cultural exchange
• in accordance with decrees of the Council of Ministers for the number of positions for foreign students
• by paying the full tuition fee.

Foreign citizens can apply to study at Bulgarian Universities under the terms and conditions regulating the admission of Bulgarian citizens to higher education institutions in the Republic of Bulgaria, if:
• they have permanent residence permit
• they are treated as refugees
• are of Bulgarian nationality, but living abroad

Each year the Council of Ministers sets the number of foreign students that can be admitted.

Applicants under Decrees of the Council of Ministers and under intergovernmental agreements have to submit their documents in the Education Ministry.