Higher schools, teaching staff, students and graduates in the higher schools by statistical zones, statistical regions and districts


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HIGHER SCHOOLS, TEACHING STAFF, STUDENTS AND GRADUATES BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND DISTRICTS IN 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
(Number)
Statistical zone
Statistical region
District		 Higher schools Teaching staff
Total Colleges Universities and equivalent higher schools Total In colleges In universities and equivalent higher schools
Total Of which: under labour contract Total Of which: under labour contract
Total 54 4 50 21 756 692 321 21 064 13 167
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 16 - 16 6 596 341 164 6 255 4 634
Severozapaden 1 - 1 775 87 46 688 509
Vidin - - - 10 - - 10 10
Vratsa - - - 194 - - 194 38
Lovech - - - 30 30 8 - -
Pleven 1 - 1 541 57 38 484 461
Severen tsentralen 5 - 5 1 926 - - 1 926 1 436
Veliko Tarnovo 3 - 3 1 087 - - 1 087 905
Gabrovo 1 - 1 213 - - 213 145
Razgrad - - - 30 - - 30 12
Ruse 1 - 1 440 - - 440 363
Silistra - - - 156 - - 156 11
Severoiztochen 7 - 7 2 465 53 38 2 412 1 903
Varna 6 - 6 1 868 25 19 1 843 1 466
Dobrich - - - 28 28 19 - -
Shumen 1 - 1 569 - - 569 437
Yugoiztochen 3 - 3 1 430 201 80 1 229 786
Burgas 2 - 2 605 78 40 527 294
Sliven - - - 177 35 15 142 62
Stara Zagora 1 - 1 568 88 25 480 383
Yambol - - - 80 - - 80 47
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 38 4 34 15 160 351 157 14 809 8 533
Yugozapaden 29 4 25 11 835 292 113 11 543 6 644
Blgoevgrad 3 1 2 778 23 12 755 547
Pernik 1 - 1 48 - - 48 42
Sofia 1 - 1 48 - - 48 48
Sofia (stolitsa) 24 3 21 10 961 269 101 10 692 6 007
Yuzhen tsentralen 9 - 9 3 325 59 44 3 266 1 889
Kardzhali - - - 176 - - 176 26
Plovdiv 9 - 9 2 957 59 44 2 898 1 833
Slmolyan - - - 144 - - 144 18
Haskovo - - - 48 - - 48 12
Of which: female
Total х х х 10 934 404 192 10 530 6 833
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria х х х 3 466 187 97 3 279 2 456
Severozapaden х х х 441 49 29 392 294
Vidin х х х 4 - - 4 4
Vratsa х х х 118 - - 118 29
Lovech х х х 6 6 2 - -
Pleven х х х 313 43 27 270 261
Severen tsentralen х х х 929 - - 929 694
Veliko Tarnovo х х х 552 - - 552 466
Gabrovo х х х 72 - - 72 45
Razgrad х х х 16 - - 16 9
Ruse х х х 197 - - 197 167
Silistra х х х 92 - - 92 7
Severoiztochen х х х 1 322 27 24 1 295 1 046
Varna х х х 1 019 18 17 1 001 812
Dobrich х х х 9 9 7 - -
Shumen х х х 294 - - 294 234
Yugoiztochen х х х 774 111 44 663 422
Burgas х х х 354 43 21 311 164
Sliven х х х 83 16 6 67 29
Stara Zagora х х х 302 52 17 250 203
Yambol х х х 35 - - 35 26
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria х х х 7 468 217 95 7 251 4 377
Yugozapaden х х х 5 745 181 65 5 564 3 323
Blgoevgrad х х х 432 7 2 425 327
Pernik х х х 14 - - 14 14
Sofia х х х 24 - - 24 24
Sofia (stolitsa) х х х 5 275 174 63 5 101 2 958
Yuzhen tsentralen х х х 1 723 36 30 1 687 1 054
Kardzhali х х х 77 - - 77 14
Plovdiv х х х 1 544 36 30 1 508 1 021
Slmolyan х х х 68 - - 68 11
Haskovo х х х 34 - - 34 8
HIGHER SCHOOLS, TEACHING STAFF, STUDENTS AND GRADUATES BY STATISTICAL ZONES, STATISTICAL REGIONS AND DISTRICTS IN 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
(Number)
Statistical zone
Statistical region
District		 Students Graduates
Total In colleges In universities and equivalent higher schools Total In colleges In universities and equivalent higher schools
Professional bachelor Bachelor Master Professional bachelor Bachelor Master
Total 222 997 8 181 141 505 73 311 53 115 1 869 27 831 23 415
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 76 919 4 030 50 314 22 575 20 376 950 11 120 8 306
Severozapaden 4 733 608 2 109 2 016 781 159 377 245
Vidin 326 - 326 - - - - -
Vratsa 946 - 931 15 189 - 156 33
Lovech 206 206 - - 47 47 - -
Pleven 3 255 402 852 2 001 545 112 221 212
Severen tsentralen 28 444 - 21 305 7 139 9 120 - 5 232 3 888
Veliko Tarnovo 16 499 - 12 026 4 473 6 560 - 3 595 2 965
Gabrovo 5 109 - 4 106 1 003 757 - 485 272
Razgrad 236 - 199 37 69 - 45 24
Ruse 6 366 - 4 740 1 626 1 659 - 1 052 607
Silistra 234 - 234 - 75 - 55 20
Severoiztochen 30 952 2 091 19 569 9 292 7 647 540 4 060 3 047
Varna 24 036 1 327 15 342 7 367 5 738 366 3 142 2 230
Dobrich 764 764 - - 174 174 - -
Shumen 6 152 - 4 227 1 925 1 735 - 918 817
Yugoiztochen 12 790 1 331 7 331 4 128 2 828 251 1 451 1 126
Burgas 5 936 767 3 597 1 572 1 265 117 649 499
Sliven 949 218 531 200 252 64 113 75
Stara Zagora 5 109 346 2 537 2 226 1 106 70 567 469
Yambol 796 - 666 130 205 - 122 83
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 146 078 4 151 91 191 50 736 32 739 919 16 711 15 109
Yugozapaden 108 965 3 525 66 292 39 148 24 492 777 12 304 11 411
Blgoevgrad 9 431 520 6 744 2 167 2 504 112 1 507 885
Pernik 88 - 84 4 5 - 5 -
Sofia 2 050 - 1 628 422 946 - 724 222
Sofia (stolitsa) 97 396 3 005 57 836 36 555 21 037 665 10 068 10 304
Yuzhen tsentralen 37 113 626 24 899 11 588 8 247 142 4 407 3 698
Kardzhali 635 - 635 - 147 - 147 -
Plovdiv 34 160 626 22 263 11 271 7 422 142 3 782 3 498
Slmolyan 1 369 - 1 147 222 400 - 278 122
Haskovo 949 - 854 95 278 - 200 78
Of which: female
Total 120 516 4 370 73 445 42 701 32 076 1 104 16 343 14 629
Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 41 891 2 418 26 032 13 441 12 282 571 6 380 5 331
Severozapaden 3 013 389 1 515 1 109 515 106 270 139
Vidin 171 - 171 - - - - -
Vratsa 812 - 798 14 165 - 133 32
Lovech 55 55 - - 11 11 - -
Pleven 1 975 334 546 1 095 339 95 137 107
Severen tsentralen 14 767 - 10 515 4 252 5 406 - 2 880 2 526
Veliko Tarnovo 9 965 - 6 991 2 974 4 183 - 2 114 2 069
Gabrovo 1 293 - 987 306 257 - 175 82
Razgrad 169 - 139 30 53 - 31 22
Ruse 3 241 - 2 299 942 861 - 528 333
Silistra 99 - 99 - 52 - 32 20
Severoiztochen 16 227 1 359 9 500 5 368 4 569 333 2 279 1 957
Varna 11 678 897 6 915 3 866 3 215 215 1 684 1 316
Dobrich 462 462 - - 118 118 - -
Shumen 4 087 - 2 585 1 502 1 236 - 595 641
Yugoiztochen 7 884 670 4 502 2 712 1 792 132 951 709
Burgas 3 643 397 2 177 1 069 799 67 414 318
Sliven 410 84 236 90 97 21 54 22
Stara Zagora 3 585 189 1 885 1 511 818 44 441 333
Yambol 246 - 204 42 78 - 42 36
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 78 625 1 952 47 413 29 260 19 794 533 9 963 9 298
Yugozapaden 57 199 1 536 33 627 22 036 14 469 430 7 267 6 772
Blgoevgrad 5 744 241 4 035 1 468 1 663 54 954 655
Pernik 34 - 32 2 2 - 2 -
Sofia 1 294 - 1 003 291 614 - 453 161
Sofia (stolitsa) 50 127 1 295 28 557 20 275 12 190 376 5 858 5 956
Yuzhen tsentralen 21 426 416 13 786 7 224 5 325 103 2 696 2 526
Kardzhali 405 - 405 - 88 - 88 -
Plovdiv 19 658 416 12 187 7 055 4 823 103 2 321 2 399
Slmolyan 604 - 516 88 187 - 117 70
Haskovo 759 - 678 81 227 - 170 57
25.04.2019


Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘Master’)
Contact
Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Elena Tsankova

Contact person function

State expert

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 511

Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified25 April 2019
Metadata last posted25 April 2019
Metadata last update25 April 2019
Statistical presentation
Data description

Statistics on tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘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 collecting data on enrolled 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.

Classification system
  • International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
  • Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of Fields of Education and Training (FOET) and specialties of tertiary education for the educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional Bachelor ’, ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’;
  • Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
Sector coverage

The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) according to the Law on Higher Education and the private spiritual higher schools, opened under regulation of the Law on Religion.

Statistical concepts and definitions

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 for 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 education institution, containing all the 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 their main engagement is teaching.

The management personnel include 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 rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

Statistical unit

Students and academic staff.

Statistical population

Participants in formal education.

Reference area

Whole country.

Time coverage

2001 - 2018

Base period

Not applicable.

Unit of measure

Number and per cent.

Reference period

Academic year.

Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements

· 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 Higher education.

Data sharing

Not applicable.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy

· 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.

Confidentiality - data treatment

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

Release policy
Release calendar

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

Release calendar access

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

User access

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

Frequency of dissemination

Annual

Accessibility and clarity
News release

Regular press release in the internet site.

Publications

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

On-line database

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

Micro-data access

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

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Documentation on methodology

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

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

Quality documentation

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

Quality management
Quality assurance

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

Quality assessment

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

Relevance
User needs

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

User satisfaction

Information is not available.

Completeness

Information is not available.

Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy

Not applicable (census).

Sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Non-sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness

· Reference date: November 15;

· Fieldwork: November - December;

· Processing: January - March;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent in time.

Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Comparability - over time

Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.

Coherence - cross domain

Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Coherence - internal

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

Cost and burden

Information is not available.

Data revision
Data revision - policy

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

Data revision - practice

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

Statistical processing
Source data

Universities, equivalent higher schools and colleges.

Frequency of data collection

Annual

Data collection

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

Data validation

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

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Comment
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Tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’)
Contact
Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Elena Tsankova

Contact person function

State expert

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 511

Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified25 April 2019
Metadata last posted25 April 2019
Metadata last update25 April 2019
Statistical presentation
Data description

Statistics on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) provide data on the number of enrolled PhD students, newly enrolled and graduates in educational and scientific degree 'Doctor'. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting 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.

Classification system
  • International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
  • Classification of the specialties for acquiring the educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’;
  • Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of the fields of education and training (FOET);
  • Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
Sector coverage

The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations.

Statistical concepts and definitions

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 implement 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.

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 education institution, containing all the 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 rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

Statistical unit

PhD students.

Statistical population

Participants in formal education.

Reference area

Whole country.

Time coverage

2001 - 2018

Base period

Not applicable.

Unit of measure

Number and per cent.

Reference period

Academic year.

Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements

· 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.

Data sharing

Not applicable.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy

· 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.

Confidentiality - data treatment

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

Release policy
Release calendar

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

Release calendar access

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

User access

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

Frequency of dissemination

Annual

Accessibility and clarity
News release

Regular press release in the internet site.

Publications

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

On-line database

Data on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) is available to all users of the NSI website under the 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

Micro-data access

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

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Documentation on methodology

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

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

Quality documentation

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

Quality management
Quality assurance

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

Quality assessment

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

Relevance
User needs

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

User satisfaction

Information is not available.

Completeness

Information is not available.

Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy

Not applicable (census).

Sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Non-sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness

· Reference date: December 31;

· Fieldwork: January - February;

· Processing: March - April;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent in time.

Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Comparability - over time

Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.

Coherence - cross domain

Data are coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Coherence - internal

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

Cost and burden

Information is not available.

Data revision
Data revision - policy

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

Data revision - practice

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

Statistical processing
Source data

Higher schools and scientific organisations.

Frequency of data collection

Annual

Data collection

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

Data validation

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

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Comment
Download in SDMX 2.1 file format: Tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’)
Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.1: ESMS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.1.xml
Download in SDMX 2.0 file format: Tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’)
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ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘Master’)
Contact
Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Elena Tsankova

Contact person function

State expert

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 511

Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description

Statistics on tertiary education (educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional bachelor’, ‘Bachelor’, ‘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 collecting data on enrolled 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.

Classification system
  • International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
  • Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of Fields of Education and Training (FOET) and specialties of tertiary education for the educational-qualification degrees ‘Professional Bachelor ’, ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Master’;
  • Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
Sector coverage

The survey covers all authorized higher schools (colleges, universities and equivalent higher schools) according to the Law on Higher Education and the private spiritual higher schools, opened under regulation of the Law on Religion.

Statistical concepts and definitions

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 for 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 education institution, containing all the 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 their main engagement is teaching.

The management personnel include 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 rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

Statistical unit

Students and academic staff.

Statistical population

Participants in formal education.

Reference area

Whole country.

Time coverage

2001 - 2018

Base period

Not applicable.

Statistical processing
Source data

Universities, equivalent higher schools and colleges.

Frequency of data collection

Annual

Data collection

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

Data validation

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

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Quality management
Quality assurance

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

Quality assessment

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

Relevance
User needs

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

User satisfaction

Information is not available.

Completeness

Information is not available.

Data completeness - rate

Not applicable (census).

Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy

Not applicable (census).

Sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Sampling errors - indicators

Not applicable (census).

Non-sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Coverage error

Not applicable (census).

Over-coverage - rate

Not applicable (census).

Common units - proportion

Not applicable (census).

Measurement error

Not applicable (census).

Non response error

Not applicable (census).

Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable (census).

Item non-response - rate

Not applicable (census).

Processing error

Not applicable (census).

Imputation - rate

Not applicable (no imputations).

Model assumption error

Not applicable (census).

Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).

Data revision - policy

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

Data revision - practice

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

Data revision - average size

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness

· Reference date: November 15;

· Fieldwork: November - December;

· Processing: January - March;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

Time lag - first results

20 weeks.

Time lag - final results

Not applicable (only final results published).

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent in time.

Punctuality - delivery and publication

Not applicable (data published on exact date).

Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient

Not applicable (no flows).

Comparability - over time

Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.

Length of comparable time series

18 years.

Coherence - cross domain

Data is coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable (annual survey).

Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.

Coherence - internal

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

Accessibility and clarity
News release

Regular press release in the internet site.

Publications

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

On-line database

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

Data tables - consultations

Not available.

Micro-data access

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

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Metadata - consultations

Not available.

Documentation on methodology

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

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

Metadata completeness – rate

Not avaliable.

Quality documentation

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

Cost and burden

Information is not available.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy

· 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.

Confidentiality – data treatment

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

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Tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’)
Contact
Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute

Contact organisation unit

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Contact name

Elena Tsankova

Contact person function

State expert

Contact mail address

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

Contact email address

[email protected]

Contact phone number

+359 2 9857 511

Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description

Statistics on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) provide data on the number of enrolled PhD students, newly enrolled and graduates in educational and scientific degree 'Doctor'. The main breakdowns of characteristics for collecting 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.

Classification system
  • International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011);
  • Classification of the specialties for acquiring the educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’;
  • Until 2016/2017 academic year - Classification of the fields of education and training (FOET);
  • Since 2017/2018 academic year - ISCED Fields of Education and Training (ISCED-F).
Sector coverage

The survey covers all authorized higher schools and scientific organisations.

Statistical concepts and definitions

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 implement 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.

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 education institution, containing all the 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 rules of the law. This means that the institution has a manager (director, rector or another manager) i.e. that this is an 'independent' educational institution. 'Dependent' educational institutions are branches or units known under other names and are typically subordinate to an independent institution.

Statistical unit

PhD students.

Statistical population

Participants in formal education.

Reference area

Whole country.

Time coverage

2001 - 2018

Base period

Not applicable.

Statistical processing
Source data

Higher schools and scientific organisations.

Frequency of data collection

Annual

Data collection

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

Data validation

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

Data compilation

Not applicable.

Adjustment

Not applicable.

Quality management
Quality assurance

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

Quality assessment

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

Relevance
User needs

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

User satisfaction

Information is not available.

Completeness

Information is not available.

Data completeness - rate

Not applicable (census).

Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy

Not applicable (census).

Sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Sampling errors - indicators

Not applicable (census).

Non-sampling error

Not applicable (census).

Coverage error

Not applicable (census).

Over-coverage - rate

Not applicable (census).

Common units - proportion

Not applicable (census).

Measurement error

Not applicable (census).

Non response error

Not applicable (census).

Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable (census).

Item non-response - rate

Not applicable (census).

Processing error

Not applicable (census).

Imputation - rate

Not applicable (no imputations).

Model assumption error

Not applicable (census).

Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).

Data revision - policy

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

Data revision - practice

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

Data revision - average size

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness

· Reference date: December 31;

· Fieldwork: January - February;

· Processing: March - April;

· Dissemination of national results: April;

· Transmission of data to Eurostat: September.

Time lag - first results

16 weeks.

Time lag - final results

Not applicable (only final results published).

Punctuality

All deliverables were sent in time.

Punctuality - delivery and publication

Not applicable (data published on exact date).

Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient

Not applicable (no flows).

Comparability - over time

Partially comparable due to the changes of national legislation.

Length of comparable time series

18 years.

Coherence - cross domain

Data are coherent with 'Adult education survey'.

Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable (annual survey).

Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.

Coherence - internal

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

Accessibility and clarity
News release

Regular press release in the internet site.

Publications

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

On-line database

Data on tertiary education (educational and scientific degree ‘Doctor’) is available to all users of the NSI website under the 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

Data tables - consultations

Not avaliable.

Micro-data access

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

Other

Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Metadata - consultations

Not avaliable.

Documentation on methodology

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

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

Metadata completeness – rate

Not avaliable.

Quality documentation

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

Cost and burden

Information is not available.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy

· 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.

Confidentiality – data treatment

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

Comment
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