Technical University of Varna

PhD


PhD Programs 

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Professional field: 5.1 Mechanics
Technology of Mechanical Engineering Materials
Science of Materials and Machine Elements
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Applied Mechanics
Internal Combustion Engines

Professional field: 5.2 Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
Production Automation
Electrical Machines and Apparatus
Power Supply and Electrical Equipment
Electronization
Automatic Control Theory
Theoretical and Measuring Electrical Engineering
Electrical Technologies and Nanotechnologies in Electrical Engineering

Professional field: 5.3 Communication and Computer Equipment
Artificial Intelligence
System Programming
Computer Systems, Complexes and Networks
Information Processing and Control Automatic Systems
Communication Engineering Theoretical Bases
Communication Networks and Systems
Theoretical Electrical Engineering

Professional field: 5.4 Energetics
Heat Engineering
Electric Power Systems

Professional field: 5.5 Transport, Navigation and Aviation
Industrial Transport Organisation and Management (Water Transport)
Ship Steering and Navigation
Ship’s Electrical Equipment
Environment Preservation Systems and Devices
Ship Power Systems, Machinery and Mechanisms
Naval Architecture and Ship Repair
Automotive Equipment and Transport

Professional field: 5.13 General Engineering
Organization and Management of Production (industry)
Ergonomy and Industrial Design

Professional field: 6.1. Plant Growing
Plant Growing

Professional field: 3.4 Social Activities
Social Work, Psychological Research and Social Politics

Regulations

Form of study: full time (3 years); part time (4 years); independent (1 year)

Applicants for an independent form of doctoral studies together with the application documents, must submit Doctoral Research Concept (ab. 70 pages) and pay a fee for its examination. Fee for Applicants from EU and EEA (in Bulgarian language) is 300 BGN, for Applicants from EU and EEA (in English) is 300 EUR and for NON-EU Applicants is 560 EUR.

APPLICATION  DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. Higher Education Diploma for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree and Diploma Supplement – notary certified copy. In case that the Diploma was issued by Foreign Higher Education Institution the applicants must present a Certificate for recognition of Higher Educational Degree, issued from TU-Varna.
3. List of publications, translated into Bulgarian;
4. Short CV

If the mater’s degree is from Foreign Higher Education Institutions, the applicants must pay a fee in the amount of 150 BGN into the Bank Account of TU-Varna for the recognition of Higher Education Diploma from Foreign Higher Education Institutions and complete an Application.

*Documents specified in points 2 must be:
• Certified in accordance with the international requirements:
          – for countries that have a mutual legal assistance agreement with Bulgaria concerning certification of documents, the agreement requirements shall apply;
          – for member countries under the Hague Convention, documents are certified with Apostille stamps;
          – for all other countries, documents must be certified by the Ministry of Education (and/or Ministry of Healthcare), Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the applicant’s country of residence and by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the respected country;
• Translated in Bulgarian language with legalized translation in Bulgaria. It is necessary to send the translated documents for certification of the translator’s signature to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PREPARATORY COURSE:
All candidates who have chosen one of the majors delivered in English and have no written or spoken command of the language are advised to attend a 9-month English Preparatory CourseIf the candidate has a good command of English, he/she may sit an exam and after passing it, he/she may be enrolled in the chosen major without taking the Preparatory Course. The exam fee is 250 EUR and is paid in advance.

ENROLLMENT  DOCUMENTS:
1.Enrollment form;
2.Document for paid tuition fee.
3. Photos (size: 4.5/3.5 cm) – 6 pcs.

 

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Contacts:

HOD: Prof. eng. Tanya Panayotova, PhD     
mobile: +359 878 011 081; room: 318 NUK
е-mail:t_panayotova@tu-varna.bg

Ginka Veleva – Expert Technical information – PhD students
phone: +359 52 383 427, +359 52 383 242; room: 319 NUK
e-mail: ginka_veleva@tu-varna.bg

Master


The online admission system for the Academic year 2025-2026 will be oppen on 01.03.2025!

Choose among over 40 Master’s Degree programmes 👉 https://fs.tu-varna.bg/specialties/

 

Application Procedure for NON-EU ApplicantsApplication Procedure for EU and EEA Applicants

 

ADMISSION  CRITERIA:

The applicants must obtain Grade Point Average from the Higher Education Diploma (an Overall Average Mark from the Curriculum subjects and from the State Examinations / Diploma Thesis) not less than the Grade “Good”.

 

PREPARATORY COURSE:

All candidates who have chosen one of the majors delivered in English and have no written or spoken command of the language are advised to attend a 9-month English Preparatory Course. The Preparatory Course starts in October each year and includes as follows: English Language – part 1, English Language – part 2, English Language for academic purposes, Mathematics and Elective Subject: Physics or Informatics.

If the candidate has a good command of English, he/she may sit an exam and after passing it, he/she may be enrolled in the chosen major without taking the Preparatory Course. The exam fee is 250 EUR and is paid in advance.

 

APPLICATION  DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. Data protection declaration;
3. Applicant’s international passport – copy;
4. High School Diploma and Diploma Supplement; Higher Education Diploma (Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree) and Diploma Supplement – notary certified copy;

 

ADMISSION PROCEDURE:

Step 1: Registration in online admission system

Step 2: Checking for admission criteria:  The Applicants must attach in online admission system a Higher School Diploma (Bachelor or Master degree) and Diploma Supplement and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 3: Legalization and translation of the documents: Documents specified in point 4 must be  legalized  in accordance with the international requirements and translated in Bulgarian language with notary legalized translation in Bulgaria. For more information write to e-mail: admission@tu-varna.bg

Step 4: Checking for the admission documents: The Applicants must attach in online admission system the whole set of documants – legalized and translated and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 5: Submission of the admission documents: After approval, the Aplicants must bring thewhole set of  original documents and 6 passport photos (3,5/4,5 cm) to Foreign Students office in Technical university of Varna or send it via Post Office. DEADLINE is 20-th of September

Step 6: Recognition of a bachelor’s / master’s degree –  only if the diploma is from a foreign universityТhe applicants must pay a fee in the amount of 150 lv. into the Bank Account of TU-Varna and complete an Application form for recognition of higher education. (duration: 5-15 days) 

Step 7: Procedure for issuing a long-term Visa (type D): TU – Varna forwards the documents of the approved applicants to the Ministry of Education and Science to be issued a Certificate for a Visa D – duration: 5-15 daysAfter receiving the Certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science, the applicants must submit their documents to the Embassy / Consulate of the Republic of Bulgaria in order to receive a Visa D – duration: 10-45 days.

Step 8: Enrolment: Тhe applicants must pay the tuition fee and complete an Enrollment form (duration: 5 working days)

 

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https://fs.tu-varna.bg/tuition-fees/

https://fs.tu-varna.bg/preparatory-course/

 

 

ADMISSION  CRITERIA:

The applicants must obtain Grade Point Average from the Higher Education Diploma (an Overall Average Mark from the Curriculum subjects and from the State Examinations / Diploma Thesis) not less than the Grade “Good”.

 

PREPARATORY COURSE:

All candidates who have chosen one of the majors delivered in English and have no written or spoken command of the language are advised to attend a 9-month English Preparatory Course. The Preparatory Course starts in October each year and includes as follows: English Language – part 1, English Language – part 2, English Language for academic purposes, Mathematics and Elective Subject: Physics or Informatics.

If the candidate has a good command of English, he/she may sit an exam and after passing it, he/she may be enrolled in the chosen major without taking the Preparatory Course. The exam fee is 250 EUR and is paid in advance.

 

APPLICATION  DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. Data protection declaration;
3. Applicant’s international passport – copy;
4. High School Diploma and Diploma Supplement; Higher Education Diploma (Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree) and Diploma Supplement – notary certified copy;

 

ADMISSION PROCEDURE:

Step 1: Registration in online admission system

Step 2: Checking for admission criteria:  The Applicants must attach in online admission system a Higher School Diploma (Bachelor or Master degree) and Diploma Supplement and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 3: Legalization and translation of the documents: Documents specified in point 4 must be  legalized  in accordance with the international requirements and translated in Bulgarian language with notary legalized translation in Bulgaria. For more information write to e-mail: admission@tu-varna.bg

Step 4: Checking for the admission documents: The Applicants must attach in online admission system the whole set of documants – legalized and translated and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 5: Submission of the admission documents: After approval, the Aplicants must bring thewhole set of  original documents and 6 passport photos (3,5/4,5 cm) to Foreign Students office in Technical university of Varna or send it via Post Office. DEADLINE is 20-th of September

Step 6: Recognition of a bachelor’s / master’s degree –  only if the diploma is from a foreign universityТhe applicants must pay a fee in the amount of 150 lv. into the Bank Account of TU-Varna and complete an Application form for recognition of higher education. (duration: 5-15 days) 

Step 7: Enrolment: Тhe applicants must pay the tuition fee and complete an Enrollment form (duration: 5 working days)

 

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https://fs.tu-varna.bg/tuition-fees/

https://fs.tu-varna.bg/preparatory-course/

 

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Bachelor


The online admission system for the Academic year 2025-2026 will be oppen on 01.03.2025!

 

Choose among over 30 Bachelor’s Degree programmes 👉 https://fs.tu-varna.bg/specialties/

 

for NON-EU Applicantsfor EU and EEA Applicants

ADMISSION CRITERIA:

Specialty Competitive Exam Admission Grade Ranges from the Secondary School Diploma
Grade 1 Grade 2
Industrial Design Тechnical portfolio Grade Point Average
Environmental Engineering One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Chemistry and Environmental protection Grade Point Average
Social Management One of the Tests in Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization or Grade of Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization Grade Point Average
Softwere and Internet Technology  One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Informatics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average
Agronomy One of the Tests in Biology, Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Biology and health education, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Biology and health education Grade Point Average
Navigation, Marine engineering and Electrical equipment of the Ships One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average
All other specialties One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average

information about admission tests: https://fs.tu-varna.bg/admission-tests/

In order to apply for education in TU-Varna, the minimum examination grades from specific subjects, taught at school SHOULD NOT be less than 62% out of the maximum value of the assessment system in the respective country. (Competitive Exam + Grade 1 + Grade 2) / 3 > 62%

 

ADMISSION DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. High School Diploma and Diploma Supplementnotary certified copy. 
3. An official document issued by the applicant’s High School, certifying his/her right to continue education at University (Download form: here);
4. A Certificate from the Bulgarian Regional Inspectorate of Education for recognition of completed degrees of education from foreign country;
5. Data protection declaration;
6. A copy of the Applicant’s international passport;
7. Six pasport photos (3,5/4,5 cm)
8. Enrollment form

 

ADMISSION PROCEDURE:

Step 1: Registration in online admission system

Step 2: Checking for admission criteria:  The Applicants must attach in online admission system a Document with Grades from the High school (Diploma or Diploma Supplement / Transcript) for a prior examination. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 3: Legalization and translation of the documents: Documents specified in points 2 and 3 must be  legalized  in accordance with the international requirements and translated in Bulgarian language with notary legalized translation in Bulgaria. For more information write to e-mail: admission@tu-varna.bg

Step 4: Issuance of a Certificate by the Bulgarian Regional Inspectorate of Education: In Bulgaria, the Government should recognize every High School Diploma, issued from foreign country. Тhe documents must be submitted personally by the applicant or through a notary authorized person from Technical university of Varna. (duration: 20-30 days)

Step 5: Checking for the admission documents: The Applicants must attach in online admission system the whole set of documants – legalized and translated and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 6: Submission of the admission documents: After approval, the Aplicants must bring the whole set of  original documents and 6 passport photos (3,5/4,5 cm) to Foreign Students office in Technical university of Varna or send it via Post Office. DEADLINE is 20-th of September

Step 7: Procedure for issuing a long-term Visa (type D): TU – Varna forwards the documents of the approved applicants to the Ministry of Education and Science to be issued a Certificate for a Visa D – duration: 5-15 days. After receiving the Certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science, the applicants must submit their documents to the Embassy / Consulate of the Republic of Bulgaria in order to receive a Visa D – duration: 10-45 days.

Step 8: Enrolment: Тhe applicants must pay the tuition fee and complete an Enrollment form(duration: 5 working days)

 

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https://fs.tu-varna.bg/tuition-fees/

https://fs.tu-varna.bg/preparatory-course/

 

 


ADMISSION CRITERIA:                    Competitive examination grades = Competitive Exam + Grade 1 + Grade 2

Specialty Competitive Exam Admission Grade Ranges from the Secondary School Diploma
Grade 1 Grade 2
Industrial Design Тechnical portfolio Grade Point Average
Environmental Engineering One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Chemistry and Environmental protection Grade Point Average
Social Management One of the Tests in Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization or Grade of Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization Bulgarian / English Language or History and Civilization Grade Point Average
Softwere and Internet Technology  One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Informatics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average
Agronomy One of the Tests in Biology, Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Biology and health education, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Biology and health education Grade Point Average
Navigation, Marine engineering and Electrical equipment of the Ships One of the Tests in  Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average
All other specialties One of the Tests in Mathematics, Physics, General Technical Test or Bulgarian / English Language or Grade of Mathematics, Physics or Bulgarian / English Language Mathematics Grade Point Average

                                                                          

ADMISSION DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. High School Diploma and Diploma Supplementnotary certified copy. 
3. An official document issued by the applicant’s High School, certifying his/her right to continue education at University (Download form: here);
4. A Certificate from the Bulgarian Regional Inspectorate of Education for recognition of completed degrees of education from foreign country;
5. Data protection declaration;
6. A copy of the Applicant’s international passport;
7. Six pasport photos (3,5/4,5 cm)
8. Enrollment form

 

ADMISSION PROCEDURE:

Step 1: Registration in online admission system

Step 2: Checking for admission criteria:  The Applicants must attach in online admission system a Document with Grades from the High school (Diploma or Diploma Supplement / Transcript) for a prior examination. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 3: Legalization and translation of the documents: Documents specified in points 2 and 3 must be  legalized  in accordance with the international requirements and translated in Bulgarian language with notary legalized translation in Bulgaria. For more information write to e-mail: admission@tu-varna.bg

Step 4: Issuance of a Certificate by the Bulgarian Regional Inspectorate of Education: In Bulgaria, the Government should recognize every High School Diploma, issued from foreign country. Тhe documents must be submitted personally by the applicant or through a notary authorized person from Technical university of Varna. (duration: 20-30 days)

Step 5: Checking for the admission documents: The Applicants must attach in online admission system the whole set of documants – legalized and translated and wait for the verification result. (duration: 3 working days)

Step 6: Submission of the admission documents: After approval, the Aplicants must bring the whole set of  original documents and 6 passport photos (3,5/4,5 cm) to Foreign Students office in Technical university of Varna or send it via Post Office. DEADLINE is 20-th of September

Step 7: Enrolment: Тhe applicants must pay the tuition fee and complete an Enrollment form (duration: 5 working days)

 

*      *      *      *      *      *

https://fs.tu-varna.bg/tuition-fees/

https://fs.tu-varna.bg/preparatory-course/