Dental Medicine (in English), Doctor in Dental Medicine and Master’s degree

About the course

An English-taught Dental Medicine degree: five years of study followed by a six-month pre-graduate internship, ending in state exams. Graduates get the qualification of Doctor in Dental Medicine and a Master’s degree. English-taught students also take a compulsory Bulgarian language course for socialisation.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. Your school diploma must be legalised, translated into Bulgarian, and recognised by Bulgaria’s NACID. You also need a certificate confirming that the diploma gives access to higher education.
• Entrance exam taken remotely in English, Biology and Chemistry, scored out of 42 (three times Biology, plus three times Chemistry, plus English). If you fail any component, you fail the whole exam.
• English is tested within the entrance exam. The admissions page does not mention IELTS/TOEFL certificates or exemptions.

Working in Ireland afterwards

A dental degree from an EU member state that is listed in the EU Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC, as amended) can be recognised automatically by the Dental Council of Ireland. To get this, you provide a certificate from your home country’s competent authority confirming the degree meets the Directive’s minimum training conditions, plus proof of English-language proficiency. EU dental degrees that do not qualify for automatic recognition may instead be assessed under the Directive.

How to apply

1. Get your documents readyLegalise your Leaving Certificate (apostille), have it translated into Bulgarian, and get the NACID recognition certificate and a certificate confirming it gives access to higher education.
2. Submit in SofiaHand in your documents in person or through an authorised person (2026 window: 27 Jul to 31 Aug) and pay the EUR 55 fee. Postal, fax or emailed applications are not accepted.
3. Sit the entrance examPay the EUR 210 fee and take the remote English, Biology and Chemistry exam (3 Sep in 2026 for EU/EEA candidates).
4. EnrolResults were published on 11 Sep in 2026. Pay the first semester’s tuition and register before the October start.

Costs

• The faculty’s 2026/27 fee table for Dental Medicine in English: EUR 10,000 a year in years 1 and 2, EUR 9,000 a year in years 3 and 4, and EUR 8,000 a year in years 5 and 6. The fee is paid in two equal instalments at the start of each semester and is charged to EU/EEA students on the English programme. One-off fees: EUR 55 to submit documents and EUR 210 for the entrance exam in English, Biology and Chemistry (plus EUR 15.34 for a training manual).

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