1. Application Conditions

2. Application Documents

3. Preparatory Language Cource

4. Application Procedure

Application Procedure

Application documents should be submitted until September 15 2025, at the International Students Division (Central Lobby), personally by the applicant or by an authorized representative.

1. For applicants who graduated secondary education abroad, before the procedure of issuing a certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science for a visa “D”, they have to go through procedure of recognition of their high-school diploma by the Regional Department of Education in Republic of Bulgaria. An application for this procedure should be submitted personally by the applicant or by an authorized representative at any RUO in Bulgaria . After completing the procedure RDE issued a certificate for recognized secondary education graduated abroad.

2. After admission of the documents by the International Students Division, they will be arranged and sent within the term to the Ministry of Education and Science – Higher Education Directorate in order issue a certificate. 

3. After the certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science is ready, the International Students Division notifies the applicants that they can get their certificate personally or by an authorized representative and should submit their documents for a visa “D”.

4. Documents for a visa “D” should be submitted at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the country where the applicant comes from.

5. After getting a visa “D” and applicants arrival in Bulgaria, they should enroll at the International Students Division, respectively for a preparatory course for language and specialized training or for education in  Bachelor's Degree.