National Statistical Institute

Education and Culture Statistics Department

Elena Tsankova

State expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 511

Tertiary education statistics (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’) provide data on educational activity in the higher schools. Main units of observation are students (enrolled, newly enrolled and graduates) and academic staff. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collected data for students are sex, year of birth, level of education, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Academic staff in tertiary schools is studied by sex, age, type of employment, position. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – November 15.

• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
• Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET);
• Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).

The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) under the regulation of Higher Education Act and private spiritual higher schools, opened under the regulation of Religious Denominations Act.

A student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implement in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order.

Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations about foreign citizens.

The student mobility is measured by country of prior education which means that mobile student is a student who has graduated secondary education abroad.

Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law.

The academic staff are official persons who directly conduct the training sessions according to curriculum irrespective of whether they are full or part time employees.

The academic staff in tertiary education (ISCED - 6 and 7) includes persons whose main engagement is teaching and research work. This staff includes the officials such as rectors, vice rectors, deans, heads of departments, etc. if they have teaching activity.

The management personnel includes official persons performing management functions at the level of the educational institution - rectors, deans and their assistants, heads of departments.

An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

Students and academic staff.

Participants in formal education.

Whole country.

2001 - 2020

Not applicable.

Number and per cent.

Academic year.

· Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning;

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

· Law on Statistics;

· Higher education Act.

Not applicable.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).

In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Annual

Regular press release in the internet site.

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure);

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees 'Professional bachelor', 'Bachelor' and 'Master') are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4892 and on Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164

In accordance to the Rules for Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.

Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

· Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf

Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.

State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.

Information is not available.

Information is not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

· Reference date: November 15;

· Data collection: November - December;

· Data processing: January - March;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

All deliverables were sent in time.

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Partially comparable due to changes in the national legislation.

Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.

Information is not available.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Universities, equivalent higher schools and colleges.

Annual

Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire 'Report on tertiary education for educational-qualification degrees 'Master', 'Bachelor' and 'Professional bachelor'.

Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

National Statistical Institute

Education and Culture Statistics Department

Elena Tsankova

State expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 511

Statistics on tertiary education - educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’ provide data on the number of enrolled PhD students, newly enrolled and graduates with educational and scientific degree 'Doctor'. The main breakdowns of characteristics for the collected data on PhD students are sex, age, mode of attendance, specialty, citizenship and country of prior education. Their number is determined as of a given date of observation – December 31.

• International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
• Classification of the specialties for acquiring the educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’, complemented with the new doctoral programmes accredited by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency since 2012;
• Until 2016/2017 academic year - Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET);
• Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013).

The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations.

A PhD student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes the educational programmes implemented in the legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order.

Ph.D. students in scientific organisations are also included, irrespective of the mode of attendance.

Foreign students are those students who are not citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria as well as those who have dual citizenship and have been enrolled under the regulations for foreign citizens.

Graduates are those students who have received a document for a completed level from a legitimate education institution, containing all necessary records and stamps according to the law.

An educational institution is defined as a centre taking independent decisions, which performs educational services for persons and organizations and is created according to the regulations of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager), i.e. this is an independent educational institution. Dependent educational institutions are branches or units known under other names which are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

PhD students.

Participants in formal education.

Whole country.

2001 - 2020

Not applicable.

Number and per cent.

Academic year.

· Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning;

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

· Law on Statistics;

· Law on Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Not applicable.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).

In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Annual

Regular press release in the internet site.

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

Data on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) is available to all users on the NSI website under heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4912 and on Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=164

In accordance to the Rules for Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.

Information request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

· Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf

Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.

State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.

Information is not available.

Information is not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable.

· Reference date: December 31;

· Data collection: January - February;

· Data processing: March - April;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

All deliverables were sent in time.

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Partially comparable due to the changes in the national legislation.

Data are coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.

Information is not available.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Higher schools and scientific organisations.

Annual

Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire 'Report on PhD students'.

Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.