{"id":1729,"date":"2023-09-28T07:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T07:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trakia-uni.bg\/?page_id=1729"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:37:16","slug":"thirdpartyapplications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trakia-uni.bg\/en\/admission\/international-students\/thirdpartyapplications\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-EU Aplicants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Application deadline for submission of documents for non-EU candidates<\/strong> for the majors taught in English: 1st July 2026 (the documents must be received in the university).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The application documents that the non-EU applicants should submit are the following:<\/u><\/b><\/p>

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: violeta.koleva@trakia-uni.bg OR ivelina.aleksandrova@trakia-uni.bg<\/u><\/b><\/p>

  1. An Application form, signed by the candidate. It is available on our website.<\/p><\/li>

  2. A leaving Certificate \/Diploma\/Secondary school\/College certificate containing the scores on the subjects that are included in the assessment of the candidates (the required subjects are specific for each major\u00a0<\/p>

    In the event that the secondary school diploma is missing one or two of the required grades, applicants must also submit a transcript from the school of the last year of secondary school in which they studied the required subjects;<\/p><\/li>

  3. A document certifying that the secondary education diploma entitles the applicant to continue his \/ her studies at higher education institutions in the country where the diploma was issued;<\/p><\/li>

  4. A Certificate issued by NACID (National Centre of Information and Documentation) 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). Table or required marks for the ranking.<\/a>If these grades are not included in the diploma, an Official note for recognition of grades is issued for the respective grades, included in the ranking score (again from NACID)\nhttps:\/\/portal.nacid.bg\/nacid-services\/<\/p>

    \u00a0Important!<\/u> 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 \u2013 it is an obligatory rule for getting visa type \"D\"). This means that the average of the required ranking marks in the Certificate issued by NACID must be at least 3.72.\u00a0<\/p><\/li>

  5. A copy of ID \u2013 passport.<\/p><\/li>

  6. 4<\/b>\u00a0photos.<\/p><\/li>

  7. An application fee.<\/p><\/li><\/ol>

    The documents in items 2 and 3<\/em> <\/strong>must have an apostille stamp from the country of issue OR must be certified in other legal ways applicable to the respective country. The apostilled \/ certified documents should be translated in Bulgarian and certified by the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in the respective country (if the document is translated in the country of origin) or by a Bulgarian public notary (if the document is translated in Bulgaria by a licensed interpreter).<\/p>

    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.<\/i><\/b><\/p>

    Deadlines for submitting the documents for the 2026 \/ 2027 academic year:<\/u><\/b><\/p>

    Start date<\/b> for acceptance of documents is 1 April 2026.<\/p>

    The deadline<\/b> for the applicants who wish to attend the English programs (this is applicable to the specialties \u201cMedicine\u201d and \u201cVeterinary medicine\u201d, that are taught in English) is the 1st of July 2026.<\/p>

    The deadline<\/b> for candidates who wish to take the preparatory year in Bulgarian is 01 August 2026.<\/p>

    Where and how to submit the application documents?<\/u><\/b><\/p>

    The papers are presented in one of the following ways:<\/p>