Non-EU Applicants

The application documents that the non-EU applicants should submit are the following:

IMPORTANT! The documents are submitted as follows: 1 original set of the documents and scanned copies of all the documents to one of the following email addresses: stefka.mihova@trakia-uni.bg OR violeta.koleva@trakia-uni.bg

1. An Application form, signed by the candidate. It is available on our website.
2. A NEW REQUIREMENT STARTING FROM THE PRESENT ACADEMIC YEAR! A Certificate issued by any of the Regional Departments of Education in Bulgaria which recognizes the applicant's secondary education from abroad. The Certificate must contain the marks on the subjects that are crucial for the assessment of the candidate (the required subjects are specific for each major and you can see them in the Table of the required marks below). Important! The required marks should be at least 62 % of the possible maximum of the grading system in the respective country. (The 62% rule is applicable only to the non-EU candidates – it is an obligatory rule for getting visa type "D"). This means that the average of the required marks in the Certificate issued by the Regional Department must be at least 3.72. 
3. A copy of ID – passport.
4. 4 photos.
5. An application fee.

 

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 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:

 

The starting date of submitting the papers is the 01^st of April 2023.

The deadline for the applicants who wish to attend the English programs (this is applicable to the specialties “Medicine” and “Veterinary medicine”, that are taught in English) is the 1st of July 2023.

The deadline for the applicants who wish to attend the preparatory course in Bulgarian language and to continue their studies in Bulgarian language is the 1st of August 2023.

The deadline for the UK citizens is the 28th of August. 

 

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, 6000

Bulgaria

IMPORTANT: THE APPLICANTS MUST SEND SCANNED COPIES OF THEIR DOCUMENTS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESSES: stefka.mihova@trakia-uni.bg OR violeta.koleva@trakia-uni.bg

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 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 documents' process. 

 

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

It is obligatory for the applicants to write their names in the reference field.

 

Visa D procedure

All non-EU applicants must have visa typep "D". The procedure of getting visa type "D" takes at least 2 months and it consists of the following activities:

As soon as the applicant’s papers are submitted in the university they are sent to the Ministry of science. The Ministry issues a Certificate stating that the candidate is accepted in Trakia university. Also, the Certificate states the specialty, the duration of tuition and the tuition tax. The Certificate is sent to the candidate who submits it in the Bulgarian diplomatic mission of the respective country. The applicant receives the visa from the above stated diplomatic mission and is free to come to Bulgaria and to enroll in the university.

 

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

 

1. In case the applicant chooses to study the desired major in Bulgarian language, he / she should attend a preparatory 10-month course in Trakia university. In this case the enrollment is ex officio (only based on the 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 assessment process and enrolls in the chosen specialty.
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 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 organize one more exam session.

 

Enrollment procedure:

The enrollment procedure starts on the 31st of August and the deadline for the students' registration is the 8th of September. 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”.