Foreign citizens are admitted at Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov University – Burgas (AZU-Burgas) in accordance with the Higher Education Act (HEA) and the Ordinance on the State Requirements for Admission of Students at Higher Schools of the Republic of Bulgaria.

1) Foreign students should have completed secondary education giving them the right to apply to higher education institutions of the country where they have completed their secondary education

2) Foreign students should have studied and should have grades in Biology and Chemistry in their secondary education diploma.

• For citizens from non-EU countries, the minimum GPA (Grade Point Average) in biology and chemistry of the applicant’s secondary education certificate may not be lower than 62% of the maximum in the assessment system in the country in which the applicant has acquired secondary education.
• Applicants, which have studied subjects like Science, Additional Science and others, instead of Biology and Chemistry, should present a document (legalized, translated and certified), issued by their secondary school with the subject curriculum.

3) Foreign students should pass Entry exams in Biology and Chemistry in English or in Bulgarian

4) Foreign students should apply the necessary documents according to the deadlines:

• All documents submitted to AZU-Burgas must be legalized and officially translated into Bulgarian language. The translation must be done and certified in accordance with the provisions of the international treaties of the Republic of Bulgaria with the state/country in which they were issued and, in the absence thereof, under the general order for translations, legalizations and certifications of documents and other papers. In case the applicants are not able to apply personally, they should present a letter of attorney, legalized and translated.
• In cases where the translation into Bulgarian shall be done on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria (after the legalization of the relevant document), the translation must be done by an authorized translator included in the list of translators at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. After that, the translation must be certified by notary in the Republic of Bulgaria.
• Citizens from non-EU countries should have type D visa for Bulgaria.
  • The university submits an electronic application through the National Center for Information and Documentation (NACID) to the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) for the issuance of a certificate of application for a "D" visa, attaching scanned copies of the candidate's documents
  • In case the candidates are approved, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science issues the Certificate of Admission to the candidate within 40 calendar days and sends it to the university
  • After receiving the Certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science, the applicants must submit their documents to the Embassy / Consulate of Republic of Bulgaria in order to receive a Long-Stay Visa (type D). After obtaining the Visa, the applicants can be enrolled at the University.

 5) Foreign students may study in the Medicine program in either Bulgarian or English language

• In Bulgarian language:
  • in case they successfully pass the entrance exams in biology and chemistry in Bulgarian and they are ranked in the final list of admitted candidates, or
  • In case they undergo a one-year preparatory course in Bulgarian at one of the universities in Bulgaria and then successfully pass the entrance exams in biology and chemistry in Bulgarian and are ranked in the final list of admitted candidates;
• In English language:
  • in case they pass the online entrance exams in biology and chemistry in English, and the exam in English language, and are ranked on the final list of admitted candidates,  or
  • In case they undergo a one-year preparatory course in English at one of the universities in Bulgaria and after that they pass the entrance exams in biology and chemistry in English and are ranked on the final list of admitted candidates.
• English language – the applicants who would like to be taught in English should prove their English B1 Level according to Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR):

1. by submitting one of the following:

• Bilingual diploma from a language school where one of the languages of instruction is English, with a matriculation examination in English
• International Baccalaureate Diploma (obtained during English language training)
• Cambridge English Language Assessment;
• IELTS Academic;
• TOEFL iBT (computer-based test);
• TOEFL PBT (paper-based test);
• PTE Academic;
• Michigan English Test (MET);

2. Applicants who cannot submit one of the upper mentioned documents should pass the English B1 Level exam on the specified date.
3. Applicants, who do not have the required level of English proficiency (minimum B1 level), may enroll in a Preparatory course in English language proficiency and specialized disciplines.
4. For applicants who are citizens of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as for applicants who completed their secondary education in these countries, English language certification or English language test is not required. Those applicants should submit a diploma for high school completion in the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada (English-speaking part) and New Zealand.

REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN MEDICINE 2025-2026

1. Applicants with dual citizenship, one of which is Bulgarian and the other is from an EU member state or from EEA, will be admitted under the terms and conditions and within the due order as for the Bulgarian citizens (after an entrance exam in Biology and Chemistry, as for the Bulgarian candidate students).
2. Applicants with dual citizenship, one of which is Bulgarian and the other is from an EU member state or from EEA, who have completed their secondary education in an EU member state or in EEA and who have chosen to study a major in English shall be admitted in accordance with Art. 21, Para 2 of the Higher Education Act by sitting an entrance exam in English language, and an entrance exam in Biology and Chemistry in English. Once admitted the students with dual citizenship, one of which is Bulgarian, should pay an annual fee amounting to 50% of the fee determined for foreign applicants. The amount of the fees due is set by a Decision of the Academic Council for the respective academic year.
3. Applicants with dual citizenship, one of which is Bulgarian and the other is from a non-EU member state (third country), but who have completed their secondary education in the Republic of Bulgaria, regardless of their second nationality, shall be admitted under the terms and conditions and within the due order as for the Bulgarian citizens.
4. Applicants with dual citizenship, one of which is Bulgarian and the other is from a non-EU member state (third country), who have completed their secondary education abroad, will be admitted under the terms and conditions and within the order determined for the non-EU member state citizens (third country), so they can pay 50% of the fee for the foreign citizens.

List of diseases contraindicated for training in a specialty "Medicine"
Declaration – Consent to the processing of personal data

1. All students who wish to transfer to the University "Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov" - Burgas (UAZ), majoring in Medicine, from another university in Bulgaria or abroad, must have successfully completed at least one academic year.
2. In the case of a stated desire to transfer to UAZ - Burgas, candidates submit the following mandatory documents to the Education and Information Center:
   • Application to the Rector of UAZ - Burgas according to the template.
   • Academic transcript
   • All necessary documents for the admission of foreign citizens for students at UAZ - Burgas, specified in these regulations and an accreditation document of the Higher Medical School where the student studied.
3. UAZ - Burgas initiates a procedure for recognition of a training period by the work committee appointed by the Rector's Order. The dean of the Faculty of Medicine must participate in the committee. The committee determines the course of study for each student, according to the academic transcript submitted by him/her and the other documents, proving the educational process, by assessing the correspondence between the exams successfully passed by the candidate and/or training conducted in individual disciplines for the relevant course, with those for the same course under the Curriculum for the specialty "Medicine", and the timetable can also be recognized in accordance with the Ordinance on Uniform state requirements (USR).
4. When transferring from another higher medical school abroad during a recognized period of study, students may be enrolled in a higher course if they meet the requirements of the Academic Regulations.
5. When transferring from foreign higher medical schools, candidates take the combined exam in English, biology and chemistry in English on the date set for the upcoming academic year.
6. When the candidate student is from a country outside the EU and the EEA, the documents are submitted to the Ministry of Education and Science for the issuance of Type D Visa Certificates. In this case, the course of study is determined in advance, in which the applicant will be accepted, in order to indicate the years of residence in the country. If the student has been issued a Certificate for Visa D by the MES, he/she also registers to take the exams in English language, biology and chemistry in English, no later than two days before the date of the combined exam.
7. Transferred foreign students shall pay the full amount of the legally determined fee for foreign citizens for the relevant year of study in Bulgarian or English. If the transferred foreign student has untaken exams, he/she pays an additional fee beyond the legally defined tuition fee in an amount, determined by order of the Rector for each untaken exam
8. When the transferred foreign student has unstudied disciplines or studied disciplines with an insufficient timetable, in addition to the legally defined tuition fee, he/she pays also an additional fee.