Share of foreign students in Bulgarian universities exceeds EU average

There are 51 universities in Bulgaria. They have decreased by one after the closure of the European College of Economics and Management in Plovdiv by a decision of the National Assembly in September 2024. The number of foreign students in Bulgarian universities has been increasing in recent years and in the 2024/2025 academic year their share reached 8.67% of students. It already slightly exceeds the EU average, which is 8.4%. This is shown by data from the National Map of Higher Education updated today by the Council of Ministers.

The most popular professional fields on a national scale are "Economics", "Pedagogy", "Medicine", "Administration and Management", "Pedagogy of Education in ...", "Communication and Computer Technology", "Informatics and Computer Science" and "Law". Over half of the current students are studying in these fields.

Editor: Miglena Ivanova