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AUBG is a premier independent university in Central and Eastern Europe offering outstanding American-style education recognized in both the U.S. and the EU.

Plan for growth and development Skaptopara III Expansion

AUBG History Timeline

AUBG History Timeline

2025

December 03

Christmas Bazaar

November 05

Unifications in History | History Evening featured image

Unifications in History | History Evening

March 25

Earth Week 2023: Earth Hour featured image

Earth Week 2023: Earth Hour

September 08

Dr. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, receives the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from AUBG. featured image

Dr. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, receives the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from AUBG.

November 04

Elevate, the first in the region accelerator program, launches to help student entrepreneurs and alumni start their businesses featured image

Elevate, the first in the region accelerator program, launches to help student entrepreneurs and alumni start their businesses

March 19

Elieff Center for Education and Culture in Sofia officially opens. featured image

Elieff Center for Education and Culture in Sofia officially opens.

AUBG Quick Facts

Students

  • Number of AUBG Students in Spring 25    1211
  • Undergraduate Students    1169
  • Graduate Students    42
  • Nationalities Represented on Campus    43

Academics

  • Number of Faculty    117
  • Number of Majors Offered    14
  • Number of Minors Offered    21
  • Average Class Size    21

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  • Graduation Rate    84%
  • Financial Support Distributed    $5.3M
  • Students Receiving Scholarships    93%
  • Retention Rate After the First Year    93%
Why AUBG

Why AUBG

AUBG puts you in the center

  • The one-of-a-kind liberal arts educational system at AUBG puts you at the center and gives you countless opportunities for growth and success. With top professors coming from five continents, small class sizes, a practice-oriented curriculum, and a variety of majors and minors, you devise your own curriculum and focus on the things you are most passionate about. Upon graduation, you receive an international diploma accredited in both the U.S. and the EU.

  • Life’s never boring on the AUBG campus. Within our small community of only 1200 students, you can choose from over 30 student clubs and attend an array of events and conferences with international speakers on campus. At AUBG, you live and study in state-of-the-art facilities, including one of the largest English-language libraries in South-East Europe, a gym, a running track, a Mac lab, and specialized rooms. You get to make friends and share experiences with some of the brightest students coming from over 40 countries from near and far.

    And for when you want to explore your surroundings, Blagoevgrad offers a number of cafes and restaurants, hiking trails and a historical district. Meanwhile, the capital Sofia is just an hour drive away, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia are just around the corner and most European capitals are on a short flight distance from the capital.

  • Upon graduation, you join a united international alumni network that strives to make a difference in the region and the world. Our graduates go on to study at some of the best universities in the world like Harvard, MIT and the London School of Economics, work for companies like Google, BBC and Unicef, or establish their own successful businesses.

Diversity

Diversity

With students from 40 different countries and faculty from 5 continents, being part of AUBG feels like traveling around the world.

Mission

Our Mission

AUBG Mission Statement

Vision

Our Vision

Our Aspirations for the Next Five Years

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The spirit of the AUBG community was unlike anything else I had ever seen.

Viktoria Ivanova ('22)

AUBG Leadership

AUBG is led by the Interim President Dr. J.D. Mininger. The Board of Trustees (BoT) is the university's governing body and sets the strategic direction for the development of the University. The University Council (UC) is designed to encourage participation and interaction of the broader AUBG community with the BoT, University administrators, faculty, students, and alumni. And the University Committees address matters of policy and ongoing concerns. The American University in Bulgaria is an independent not-for-profit institution.

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AUBG President

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Leadership
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Leadership Team

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Board of Trustees
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Board of Trustees

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University Council
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University Council

University Committees
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University Committees

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CIDC
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CIDC

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Honorary Degree Recipients

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The Founding of AUBG

"The American University...Where? " (2011) by Dr. Robert Phillips Jr., Associate Professor of Politics at AUBG.

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Explore Interesting Facts about Bulgaria and Blagoevgrad

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AUBG Virtual Tour

Since everything is online today, let’s jump into an amazing AUBG campus and walk through our corridors together!