Documents and criteria

Application documents

1. Application form (Appendix No. 1). The application form must be completed in Bulgarian or English on computer and signed by the applicant on every page.
2. Diploma of completed secondary education, incl. diploma supplement with grades.
3. Official document with the grading system description (in case of no grading scale is enclosed to the Diploma of completed secondary education).
4. Official document issued by an accredited authority certifying the applicant’s right to pursue their studies at higher education institutions in the country where the secondary education was obtained (Appendix No. 2). The document might be issued by the high school the applicant graduated from. It must contain the following text: “The education received gives the applicant the right to continue his/her studies in higher education institutions in …………. (country where the secondary education was obtained)”.
5. Official document (i.e. Certificate of recognition of secondary education completed abroad) issued by any of the Regional Departments of Education in Bulgaria.

N.B. The list of the documents required by the Regional Department of Education to issue the above-mentioned Certificate of recognition of secondary education completed abroad is available on the following website: https://ruo-vt.bg/administrativno-obsluzhvane/ (section 916). As the website is unilingual, here is the translated in English list of the required documents:

The documents required by the Regional Department of Education to issue the Certificate of recognition of secondary education completed abroad should be submitted to the Regional Departments of Education in Bulgaria personally by applicants or by an authorised representative.

6. Transcript of Records (for applicants who apply for transferring from one university to the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economic).
7. Copy of passport or ID card. Applicants with dual citizenship should also provide copies of their Bulgarian ID card or passport. In case there is a difference between the names on the two ID cards or passports, the applicant must also provide a notary certified declaration of identity (or, alternatively, a certificate issued by the respective municipal authorities) stating that the different names belong to one and the same person.
8. Four (4) photos passport format.
9. Certificate of Bulgarian language command issued by a higher education institution in Bulgaria (for applicants who apply for Bulgarian-taught programmes and who have not passed a language and specialised preparatory course).
10. Document for a paid document-processing fee.

Documents specified in points 2, 3 (if any), 4, and 6 (if any) must be legalised in accordance with the provisions contained in the intergovernmental agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and the country in which these documents were issued and translated in Bulgarian. Translation in Bulgarian could be done abroad (by the Bulgarian Embassy) or in Bulgaria (by translation agency). If such agreements do not exist, the documents must be validated, translated, and legalised according to the standard procedure for legalisation of official papers. For more information, see “Legalisation and certification”.

Admission criteria

The admission of non-EU citizens is based on the applicant’s documents. The applicant must meet the following requirement:

The grades in English language plus one optional subject from a predefined course list (Appendix No. 3) on their diploma of completed of secondary education must be higher than 62% of the maximum grade according to the grading scale in the country where Diploma of completed secondary education was obtained.

For applicants who apply for English-taught programmes, minimum level B2 according to CEFR standard is required.