Burgas State University Opens New Academic Year

BTA correspondent Maya Stefanova, Filip Pavlov

Burgas State University opens new academic year, Burgas, on the Black Sea, September 23, 2025 (BTA Photo/Hristo Stefanov)

Burgas, on the Black Sea,

23.09.2025 14:45

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The new 2025/2026 academic year opened at Burgas State University on Tuesday with a solemn blessing of water, applause and wishes for health and success.

Rector Prof. Sotir Sotirov emphasized that the university develops education in 18 professional fields in a variety of areas of human knowledge and practice. He recalled that the university has acquired the right to be counted among only 12 in the country that have the status of a research university. Sotirov also paid special attention to over 850 first-year students, who are entering higher education for the first time.

Burgas Free University Rector Prof. Milen Baltov also sent his congratulations and expressed confidence that under the leadership of Prof. Sotirov, Burgas State University will continue to strengthen its role as a leading educational and scientific centre.

In the 2024/2025 academic year, 16,995 foreign students, including from EU Member States, enrolled in Bulgarian universities. The largest number of international students came from Greece (3,277), the United Kingdom (2,235), Ukraine (2,151), Germany (1,532) and Italy (990). A growing number of international students and doctoral candidates, including from Western Europe, are choosing to study in Bulgaria, with 779 additional enrolments in 2024/25 compared with the previous academic year. BTA has signed indefinite agreements for ongoing collaboration with 45 of Bulgaria's 51 universities to provide copyright-cleared materials and student internship opportunities.

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