Quick Facts & History
- Students
- Number of AUBG students in Fall 2021 970
- Undergraduate students 946
- Graduate students 24
- Number of nationalities represented on campus 46
- Academics
- Number of faculty 88
- Number of Majors Offered 13
- Number of Minors Offered 20
- Average Class Size 23
- ...And more
- Total staff 236
- Financial Aid Each Year $ 4.8M
- Percentage of students receiving financial aid 76%
- Retention rate after the first year 95%
- Graduation rate 79 %
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1991
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June 24
First Opening Ceremony: AUBG opens doors with 16 full-time faculty members welcoming 208 brave students.
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September 18
The Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria granted the status of an institution of higher education to AUBG.
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September 30
First day of classes.
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November
First meeting of the AUBG Board of Directors.
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November 1
AUBG inaugurated at an official outdoor ceremony in Blagoevgrad.
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Fall
Students use the existing communal radio intercom system ("radiotochka") in the Hilltop dormitory to begin the first dormitory-wide "broadcasts", which would later turn into Radio AURA.
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1992
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April
First ever Arts Festival held at AUBG.
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September
Volga dormitory opens for student use.
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October 17
Signal issue of what would become the student publication Aspecter comes out.
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November 16
The first AUBG newspaper, Aspecter, was published.
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December
First theater production staged at AUBG – Thorton Wilder’s "Our Town", directed by Al Cyrus.
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1993
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1995
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1997
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1998
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April 23
First More-Honors Academy show was organized.
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September 11
Skaptopara I Residence Hall officially opens.
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November 27
First ground broken on the Skaptopara campus.
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1999
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2001
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March 28
AUBG receives accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
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June 14
AUBG is accredited by the Bulgarian National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency.
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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April
AUBG grants the first Tchaprachikoff scholarships for graduate study at top 20 U.S. universities.
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April
AUBG goes green – first Eco Week organized by students.
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April 4
The Griffins American football club host the first national tournament in American flag football.
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May 16
AUBG library named after Dimi and Yvonne Panitza at official ceremony.
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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