58.5% of Medical Students in Bulgaria are Foreigners
Bulgaria is the leader in the entire EU in terms of the share of foreign students in medical specialties. 58.5% of those studying "Medicine" in the country are foreigners.
The number of foreigners studying higher education in Bulgaria is increasing. In the academic year 2021/2022, their number is 16,525, which is 8.2% of all students in the country, reported the press center of the Council of Ministers. In 2013, their share was twice as small - 4.1%.
The total number of students in Bulgaria is 200,781. This is less than half (48%) of the total capacity of all higher education institutions in the country. Last year, active students occupied 53% of the capacity.
The average social security income of university graduates in Bulgaria has almost doubled over the last 10 years. In 2013, it was BGN 868 per month, and this year it is BGN 1,646. Only 2.5% of university graduates in the country in the last 5 years are now unemployed, and in 2013 their share was 4.15%. 95% of Medicine graduates work in their specialty, while in Tourism only 21% of graduates take up positions corresponding to their education.
The trend of more women pursuing higher education continues. They are approximately 57%. In some professional fields, the students are almost entirely female - these are "Pedagogy" (96%) and "Educational Theory and Management" (89%). Men are a large majority - over 80% share in "Metallurgy", "Electrical engineering, electronics and automation", "Energy" and "Mechanical engineering".