APPLICANTS FROM EU AND EEA

The application documents that the candidates from EU and EEA should submit are the following:

 

1. An Application form, signed by the candidate. It is available on our website.
2. A leaving Certificate /Diploma/Secondary school/College certificate with the marks on the subjects that are included in the assessment of the candidates (the required subjects are specific for each major and you can see them in the Table of the required marks below). In case that these required marks are missing from the Diploma, the applicants submit a transcript from the last school year during which they studied these subjects.
3. A document that certifies that the above stated Diploma makes the applicant eligible to continue his / her education in a higher school or university in the country of origin.
4. A copy of ID – passport.
5. 4 photos.
6. An application fee.

 

The documents from items 2 and 3 must have an apostille stamp from the country of issue OR must be certified in other legal ways applicable to the respective country. The apostilled / certified documents should be translated in Bulgarian and certified by the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in the respective country (if the document is translated in the country of origin) or by a Bulgarian public notary (if the document is translated in Bulgaria by a licensed interpreter).

 

Table of the required marks:

 

Chosen major	Required marks for the assessment
Veterinary Medicine	Biology and Chemistry
Medicine	Biology and Chemistry
Medical rehabilitation and Ergotherapy	Biology and Chemistry
Nursing	Biology and Bulgarian language*
Midwifery	Biology and Bulgarian language*
Rehabilitator	Biology and Chemistry
Medical laboratory Technician	Biology and Chemistry
Medical Cosmetics	Biology and Chemistry
Assistant pharmacist	Biology and Chemistry
Geriatric Specialist	Biology and Bulgarian language*
Agronomy	Biology and Chemistry
Essential oil Crops	Biology and Chemistry
Zooengineering	Biology and Chemistry
Ecology and Environment Protection	Biology and Chemistry
Agrarian Engineering	Mathematics and Physics
Fsh farming and Aquaculture	Biology and Chemistry
Business Economy	Mathematics and Geography
Agrarian Economy and Trade	Mathematics and Geography
Regional Economy and Management	Mathematics and Geography
Local Finance	Mathematics and Geography
IT in Economy and Management	Mathematics and Geography
Special Pedagogy	History and Bulgarian language*
Primary Shcool Pedagogy with foreign language	History and Bulgarian language*
Pre-school and primary school Pedagogy	History and Bulgarian language*
Social Pedagogiy	History and Bulgarian language*
Pedagogy of information technology training	IT/ Mathematics and Bulgarian language*
Pedagogy of art and graphic design training	IT/ Mathematics and Bulgarian language*
Design, Technology and Management of Fashion Industry	Mathematics and Physics
Auto transport and agricultural Machinery	Mathematics and Physics
Automatic and computer Systems	Mathematics and Physics
Electrical Engineering	Mathematics and Physics
Heat- and gas supply	Mathematics and Physics
Technology of foods	Mathematics and Physics
Industrial Engineering	Mathematics and Physics

 

*The mark in Bulgarian language from the Language Certificate, issued by Trakia university or any other university in Bulgaria (if the candidate chooses to study in Bulgarian language and passes a preparatory course in Bulgarian language). The mark in Bulgarian language might be also the mark from a Certificate for Bulgarian language for level B2.

 

The deadlines for submitting the papers for the 2023/2024 academic year depend on the particular case of each applicant:

 

1. If the applicant chooses to study the desired major in Bulgarian, he / she should attend a preparatory course of 10 months in Trakia university, studying Bulgarian language and special subjects in Bulgarian. In this case the deadline for submitting the papers is the 26^th of September 2023.
2. If the applicant has already passed the preparatory year and has a Bulgarian language Certificate, issued by Trakia university or any other Bulgarian university, and a Certificate issued by any of the Bulgarian Regional Departments of Education, the deadline for submitting papers is the same as the deadline applied to Bulgarian citizens – from the 1^st of June 2023 till the 25^th of June 2023.
3. If the applicant chooses to study the desired major in English (this is applicable to the majors that are offered in English – “Medicine” and “Veterinary medicine”), the deadline for submitting the papers is the 28th of August 2023.

 

Where and how to submit the application documents?

The papers are presented in one of the following ways:

• Personally in the Admission Office of the Study Department of Trakia university, room 200, Rectorate, Students’ town, Stara Zagora

OR

• Recommended, with a tracking number to the following address:

 

Admission Office, Study Department – room 200

Trakia university

Students’ campus

Stara Zagora, 6015

Bulgaria 

 

The application fees depend on the particular case of each applicant:

 

1. In case the applicant chooses to study the desired major in Bulgarian, he / she should attend a preparatory 10-month course. In this case the application fee is the BGN equivalence of 55 euro (107.60 leva).
2. In case the applicant has already passed the preparatory year and has a Bulgarian language Certificate, issued by Trakia university or any other Bulgarian university, the application fee is 50 BGN.
3. In case the applicant chooses to study the desired major in English (this is applicable to the majors that are offered in English – “Medicine” and “Veterinary medicine”), the application fee is 55 euro for each exam. There is no fee for processing the documents. 

 

How to pay the application fee?

The application fees are paid in one of the following ways:

• In the pay desk of the University when submitting the application papers – only in BGN (Bulgarian leva)

OR

• Through a bank transfer to the following bank account:

Trakia university

Rectorate

Unicredit Bulbank

BG22UNCR 7630 3100 1176 13

BIC – UNCRBGSF

 

Please put the applicant's name in the reference field.

 

The final assessing depends on the particular case of each applicant:

1. In case the applicant chooses to study the desired major in Bulgarian, he / she should attend a preparatory 10-month course in Trakia university. In this case the assessing is ex oficio (only by documents) without ranking.
2. In case the applicant has already passed the preparatory year and has a Bulgarian language Certificate, issued by Trakia university or any other Bulgarian university, he / she participates in the assessing process together with the Bulgarian candidates (the rules and regulations applied to the candidates from EU and EEA are the same as those applied to Bulgarian citizens).
3. In case the applicant chooses to study the desired major in English (this is applicable to the majors that are offered in English – “Medicine” and “Veterinary medicine”), Trakia university organizes on-line entrance exams in three sessions as follows:

First session: JUNE 3, 2023 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

                        JUNE 4, 2023 – exam in Biology (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Veterinary medicine and Medicine) and exam in Chemistry (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Medicine)

 

Second session: JULY 22, 2023 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

                              JULY 23, 2023 – exam in Biology (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Veterinary medicine and Medicine) and exam in Chemistry (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Medicine)

 

Third session: AUGUST 26, 2023 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

                        AUGUST 27, 2023 – exam in Biology (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Veterinary medicine and Medicine) and exam in Chemistry (for all the candidates who apply for the English programs of Medicine)

 

You may sit for all the exams (in all the three sessions) and we shall take your highest results to form your final assessment. You may find sample tests in Biology and Chemistry on our website.

 

The the first ranking will be announced on the 30th of August 2023 and it will be according to the following table:

 

 

Chosen Specialty	Entry Tests	Assessment
Medicine	Chemistry and Biology (in English)	The marks from the entry tests are doubled and added to the marks in Chemistry and Biology from the Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Veterinary Medicine	Biology (in English)	The mark from the entry test is doubled and added to the marks in Chemistry and Biology from the Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

Important! In case that we still have vacant places after the enrollment procedure, Trakia university will announce the second ranking or will porganize one more exam session.

 

Enrollment procedure:

The enrollment procedure takes place after the announcement of the ranking in further announced terms. The enrollment procedure takes place in the respective faculty. So, please, be prepared to pay the first installment of your tuition fee (the tuition fee for the first semester). Please refer to the links “Tuition fees and Bank accounts” and “Enrollment”.