Foreign Students

(2) Foreign citizens may apply for taking a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” under the following conditions:

1. in implementation of inter-governmental agreements for educational, scientific, and cultural exchange;
2. in compliance with acts of the Council of Ministers;
3. for paid tuition (outside the categories listed in Item 1 and Item 2), subject to Art. 95, Para. 7 of the Higher Education Act. Students shall be classified according to documents and shall pay annual tuition fees to foreign citizens.

(3) Foreigners may apply for training at the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” and under the conditions and procedure for admission of Bulgarian citizens to the higher schools of the Republic of Bulgaria provided they:

1. have a permanent residence statute on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria;
2. have a refugee statute;
3. are of Bulgarian nationality, certified under Decree No 103 of the Council of Ministers of 1993 for carrying out educational activity among Bulgarians abroad;
4. are nationals of Member States of the European Union (EU).

(4) The applicants under Para. 3 shall be admitted within the annual number of students approved by the Council of Ministers. The Regulations for Student Admission to the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” shall be in force for them.

(5) The applicants under Para. 2, Item 1 shall submit the documents under Art. 2(1), Item 1 through to item 9 in the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science through the competent institutions in the country from which they are applicants.

They shall be admitted under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures provisioned by the inter-governmental agreements, after concordance with the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”.

(6) The applicants under Para. 2, Item 2 shall submit their documents in the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science and shall be admitted under the conditions and in accordance with the procedure provisioned in the respective act of the Council of Ministers.

(7) For the applicants under Para. 2, Item 3, the provisions of Section II through to Section V of these Rules shall apply.

• An application form (Application form) with the applicant’s personal data, contact address, and name of the training course(s) of study desired by the applicant (in MS-WORD format; PDF format);
• A copy of the pages of the applicant’s international passport, with the full name details written in Latin script, and with the date and place of birth;
• A copy, legalised by a notary, of the Diploma of Secondary Education (or of the Diploma of Completed Higher Education with a degree corresponding to the educational and qualification degree of “Bachelor” or “Master” – for the applicants for the Master’s degree, or an academic reference, when the persons apply for a partial duration of study) of the candidate- the student, translated into Bulgarian and legalised with an APOSTILLE* or by the Bulgarian Consulate/Embassy in the respective state;
• The Annex to the Diploma (with grades) translated into Bulgarian and legalised with an APOSTILLE* or by the Bulgarian Consulate/ Embassy in the respective country;
• A certificate issued by the secondary school, whereby it is stated that the applicant has the right to continue their education at any secular university in their country, translated into Bulgarian and legalised with an APOSTILLE* or by the Bulgarian Consulate/Embassy in the respective country;
• A document for Bulgarian language proficiency issued by a higher school in the Republic of Bulgaria – for those applicants who shall not undergo language and specialised training;
• A medical certificate, translated into Bulgarian and legalised with an APOSTILLE* or by the Bulgarian Consulate/Embassy in the respective country;

The date of issue shall have to be within one month prior to the date of submission of the documents. The applicant student must not suffer from the diseases contraindicative for training at the University of Mining and Geology and should not be reregistered in a psychiatry records.

• 6 photographs, passport size;
• A copy of the citizenship documents – for applicants with dual nationality, one of which is Bulgarian;
• Declaration of the applicant’s financial security and provision during their training in Bulgaria, translated into Bulgarian and legalised by the Bulgarian Consulate/Embassy in the respective country (if necessary).

(2) The documents under Para. 1, item 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 (if necessary, those documents under 9 and 10 as well) shall have to be:

1. notarised copies;
2. legalised by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of residence, as well as by the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the respective state, or stamped with an Apostille for documents issued by member states after the Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents (The Hague Treaty Convention 12).

(3) The legalisation of the document under Para. 1, Item 7 shall have to be performed by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of residence, as well as to be legalised by the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the respective country or with an Apostille.

(4) For the citizens of the Republic of Turkey, the legalisation of the documents under Para. 1, Items 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 shall be carried out by certification only by the Regional Department of Education and the regional governor as of residence with an Apostille.

(5) The complete set of documents shall be submitted in one of the following ways:

– in person in the Office of Foreign Student Placement at the Integrated Centre for Education and Qualification at the University of Mining and Geology;

–by registered mail to:

“Foreign Students” Sector

University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”

“Studentski Grad”

Sofia – 1000

Bulgaria

– through personnel from the University of Mining and Geology, specially authorised by the Rector.

(2) The application of foreign citizens for students in the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees shall be performed in the period June 15 – September 15 of the year of application, in view to implementing the procedure for issuing long-stay visas – visa type “D” according to the Ordinance on the Terms and Conditions for the Issuance of Visas, adopted by Decree № 97 of the Council of Ministers of 2002.

(3) Conditions for obtaining a visa for study in the Republic of Bulgaria:

1. The University of Mining and Geology shall have to send to the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science the documents under Art. 2 (1) of the persons approved by them, whereby the university shall indicate:

1.1. personal data about the applicant – names by passport in the Latin script, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship;

1.2. name of the course of study, educational and qualification degree, form and duration of study according to an approved curriculum;

1.3. information about the language and specialised training – degree of proficiency in the Bulgarian language, name of the department whereby the training will be held, duration of the training;

1.4. the semester tuition fee and tuition for the language and specialised training;

1.5. bank account number to which the tuition fee or tuition for language and specialised training should be transferred.

2. The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science shall issue a Certificate for admission of applicant students to training at the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” and shall notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior thereof in writing. The certificate shall be valid only for the academic year for which it has been issued.

(4) Applicant students approved for training shall pay tuition fees after they have received a visa type “D” and arrived in the Republic of Bulgaria.

(5) Tuition fees are determined on an annual basis by a Decree of the Council of Ministers. Payment is made following a notification letter from the University of Mining and Geology to the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science that the person has been admitted to study at the university.

The annual fee shall be paid in two equal installments at the beginning of each academic term.

(6) The application fee amounts to ………BGN and shall be paid upon submission of the documents.

(7) The fee for language and specialised training is to the amount of  ……..BGN.

(8) Payment can be made in two ways:

– in the equivalent of Bulgarian levs (BGN) at the official exchange rate of the Bulgarian National Bank per euro (1 euro is equal to BGN 1,9588) at the pay office of the University of Mining and Geology;

– in Euro – by bank transfer to the account of the University of Mining and Geology in:

Bulgarian National Bank-Sofia,

Headquarters,

1, Knyaz Alexander I Square

SWIFT BNBGBGSD;

IBAN BG88BNBG96613100162401

The training shall be conducted on the basis of educational documentation, which covers the curriculum and training programmes. The duration of the training of students for the acquisition of language and specialised knowledge is not less than 9 months and shall be carried out in training groups of up to 10 people. The language and specialised training of students shall be carried out by studying compulsory subjects with the following minimum number of teaching hours:

• Bulgarian language – 650 training hours
• specialised course units – 350 training hours

(2) The training in the Bulgarian language shall be concluded by a written and oral exam, which is taken before a board of examiners.

The specialised training shall conclude with exams in all course units provided by the curriculum; those shall be taken before a board of examiners.

(3) The students who have successfully completed their language and specialised training shall be issued a Certificate (in compliance with a sample registered with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science) by the higher school wherein the training was conducted.

(4) The applicants approved for students at the University of Mining and Geology shall be enrolled upon presentation of the certificate under Para. 3.

(5) The applicants who speak Bulgarian may take the exams, incl. the exams in the specialised academic course units, without having to undergo language training. The provisions of Para. 4 are in force for them.

(6) International language proficiency exams that have been successfully passed shall be recognised for those applicants who speak the language in which the course of study is taught. This is certified by an original document and a copy of it:

for the English language:

1. CAE (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English).
2. CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English).
3. IELTS (bands 6, 7, 8, 9).
4. PITMAN – Higher Intermediate – Advanced.
5. TOEFEL (with a minimum of 550, 213, or 100 pts.).

Applicant students speaking Bulgarian / English, respectively, who do not have the above documents, shall take a language test in the respective language.

(2) Accommodation in a student hostel shall be in accordance to the capacities of the university. The amount of rent is determined by an Order of the Rector of University of Mining and Geology.