The National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency is a statutory body for evaluation, accreditation and monitoring of the quality in higher education institutions and scientific organizations aiming at the enhancement of their teaching and research, as well as of their development as scientific, cultural, and innovative organizations.

(Accredited higher education institutions; Accredited professional fields and majors from the regulated professions; Accredited doctoral programmes).

Human Resource Development Centre is nominated by the National Authorities and the European Commission as the Bulgarian Erasmus+ National Agency.

Human Resource Development Centre
1000 Sofia, 15 Graf Ignatiev Str., 3^rd floor

Tel.: 02/9155010
Fax: 02/9155049
hrdc@hrdc.bg

The National Agency for Vocational Education and Training ensures public access of individuals and businesses to the information related to the licensed vocational training centres – CVT and the Centres for information and vocational guidance – CIVG, as well as greater transparency of the licensing procedures, the training process and the issued documents.

Address: 125 Tzarigradsko schosse Blvd, block 5, fl. 5, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone: ++3592 9712070
Fax:   ++3592 9733358

e-mail: napoo@navet.government.bg

1113 София
бул. “Цариградско шосе” 125 бл. 5

тел.: +359 2 970 56 11
факс: + 359 2 870 20 62
e-mail: ckoko@mon.bg

Overview and structure of the National Education System.

EURAXESS - Bugaria, provides information and assistance to mobile researchers and highly qualified specialists.The coordination is performed by Sofia University, Institute of Technology and Development (ITD) Foundation and by the New Bulgarian University(NBU).

Types of Higher Education Institutions and programmes.

Bulgarian University Ranking System - provides ranking of the higher education institutions in Bulgaria for 2019.

Compare 51 universities, which offer education in hundreds of majors that have been grouped into 52 professional fields.

International dimension of the higher education: ERASMUS+ MASTER DEGREE LOANS, Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMCs); Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMDs); Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJDs); Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. (Human Resources Development Center)

Student loans: legislation, terms and conditions, steps for applying. (Ministry of education and Science)

National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency ( NEAA) is the national statutory body for evaluation, accreditation and monitoring of the quality in higher education institutions.

The Register of Higher Education Institutions is kept by the Ministry of Education and Science and includes information about all higher education institutions having an accreditation in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Structure of The Education System in Bulgaria

The National Agency for Vocational Education and Training is a specialized body to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria established with the Law for the Vocational Education and Training in 2000.
Legal regulations in the vocational education and training area, opportunities for vocational training, European and national documents, international projects. Register of licensed CVT and CIVG as well as of the candidate centres – the register is published on the website and is updated regularly after each change.

National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency: List of accredited institutions and programs

Accredited Higher Education Institutions in Bulgaria. Institutional accreditation, validity, score. Program accreditations for Bachelor's and Masters programs.

Program accreditation for PhD studies at Scientific Institutions.

Register of University Graduates. Public access to data about the students who have obtained the educational degrees of Bachelor and Master in Bulgarian HEIs after 1 January 2012. The Register contains data about the subject, professional field, form of training, as well as a scanned image of the diploma.

Register of all current and interrupted students and PhD students in degrees of education and professional sectors. Publicly accessible in Bulgarian.

Bulgarian ENIC-NARIC centre. Academic recognition procedure. Regulatory framework. Applications for academic recognition. Required documents. Certification and Legalization. Certificates.

Integrated Information system for Academic Recognition. Public access to the following three Registers: Public Registry of the positive decisions/ issued certificates; Public Registry of negative decisions/ refusals; Public Registry of invalidated certificates for academic recognition. Restricted access for appicants, who hold foreign HE qualifications and wish to submit/ have submitted application for academic recognition.

Regulatory Organisation. Vocational Recognition Procedure. Regulated Professions. Information System of the Internal Market (IMI). Certification of Bulgarian vocational qualifications, professional experience and penalties in non-regulated professions in terms of Directive 2005/36/EO. 

In recognition of vocational qualifications and regulated professions NACID undertakes the following functions

• Contact point under article 57 of Directive 2005/36/ЕC for recognition of professional qualifications.
• Maintain current status of the list of regulated professions in Bulgaria.
• Delegated coordinator under Directive 2005/36/EC for recognition of professional qualifications within the information system of the internal market (IMIs).
• Competent authority for issuing certificates of acquired professional qualifications in non-regulated professions on the territory of Republic of Bulgaria required for access to or for pursuit of regulated profession on the territory of another country