The Medical University of Sofia
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The Medical University of Sofia entrance test for Medicine in English is a 120-minute remote exam of 50 questions in English, Biology and Chemistry, ranked on a competition score out of 42 that weights each science 3 times, and every component must be passed. This guide is built on MU-Sofia's own Regulations and foreign-candidates pages.
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The Sofia Medical University Entrance Exam at a glance
Checked against Medical University of Sofia's own published rules. Where something isn't published yet, we say so rather than guess.
Read the full Sofia Medical University Entrance Exam guide →
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Dates, scoring and admissions
Key dates
- Applications open
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the 2026/2027 application window ran 27 July to 31 August 2026
- Document deadline
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the 2026/2027 deadline was extended by official notice of 8 September 2026 to 25 September 2026
- Entrance exam (EU/EEA applicants)
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the 2026/2027 EU/EEA sitting ran on 3 September 2026
- Entrance exam (non-EU/EEA applicants)
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the 2026/2027 non-EU/EEA and third-country sitting ran on 9 September 2026
- Additional sitting (2026/2027 extension round)
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the extension notice of 8 September 2026 added a further sitting on 2 October 2026 for this cycle, and its ranking is published, with enrolment from 7 to 16 October 2026
- Results published
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; the 2026/2027 results were published on 11 September 2026
- Enrolment deadline
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published; for the 2026/2027 cycle, ranked candidates enrol between 28 September and 15 October 2026, and teaching in English starts on 19 October 2026
How it's scored
- Competition-score formula (Art. 156)
- English mark + (3 × Biology mark) + (3 × Chemistry mark)
- Maximum competition score
- 42.00
- Grade scale
- Bulgarian 2.00 to 6.00 per component, which is what makes the maximum 42.00 (6.00 + 18.00 + 18.00) and puts the lowest arithmetically possible score at 14.00, not 0
- Component pass rule
- Officially confirmed: English, Biology and Chemistry must each be passed, and failing a single component fails the whole exam regardless of the total
- Minimum eligible score
- Not yet publishedNot published. Art. 156 states a maximum of 42.00 and no minimum anywhere in the regulation's 230 articles; Art. 59 separately defines a university-wide "positive grade" as not lower than 3 on the 2-6 scale, which is the closest the Regulations come to defining Art. 154's "successfully passed" but is a general grading rule rather than a stated entrance-exam floor.
- Per-question marking
- Not yet publishedNot published. One mark per correct answer with no penalty is IvyTest's neutral working assumption: MU-Sofia states no penalty anywhere, and assuming one would change what a candidate should do on every uncertain question.
- Answer options per question
- Not yet publishedNot published. Four is IvyTest's regional working default, but it is weaker than it looks: MU-Plovdiv's own official documents confirm a genuine 3-option exception on one block of its paper, so "most Bulgarian schools use four" is a prior, not a proof.
- Raw-score-to-grade conversion
- Not yet publishedNot published. There is no way to convert "16 of 20 correct in Biology" into a component mark on the 2.00-6.00 scale from any accessible MU-Sofia source.
- Reserve questions
- Not yet publishedNo source mentions reserve or replacement items, so this is recorded as unknown rather than as none.
Admissions: Medical University of Sofia
- Degree
- Medicine in English (6-year MD)
- Language of instruction
- English
- Campus
- Sofia, Bulgaria (clinical training spans multiple hospitals across the city)
- Tuition
- €9,950 / year
- Application fee
- €265 in total: €55 for submitting documents plus €210 for the combined entrance exam in English, Biology and Chemistry, as MU-Sofia's foreign-candidates page lists them (exam fees are non-refundable)
- Interview
- Not required; admission runs on the combined entrance exam and the Art. 156 competition score
- English certificate
- Not yet publishedNot stated. MU-Sofia's foreign-candidates page, checked again on 28 September 2026, lists no separate English certificate; English is examined as one of the three components of the combined entrance exam itself
- Motivation letter
- Not required
- Recommendation letters
- Not required
- Document requirements
- Legalisation, certified translation and apostille all required
- Bulgarian language
- Needed for clinical training: IvyTest's MedApply dataset records local-language requirements starting around the fourth year
- Cost of living
- A central 1-bedroom apartment in Sofia runs around €674 / month, roughly €513 outside the centre; dormitory beds from about €50–150 / month
- Seats available
- 2026/2027: 70 places for third-country (non-EU/EEA) candidates and 250 for EU/EEA candidates, each including graduates of MU-Sofia's preparatory yearSet on MU-Sofia's Bulgarian foreign-candidates page; the English page leaves the figures blank. The 2026 lists admitted more non-EU candidates than 70: 84 with a score in the main ranking and 19 in the additional round. No applicant volume is published
Checked against 13 official sources, most recently on 12 October 2026. Read the full Sofia Medical University Entrance Exam guide →
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When Medical University of Sofia updates its syllabus or exam structure, the guide is reviewed and revised to match before the next admissions cycle.
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Biology
5 topics- The Chemistry of Living Things
- The Cell as the Basis of Life
- Bioenergetics
- Reproduction and Inheritance
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Chemistry
5 topics- Structure of Matter and the Periodic Table
- Chemical Bonding and Properties of Matter
- Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions
- Equilibria, Acids-Bases, and Redox
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
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Yes. Medical University of Sofia delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
It depends on the school and the cycle. Several universities (Varna, Zlatarov, and Pleven in recent cycles) run the exam fully online and remotely proctored; Sofia University's programme page does not say where its exam is sat. Check the current cycle's format for your target school; this guide notes it where published.
At some schools, yes. Medical University of Sofia's combined exam includes an English component, and Medical University of Varna runs a separate language-competency test alongside its two science papers. Medical University of Plovdiv and Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov University set an English diagnostic test only for candidates who don't already hold an accepted English certificate. Not every Bulgarian school tests English at all.
No separate national board exam. Bulgaria's state exam is built into the final year of the six-year degree itself. Afterwards, registering in the National Register of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BLS) is free and, once granted, indefinite. EU/EEA/Swiss nationals need a professional-qualification-recognition certificate from Bulgaria's Ministry of Health as part of that registration.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules Medical University of Sofia has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
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