ЦЕНТРАЛА на МОМН:
European Integration and Bilateral Cooperation Department
University Education |
| Actually, the system of university higher education in Bulgaria organizes studies after completed secondary education, covering the following degrees: |
| First degree requires a minimum 4-year course of instruction and the graduates acquire the educational and qualification degree of Bachelor. Training for each speciality is finalised by sitting for state examinations or defence of a diploma thesis. |
| Second degree requires a minimum 5-year course of instruction, or an extra year after the Bachelor’s degree, and the graduates acquire a Master’s educational and qualification degree. Training for each speciality is finalised by sitting for state examinations or by defending a diploma thesis. |
| Third degree requires minimum a 3-year course of instruction after the Master’s degree or minimum a 4-year course of instruction after the Bachelor's one. Graduates are awarded a Doctor’s degree. The higher school may train for the third degree in a listed scientific speciality for which it has been accredited for. Doctorands are trained according to individual curricula and should prepare and defend a dissertation. The training is carried out under the guidance of a scientific supervisor appointed by the Faculty Council of the higher school training the doctorand. Training for a Doctor’s educational and academic degree can be also handled by such scientific research organisations as the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Agriculture, etc. in the scientific specialities these organisations have been accredited for. The Doctor’s degree is conferred on doctorands who have passed the examinations featured in the curriculum and have defended their dissertations under the requisite conditions and order of the Academic Degrees and Titles Act. |
