American University in Bulgaria
Introduction to AUBG
American University in Bulgaria, as a private liberal arts university, is founded in 1991 and was accredited both in the U.S. and in Bulgaria. University offers 4 year Bachelor degree program and all classes are in English. Scholarship and Financial Aid are available.
The University offers the following Majors:
- History and Civilizations
- Business Administration
- Computer Science
- European Studies
- Mathematics
- Information Systems
- Economics
- Journalism and Mass Communications
- Political Science and International Relations
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Minor Programs
- Fine Arts
- Economics
- Anthropology
- Journalism and Mass Communications
- European Studies
- Mathematics
- Southeast European Studies
- Political Science and International Relations
- Philosophy and Religion
- Information Systems
- Journalism/Mass Communications
- History
- Literature
OSI Scholarships
Open Society Institute offer Financial Awards for students applying for 2012-2013 school year. These scholarships cover the eight-semester period required to complete an AUBG degree.
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Eligibility Requirements
Students who holds or will hold a secondary school degree by August of the year 200, who are not currently enrolled in institutions of higher education may apply for the scholarship.
All OSI Financial Awards 2011-2012 will be Full and Partial Awards:
Full Awards are called OSI Scholarships and are limited in number. They cover tuition, residence hall and students activity fees at AUBG. All students who receive an OSI Scholarship are expected to cover the cost of food, books, travel, visas and residence permits, and health insurance.
Partial awards. The OSI Scholarship applicant pool is also used be AUBG t award need based OSI-funded partial financial aid awards. These awards should not be confused with the OSI Scholarships.
Travel
The OSI Scholarship does not cover travel, visas, residence permits. And health insurance. Admitted students are supposed to cover all their travel expenses by their own funding.
Admission Process/Required documents:
- application form (paper based or on-line)
- official high school transcript (of 8th, 9th, 10th classes)
- Three letters of recommendation, with translation if not in English
- official test scores (SAT score – 1000, Institutional TOEFL score – 550 pbt)
- Students who have taken the official TOEFL and SAT Reasoning test should be advised to require ETS (www.ets.org/toefl) and College Board (www.collegeboard.com) send their official scores to AUBG. The AUBG Institution code for receiving official TOEFL and SAT scores is 2451.
- Financial Aid Application and enclose documents
*Applications are available on the AUBG website for submitting on-line or downloading.
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Deadline for Paper based Applications is December 23, 2011. For On-line Applications is January 1, 2012
For more information, please contact the AUBG Coordinator Sona Mammadova at American Councils, or by email at info@americancouncils.az
To read more about the program, please go to www.aubg.bg