Submission form and required documents – Master's Degree Programmes

Admission for the winter semester of the academic 2025/26 will be open from 07.07.2025 till 10.09.2025, 4pm EEST

Please note that candidates for some of the programmes must attend an interview. For candidates who are not currently in Bulgaria, the interviews could be held online. List of exam dates here

MA admission 2025.26

Registration form

Please fill in this form if are NOT a Bulgarian citizen and you are applying for a programme taught in English. Otherwise, please register HERE

Applicants from non EU/ EEA member countries - please use THESE instructions instead and contact International Students' Admission Office

Before you start filling the form below you must prepare the following documents:

1. Your ID document. A copy of your ID document is required as a proof for your citizenship and/ or your right to apply as a EU/ EEA citizen.

2. A copy of the higher education diploma and all its supplements and translation in Bulgarian

3. Recognition of the diploma is required if it is acquired in a foreign higher education institution. The procedure is explained HERE. Please have in mind that the procedure takes at least two months or more and it should have already started before you apply for a master’s programme at Sofia University.

If you have your diploma recognized by Sofia University, please submit through the indicated fields below a copy of the Recognition certificate you were given and a copy of your diploma and all its supplements and the translation in Bulgarian.

If you have just started the procedure, please submit through the indicated fields below a copy of the diploma and all its supplements and the translation in Bulgarian, plus a copy of the incoming number you were given by the Inspector “Recognition of foreign higher education” in the International Students’ Admission Office.

Please have in mind that your diploma should be recognized by 16.09.2025 for the candidates for the state-subsidized places and by 06.10.2025 for all applications, otherwise you may not be accepted by the university!

4. Other documents required by the programmes

5. Please do not pay any application fees in advance. A representative of the faculty will contact you and discuss the registration with you. Candidates must pay BGN 50.00 application fee to be allowed to apply and BGN 50.00 for each exam if they are more than one. Some programmes accept grades from other exams in the faculty.

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

ID No/Pssport No/ Other ID No

Phone/Mobile

Country of birth

Nationality

Date or birth

Place of birth

Permanent address

Your address in Bulgaria

Educational background

I. Secondary education

Name of the Secondary School

Years (from/to)

Location (country, city)

II. Higher education

Name and location of The Higher Education Institutions/Universities

Subject

Year of completion

Awarder degree

Bachelor (3 years term of study 180 ECTS credits)

Bachelor (4 years term of study 240 ECTS credits)

Additional higher education qualification

I have previously completed a master's degree

Yes

Name and location of The Higher Education Institution/University and Subject

Please upload a copy of your diploma, all supplements and translations

Choose File

Please upload a copy of the recognition certificate or incoming number indicating that you have submitted your diploma for recognition

Choose File

Please upload a copy of of your ID/ passport

Choose File

Desired programmes

Please indicate the programs you are applying for, starting with the most desired one. State funded forms only apply to EU/EEA citizens and additional entrance exams or interviews apply.

First

Second

Additional documents required by the programme you are applying for

Choose File

Personal statement/ declaration

1. I declare that all of the application documents submitted to Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” are authentic and the information included in all of them is true and correct.

2. I am informed that: The provided personal data is processed by Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” for the purpose of my Application and enrolment as a student at the University and I am aquainted with my right under GDPR and The Privacy notice for the Students and PhD Students at Sofia University and the Information regarding the Data Protection Officer at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

I agree

Yes