Medicine
Medicine in English
Faculty of Medicine
- Tuition
- €9,000 / year
- Confirmed 2026-2027
- Application close
- Non-EU: 1 Jul 2026; EU/EEA: 21 Aug 2026
- Confirmed 2026-2027
- Requirement check
- A — exact sponsor-note verified
- Confirmed 2026-2027
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Trakia University runs one English-taught health program in Stara Zagora, in medicine. Its confirmed 2026-27 fee is €9,000 a year.
Evidence confidence
84%
Average source completeness across verified programs.
- Country
- Bulgaria
- City
- Stara Zagora
- Program areas
- Medicine
- Verified Programs
- 1 program
- Current tuition
- 1/1 current
- Current timelines
- 1/1 current
- Official source
- Open official source
What this university is, in practice
Trakia offers three separate entrance-exam sittings across a single summer and publishes exactly how the ranking is computed: doubled test marks plus your diploma grades in biology and chemistry. It is the one Bulgarian medicine program without a confirmed current fee — the most recently published amount dates from the 2024-2025 cycle.
Three sittings, one summer
Applications open 1 April 2026. English examinations are held on 6 June, 25 July and 22 August, with biology and chemistry the following day each time — 7 June, 26 July and 23 August 2026 — and the final ranking on 28 August.
Three chances in one admissions year is the most of any program on this site. Šafárik offers two, Banja Luka two, Thessaloniki two application cycles; Trakia gives you June, late July and late August. For an applicant who wants to sit early, see the result and re-sit if it is not enough, this is the calendar that permits it.
The two deadlines run the conventional way round, unlike San Raffaele in Milan: non-EU applicants close on 1 July 2026 and EU or EEA applicants on 21 August 2026, giving the visa-requiring group the earlier date and the lead time it needs. Application documents differ between the two categories and must arrive by your category's deadline, not the later one.
The ranking formula, published
Selection is stated as doubled test marks plus the biology and chemistry marks from your secondary diploma. An English examination is required if English is not an official language in your country.
Doubling the entrance-test marks means the exam counts twice as heavily as the school grades attached to it, so a strong sitting can outweigh a mediocre transcript — but the transcript never disappears, because your diploma biology and chemistry marks are added on top rather than used as a threshold. An applicant with weak school science cannot fully exam their way past it here, which is a different bargain from Patras in Greece, where the diploma is only 20% of a rubric weighted towards English and interview.
Combined with three sittings, the formula tells you what to do: sit early, see the number, and use a later sitting to improve the doubled half of your score.
The oldest fee evidence in Bulgaria
The most recently published figure is €7,500 per year, derived from an officially published first-semester fee of €3,750, and it comes from the 2024-2025 cycle — so it is not confirmed for 2026-2027 and is the only Bulgarian medicine fee on this site in that position.
The other four are current and close together: €9,000 at Pleven, €9,950 at Sofia, and €10,000 at both Plovdiv and Varna. If Trakia's most recently published €7,500 were reconfirmed it would be the cheapest medicine in Bulgaria by €1,500 a year — but a fee two cycles old is exactly the kind of number that has usually moved, and it should be confirmed with the university before it decides anything.
Local-language competence is normally required for patient contact. The degree runs six years to a master's-level physician qualification from the Faculty of Medicine in Stara Zagora.
Who this suits
Applicants who want to sit early and re-sit if needed, whose secondary biology and chemistry grades are solid enough to survive being added to a doubled exam score, and who will get a current fee in writing before treating Trakia as Bulgaria's cheapest option.
Return-pathway evidence
Trakia University is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as school F0001145, with the exact school and faculty record matched. The ECFMG Sponsor Note was present with the graduation-year field including Current on the audit date, and the Canada sponsor note was present with a pass at school level for the MCC check, verified on 2026-06-11. Confirm the exact issued diploma title against the ECFMG Reference Guide for Medical Education Credentials before enrolment. This records the school-level evidence and does not guarantee certification, residency, registration, or licensure.
Written from the verified catalog and the official sources linked on this page. Sources last checked 2026-06-11; profile updated 2026-08-11. Approver: EuroMedGuide AI editorial pipeline. Figures quoted here are gated against the catalog by npm run validate:guide-stats.
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Faculty of Medicine
Medicine in English
- Length
- 6 years
- Tuition
- €9,000 / year
- Evidence
- 84%
- Degree
- Master / Physician qualification
- Language
- Full English academic pathway
- With patients
- Local language for patient contact
- Intake
- Non-EU: 1 Jul 2026; EU/EEA: 21 Aug 2026
Application requirements
- Secondary diploma with Biology and Chemistry grades; English exam if English is not an official language; Biology and…
- Direct entry from secondary school
- Local-language competence is normally required for patient contact.
- A — exact sponsor-note verified
Living costs in Stara Zagora
Typical monthly student costs in Stara Zagora. Over a 10-month academic year, with €250 of health insurance, that is about €6,750 before tuition.
Monthly housing estimate
€220
Monthly living estimate
€430
Typical monthly total
~€650
Basis: Stara Zagora, Bulgaria student cost preset (2026-06-11), high confidence. These are planning estimates — rent, housing availability, visa and insurance costs and exchange rates differ, so check housing and the university's own guidance before committing.
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Latest source check: 2026-06-11. Sources are attached only to verified programs on this university page.