Health Care Programmes in Bulgaria 2025

The training in the specialty "pharmacy" during the theoretical and practical training is aimed at acquiring sufficient knowledge about medicinal products and the pharmaceutical system.

The curriculum includes general medical, social and specialized disciplines. The practical training is conducted in public and hospital pharmacies, drugstores, medical device stores, pharmaceutical companies and warehouses for wholesale trade in medicinal products.

Master's Programme in Public Health covers basic disciplines such as Introduction to Public Health, Health Policy, Foundations of Epidemiology and Epidemiology of Socially Significant Diseases, Statistics, Health Economics and Management, Health Promotion, Sociology, Healthcare Information Systems, Environment and Health, etc.

​​​​The six-year medical studies in English allow students to enrol in medical school directly from high school. The program is designed for strongly motivated students and has a good command of written and spoken English and an interest in medical science.

The 6-year full-time Master’s degree program in Medicine taught in English at the Faculty of Medicine started at Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ from 2013 / 2014 academic year. The program aims at offering theoretical knowledge and practical skills through highly qualified teaching combined with the opportunity to exercise it in practice in the most modern preclinical and clinical medical complexes in Bulgaria.

The training of students in the specialty "Medicine" meets the highest national and international standards supporting medical practice. It is held in the direction of improving and maintaining the health of the population in the country.

Master's Programme in Pharmacy Management provides profound knowledge in Pharmacoeconomics, Accounting, Financial Management and Statistical Analysis, Legal Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Sector, Trade and Patent Law, Marketing,...

The education of students in dental medicine is organized in three stages with duration of five years and six months as pre-graduate internship. During the first two years students receive medicobiological training. The clinical and medical training is realized from the second to the tenth semester and includes education in general medical and specialized dental medicine disciplines. The teaching is carried out by 8 departments. The pre-diploma internship includes Pediatric Dental Medicine, Conservative Dental Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,, Prosthetic Dental Medicine, Periodontology and Orthodontics, and ends with state examinations. Students who pass them successfully are awarded the qualification of a Doctor in Dental Medicine and a Master’s degree.