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Official Information – Trakia University – Stara Zagora

Institution Name
Trakia University - Stara Zagora

Legal Basis:
Established by decision of the 37th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, published in State Gazette, Issue 68, dated 1 August 1995

Company Registration Number (BULSTAT / EIK):
BG123024538

VAT Number:
BG123024538

Issuing Authorities:
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria – Tax Office, Stara Zagora
National Revenue Agency (NRA), Bulgaria

Registered Address:
Studentski grad, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Organization Type:
Public higher education institution

Official Representative:
Prof. Dr. Miroslav Karabaliev, Rector (since 9 July 2025)
rector@trakia-uni.bg

Trakia University is a center of education, research, and cultural spirit — a place where specialists and scholars are shaped across all fields of knowledge.

It holds a prestigious position among the top ten universities in Bulgaria and stands as an example of an international and multidisciplinary institution.

The University is accredited with a high rating by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency of Bulgaria. It is authorized to offer education at the Bachelor's and Master's levels, as well as to conduct doctoral programs (PhD). 

The University encompasses a diverse academic structure that includes: the Faculty of Agriculture, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with a University Veterinary Hospital, the Faculty of Medicine with a University Hospital, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Engineering and Technology – Yambol, the Medical College – Stara Zagora, the Branch – Haskovo, and the Department for Information and Continuing Professional Development of Teachers. In addition, the university is home to the Academic Technology Complex, the Institute for Sustainable Transition and Development, the Institute of Food Security, and the "One Health" Institute for Zoonoses.

More than 9 thousand students from Bulgaria and the world are trained at the University by highly qualified lecturers, as well as guest lecturers from other universities in the country and abroad, in a total of more than 250 undergraduate and graduate programs.

The University of Thrace has its own modern training facilities. The teaching process and research activities are carried out in modern equipped lecture and computer halls, seminar and practical exercise rooms, specialized classrooms, language laboratories. The University has an Academic Information Centre with modern technical facilities and provides access to rich scientific literature and electronic resources - advantages that make it an integral part of the academic life of students, lecturers and guests.

Students acquire practical skills in the University's teaching and experimental facilities, the University's multidisciplinary hospital, the University's veterinary hospital, the University's own Academic Technology Complex, as well as in companies and organizations with which the University has concluded cooperation agreements.

Trakia University - Stara Zagora has a well-established experience in working on European projects. The academic staff actively works on educational and scientific programs, as well as on bilateral cooperation programs with partner universities and scientific organizations from Bulgaria and abroad. Students have numerous opportunities to study and undertake practical training under the EU Erasmus+ programme and to participate in international scientific projects and congresses, through which they build on their knowledge base and enrich their professional competences.