Name of the

Agricultural University – Plovdiv

institution
Erasmus code BG PLOVDIV01
PIC / OID 999870278 / E10208885
Erasmus Charter https://www.au-plovdiv.bg/docs/Erasmus/Erasmus-Charter-for-
(ECHE) Higher-Education-AU-Plovdiv-signed-AU.pdf
Website www.au-plovdiv.bg
Legal representative Prof. Hristina Yancheva, PhD, rector@au-plovdiv.bg
Prof. Svetla Yancheva, Vice Rector International relations
Erasmus Institutional
Svetla20@hotmail.com
Coordinator
+359 32 654 312
Dora Ivanova
Erasmus Exchange
inter@au-plovdiv.bg
Coordinator
+359 32 654 345
Erasmus+ office
Official contact for
Agricultural University – Plovdiv
correspondence and
Mendeleev 12, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
postal address
+359 32 654 345; inter@au-plovdiv.bg
Academic information
0311 Economics
0510 Biological and related sciences, not further defined
0521 Environmental sciences
0522 Natural environments and wildlife
0532 Earth sciences
061 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Fields of Study 081 Agriculture
0811 Crop and livestock production
0812 Horticulture
0888 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, veterinary, inter-
disciplinary programmes
1013 Hotel, restaurants and catering
1015 Travel, tourism and leisure
Erasmus page https://www.au-plovdiv.bg/en/erasmus/
Course Catalogue for https://www.au-plovdiv.bg/en/erasmus/incoming-students/courses-for-exchange-
Exchange students students-in-english

Calendar
Nomination 30 May
First semester
Application 30 June
Nomination 30 Nov.
Second semester
Application 20 Dec.
1st semester - middle of September – end of January
Academic calendar
2nd semester - middle of February – end of June
Grading system Converting ECTS Grades to BG National Grades
ECTS National
Description
grades Grades
A Excellent 6 Outstanding performance
 with only minor errors
Very Good Above the average standard but
B
5 with some errors
Generally sound work with
C Good 4
a number of notable errors
Satisfactory Fair but with significant
D, E
3 shortcomings
FX, F Fail 2 Considerable further work is required
Arranging the mobility
Student dormitories /two 4-storey buildings/ are situated on the university
campus. They offer three-bed rooms with bathrooms (linen and blankets are not
provided) and apartments for 4 persons (2 separate rooms with 2 bathrooms).
The students have access to a kitchen and laundry (on the floor).
A monthly price is 250.00 BG leva (equal to 125 EUR - exchange rate EUR/BG
is 1.945).
The students have to pay an entry tax on the registration to the dormitory, which
Housing is 7.5 € per semester and 15 € per academic year.
The electricity costs are included in the price to a certain limit. Additional
consumption has to be paid. It is approx. 20.00 € per month, depending on the
season.
Internet connection costs an additional 15.00 € per month.
A deposit of 250.00 BG leva (125 EUR) is required for your registration to the
dormitory. The deposit is refundable at the end of the stay.Registration to the
dormitory is from Monday to Friday between 8 am – 15,30 pm
Visa http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/109/index.html

Insurance
European Health Insurance Card
http://www.en.nhif.bg/web/guest/home
Application for student mobility

The application is an online application process in four steps:

1. Nomination - incoming Erasmus+ students should be nominated by their home
university. Nomination form
2. Application
Once their nomination is received we will send email with link to application form. The
students should prepare the following documents, scan them and upload to the application
form:
• ID/Passport copy (jpg)
• Passport photo (jpg)
• Transcript of records (pdf)
Students should have European Health insurance card.
3. Online Learning agreement
The incoming students should create an Online Learning agreement for study
(https://www.learning-agreement...) using our OLA Guide.
Learning agreement for traineeship is still on paper. Students should download it and after
being filled and signed by the Erasmus+ coordinator at home university, the students should
upload it (scanned, as pdf file) to the application form.

Language requirements: English B2