Study in Bulgaria
EU degrees, Schengen mobility and one of the lowest costs of living in Europe — with strong medical and business faculties.
Tuition
EUR 3,000 – 8,000 / year
Living cost
EUR 300 – 450 / month
Intakes
October, February
Work rights
20 hrs/week during study
Visa timeline
10 – 14 weeks
Your affordable gateway into the European Union
What students actually get out of Bulgaria — beyond the brochure.
EU degree
Your certificate is recognised across all 27 EU member states and the UK.
Schengen travel
Weekend trips to Greece, Austria or Germany on your residence card.
Work 20 hrs/week
Legal part-time work during study, with English-speaking jobs in Sofia's tech sector.
Post-study route
Nine-month job-search residence after graduation to find EU employment.
Where you would actually live in Bulgaria
Sofia
Capital, medical and technical universities
Varna
Seaside campus, strong medicine faculty
Plovdiv
Lowest living cost, historic student town
Blagoevgrad
American University in Bulgaria
Programs
Courses you can study in Bulgaria
These are the programs we actively place Bangladeshi students into in Bulgaria — talk to us about entry requirements and scholarships for each.
Where we place students
What one year in Bulgaria costs
Tuition
EUR 3,000 – 8,000 / yr
Medicine at the top of the range
Student accommodation
EUR 150 – 250 / mo
Shared flat or dormitory
Food & daily costs
EUR 120 – 180 / mo
Cheapest in the EU
Health insurance
EUR 30 / mo
Required for residence card
Apostille & translation
EUR 250 – 400 once
Document legalisation
Indicative figures — every AREC student receives a written cost sheet with their own university's exact numbers.
What you need to apply
- Academic transcripts, legalised & apostilled
- Passport valid for 2+ years
- Entrance exam for medical programmes
- Bank solvency certificate
- Health insurance
Your Bulgaria file, week by week
- 1
Month 1
Apostille, translation and application
- 2
Month 2
Entrance exam (medicine) and admission order
- 3
Month 3
Type D visa lodgement
- 4
Month 3 – 4
Departure and residence card in Bulgaria
Apostille and translation is a nightmare alone. AREC handled legalisation, my entrance exam prep and the visa file together.
Nusrat Jahan
Medical University of Varna
Bulgaria questions we get every week
No. Programmes are taught fully in English, though universities offer free basic Bulgarian classes for daily life.
For medicine and dentistry yes — biology and chemistry. We provide the syllabus and past papers and run practice tests.
EU document legalisation — apostille, notarised translation and ministry recognition — adds four to six weeks. Start early.
Ready to make Bulgaria happen?
Free counselling, an honest cost sheet and a written plan — before you spend a single taka.
