General Admission Requirements
All applicants must possess at least a secondary education diploma,
which enables them to study at higher education institutions in
the country where they have completed their secondary education.
Application Procedure
Application Deadlines
We accept applications for bachelor's and master's programs till
September 1.
For applicants for doctoral programs the closing date is November
1.
Applications received after these dates will be considered
on case-by-case basis.
Application
Applicants to bachelor's programs have to submit the following
Application Documents:
- Completed Application Form (or download
form in MS-Word RTF format from our web site).
- Copy of applicant’s secondary education diploma - for those
who wish to start as 1st year students.
- Transcript (a document issued by applicant’s university/college,
which lists courses, course hours and grades received) - for
those who have already started their higher education level
studies and would like to continue them at the Technical University
of Sofia.
- Health certificate issued within 1 month before the date of
application.
- Two recent photographs of the applicant.
- Application for Accommodation (optional)(download
form in RTF format).
The documents described in items 2, 3 and 4 must be properly legalized,
translated by a sworn translator into Bulgarian (or into English
or French in case the above is not possible) and certified by relevant
country's Ministry of Education (the health certificate must be
certified by the Ministry of Health instead), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Bulgarian Embassy.
Doctoral and master’s programs applicants should contact the
International Department for further admission information.
All documents should be mailed or delivered in person otherwise
will not be processed.
Address
Faculty Office
Technical University of Sofia - branch Sliven
59, “Bourgasko shosse” St.,
Sliven 8800, Bulgaria
Admission
Selection of international applicants to the Technical University
of Sofia is done without an entrance examination on the basis
of the submitted Application Documents and the proof for paid
tuition fee. All applications will be considered by the relevant
bodies of the Technical University of Sofia and the Bulgarian
Ministry of Education and Science.
Financial
The Bulgarian currency is called lev. However, to simplify
financial planning all fees, prices, expenses, etc. are given
in US Dollars (USD). In Bulgaria there is no problem to exchange
any convertible currency in levs and vice versa.
Tuition fees
For the 2002-2003 academic year the tuition fee for bachelor's
and master's programs is USD 3000 per academic year, while for
doctoral programs is USD 3500 per academic year. This covers registration,
supervision, courses, examinations, and charges for laboratory
equipment and materials.
The tuition fee is payable in two equal parts at the beginning
of each semester.
Bulgarian for academic purposes
This is a special full-time one-year preparatory course for students
whose first language is not Bulgarian and those who need to improve
their command of the language before starting their degree program.
Foreign students learn Bulgarian language, mathematics, physics,
chemistry and informatics in Bulgarian. The tuition fee is USD
2500 per academic year.
International students who have Bulgarian citizenship pay only
50% of the tuition fees.
Way of payment
Payment should be made