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 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 required 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.

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.

Deadlines for submitting the documents for the 2025 / 2026 academic year:

Start date Start date: 1st of April 2025

The deadline for the applicants who choose to pursue the English programs of Medicine or Veterinary medicine is the 1st of July 2025.

The deadline for the applicants who choose to pass the 10-month preparatory course is the 1st of August 2025.

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 13, Rectorate, Students’ town, Stara Zagora

or

• Recommended with a tracking number to the following address:

Admission Office, Study Department – room 13

Trakia university

Students’ campus

Stara Zagora, 6015

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 70 euro (137.00 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 70 euro for each exam. There is no fee for documents' processing.

How to pay the application fee?

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

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

• Through a bank transfer to the following bank account:

Trakia university-Rectorate

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Unicredit Bulbank

BG22UNCR 7630 3100 1176 13

BIC – UNCRBGSF

The applicants must put their names in the reference field.

Visa D procedure

All non-EU applicants must hold a visa type "D". The procedure of getting a 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 education and science.

The Ministry issues a Certificate stating that the candidate is accepted in Trakia university. Also, the Certificate states the specialty, the duration of the tuition and the tuition fee. The Certificate is sent to the candidate who must submit 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. - the applicant is enrolled without ranking;

2. In case the applicant already holds a Language Proficiency Certificate issued by Trakia university or any other Bulgarian university, the applicant is enrolled in his/her chosen major;

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:

TrakiaUniversity conducts online entrance examinations in three sessions:

First session:

JUNE 7, 2025 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

JUNE 8, 2025 – 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 26, 2025 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

JULY 27, 2025 – 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 23, 2025 – exam in English (for all the applicants who come from a country where English is not an official language)

 AUGUST 24, 2025 – 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 final assessment for the specialties "Medicine" and "Veterinary medicine" (English programs) is calculated as follows:

Chosen specialty: Medicine

Entry Tests - Chemistry and Biology (in English)

Assessment The marks from the entry tests are doubled and added to the marks in Chemistry and Biology from the Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Chosen specialty: Veterinary medicine

Entry Tests - Biology

Assessment The mark from the entry test is doubled and added to the marks in Chemistry and Biology from the Secondary School Leaving Certificate.

The first ranking will be announced on the 27th of August 2025.

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.

Sample application tests are uploaded on the website.

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.

The enrollment procedure starts on the 28th of August and the deadline for the students' registration is the 3rd of September. The enrollment procedure takes place in the respective faculty. 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”.