Dental Medicine (DMD), taught in English

About the course

A six-year Master’s degree in Dental Medicine taught in English, leading to the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) qualification.

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. On its non-EU page the university ranks applicants by the official-language grade from the school diploma plus the Biology and Chemistry test results multiplied by three (maximum 42); we could not confirm whether the same formula applies to EU applicants.
• Entry tests in Biology and Chemistry, taken online in English. Each lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and has five sections (multiple choice, gap filling, matching, true/false, definitions and explanations).
• English: the university’s non-EU page exempts school leavers from Ireland from an English certificate if their diploma shows English at ‘Very good’; otherwise it accepts IELTS Academic 6.5, TOEFL iBT 90, PTE Academic 61 or Cambridge CAE/CPE 176. Confirm the rule for EU applicants with admissions.

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. Register onlineCreate an account on e-application.mu-varna.bg and pay the EUR 340 fee no later than one week before your chosen test date (2026 dates were 4 Apr, 16 May, 13 Jun, and for EU applicants only 16 Jul and 3 Sep).
2. Sit the entry testsTake the online Biology and Chemistry tests in English. The university offers a paid preparatory course (EUR 600 in 2026).
3. Send documentsSend your Leaving Certificate and other documents, legalised and translated into Bulgarian, to the Office of Admissions for NACID verification. You are only ranked once your paper file is complete.
4. Enrol and payIf admitted, enrol and pay the first-semester fee (EUR 5,000 in 2026/27) no later than two weeks after the semester starts. Confirm the enrolment steps and 2027 dates with the university.

Costs

• EUR 10,000 a year for Years 1-2 (EUR 5,000 per semester), EUR 9,000 a year for Years 3-4 and EUR 8,000 a year for Years 5-6 (2026/27 rates). The English-taught programme is a paid form of education. Fees for foreign students are set each May by decree of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers. One-off non-refundable application fee of EUR 340; retaking a test costs EUR 150 per test. Fees can be paid at once or in two equal instalments; 80% of the semester fee is refunded if you withdraw before the academic year begins, nothing after.

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