Top Universities in Bulgaria

32 universities in Bulgaria with a measured position, 32 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" #0 1,454,713
2 Medical University of Sofia #0 494,156
3 Medical University Plovdiv #0 188,790
4 Technical University of Sofia #0 106,797
5 Medical University Varna #0 104,484
6 University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy #0 102,914
7 University of Plovdiv #0 87,802
8 University of Food Technology #0 61,540
9 Bourgas University "Prof. Assen Zlatarov" #0 49,462
10 Agricultural University of Plovdiv #0 42,208
11 University of Forestry Sofia #0 32,777
12 New Bulgarian University #0 32,449
13 Medical University Pleven #0 32,446
14 "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse #0 31,177
15 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy #0 29,216
16 South-West University "Neofit Rilski" #0 22,077
17 Technical University of Varna #0 18,244
18 International University College #0 15,649
19 Technical University of Gabrovo #0 14,373
20 Bourgas Free University #0 12,159
21 University of National and World Economy #0 11,781
22 University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rils" #0 11,158
23 Veliko Turnovo University "Cyril and Methodius" #0 10,563
24 American University in Bulgaria #0 7,077
25 University of Economics Varna #0 5,385
26 Varna Free University #0 3,441
27 National Sports Academy Sofia #0 3,363
28 Academy of Economics "Dimitur A. Tscenov" #0 3,317
29 National Academy of Arts #0 497
30 Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts #0 89
31 National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krustju Sarafov" #0 5
32 National Academy of Music "Pantcho Vladigerov" #0 5

What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked