Studying in Bulgaria
- universities
- 5
- courses
- 29
- English-taught
- 25
- scholarships
- 4
StudyPath lists 5 universities in Bulgaria and 29 courses between them, 25 of which are taught in English. The cheapest verified fee is about US$3,133 a year, at Sofia University. 3 of these universities publish their own accommodation prices. Every figure was read from the university's own published page and last checked on 2026-09-29.
What the fee figure leaves out
A published fee is not what you pay
7 courses here, across 1 university, carry a sourced note about a cost the headline figure does not include — a compulsory contribution, an income-tested scale, an annual increase that applies from year two, a rule about who qualifies. The most widely shared of them:
On top of tuition, AUBG’s 2026-27 catalog sets the annual residence hall fee at €1,850 for Skaptopara 1 and 2 (double room in a suite), €2,050 for Skaptopara 2 (double room) and €2,300 for Skaptopara 3, and requires every full-time student to pay a student activity fee of €640 per year.
“The annual residence hall fee for 2026–27 is €1,850 for residents of the Skapto- para 1 and 2 residence halls (double room in a suite), €2,050 for residents of Skaptopara 2 (double room), and €2,300 for the Skaptopara 3 residence hall. AUBG can also assist in the search for off-campus living…”
AUBG · read from AUBG Undergraduate Academic Catalog, Academic Year 2026-27 (2nd edition) — Tuition and Fees. Open any course on that page to see the sentence it came from.
What it costs
Annual international tuition, converted to US dollars so the two ends compare. The published figure in its own currency is the authoritative one.
What it costs to live
Student housing published by the university itself or by the body that runs its halls, cheapest first. Shown in the currency and period each one publishes — not converted, because a converted rent is a worse number than the real one.
- Sofia UniversitySofiaBGN 50–BGN 70per month
- MU-VarnaVarnaBGN 65–BGN 100per month
How Bulgaria compares with other countries
Ranked against every other country on StudyPath. Countries charge in different currencies, so these figures are converted to US dollars and are approximate; the published figure, in its own currency, is on each university's page.
| Bulgaria | Among countries | Range across countries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest international tuition you would paya year, cheapest course that charges anything | ~US$3,100at Sofia University | 30th lowest of 64 countries | ~US$207 (France) to ~US$27,300 (Hong Kong) |
| Tuition-free degrees we listpublished at zero for international students | None | 7 countries have some | 931 in Germany at most |
| Cheapest student housing a university publishesfor a year, from the lowest rate on its own site | ~US$356at Sofia University | 13th lowest of 66 countries | Free (Saudi Arabia) to ~US$12,000 (Iceland) |
Converted to US dollars at the site's exchange rates of 13 Sept 2026. A fee or rent published per term, month or week is scaled to a year, and housing is counted for twelve months of holding the room. The living-cost figure is what an immigration authority requires a student visa applicant to show, taken as a year; the UK's, for example, covers at most nine months, so this overstates it. See student finance for each country's exact wording.
Universities in Bulgaria
Ranked universities first, then the rest by how many courses they publish. Unranked never means worse — it means QS has not measured it.