07 - Bulgaria - Registration and/or tuition fees
The Higher Education Act of 1995 abolishes paid education as a possible access to the higher
education system which is so far divided into state order (students who do not pay for their education)
and paid education (students who pay the whole price of their education). Since the indications of the
state’s financial difficulty to fully provide for the sharply increased number of students have become
clearly visible, the Act has decided upon the introduction of state tuition fees to be paid by all the
students within the system. The fees are differentiated according to professional fields. The amount of
the fees is differentiated on the basis of the form of education- full-time or part-time studies. The parttime
studies fee is usually 1/3 less than that for the full-time form of education. The annual amount of
fees is within the limit from 200 to 1,000 BGN.
The amount of tuition fees per one year for state higher schools is determined annually by the Council
of Ministers. Students pay their fees in equal installments at the beginning of each semester. The
amount of the fees cannot be higher than 30% of the norm established for the respective professional
directions. The Act exempts from tuition fee payment the socially disadvantaged students and higher
military schools cadets. Tuition fees are not paid by students, Doctoral candidates and post-doctoral
students who have been admitted under international agreements and this matter has been settled on
a reciprocal basis. Foreign students, citizens of non EU member states pay fees amounting to the
education allowance norms of the respective professional tracks.
Besides tuition fees higher schools are free to introduce fees for different administrative services.
Private higher schools determine their tuition fees irrespective of the calculated state norms about the
cost of education according to professional tracks.
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Date: 2009
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