Zlatarski International School of Sofia

49 Kliment Ohridski blvd, Sofia 1756, Bulgaria. The school is located in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria.

Lower Secondary School (Grades 5-7): national programme enriched by the Cambridge Lower Secondary; Middle School (Grades 8-10): national programme enriched by the Cambridge Checkpoint and IGCSE; Upper Secondary School (Grades 11-12): IB Diploma Programme and/or the national programme; International students in Grades 5-12 can choose to follow only the international pathway.

International secondary school offering the national programme alongside Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge Checkpoint, IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme. IB World School since 2003; Cambridge International School since 2010; established in 1995 as an English-language secondary school.

Affiliation with Bulgaria's national education system; authorisation by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education.

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm.

School transport is available: 20-30% of students use school transport; buses to the school serve lines 69, 70, 88, 123, 280, 294; minibuses serve lines 5, 27, 29.

Scope and academic year

The following fees apply to the 2025/2026 academic year.

Application / registration fee

- Registration fee (for all candidates): EUR 200.

Annual tuition fees by year group (annual and per term)

- Grades 5–7
- Annual: EUR 8,890 (students from Bulgarian schools).
- Annual: EUR 10,890 (international students).
- Per term (school year divided into two terms): EUR 4,445 and EUR 5,445 respectively.

- Grade 8
- Annual: EUR 8,980 (students from Bulgarian schools).
- Annual: EUR 10,980 (international students).
- Per term: EUR 4,490 and EUR 5,490 respectively.

- Grades 9–10
- Annual: EUR 9,200 (Zlatarski International School students — returning/current Zlatarski students).
- Annual: EUR 10,200 (students from Bulgarian schools).
- Annual: EUR 11,200 (international students).
- Per term: EUR 4,600; EUR 5,100; EUR 5,600 respectively.

- Grades 11–12
- Annual: EUR 9,680 or EUR 10,680 for Zlatarski School students (amount depends on the chosen education pathway).
- Annual: EUR 11,680 (students from Bulgarian schools).
- Annual: EUR 12,680 (international students).
- Per term: EUR 4,840 or EUR 5,340; EUR 5,840; EUR 6,340 respectively.

Additional / optional charges

- School transport (optional): EUR 2,100 per year; payable in two installments (EUR 1,050 per installment).
- Cafeteria meals (optional): EUR 345 per quarter.
- Uniforms, notebooks and other school supplies are additional; uniforms are supplied through the listed vendor (Interstudies 2005 Ltd).
- The tuition fee covers instruction, all textbooks, insurance, medical care, security, participation in organised cultural events, extracurricular activities (arts and sports) and use of school facilities. Outside the admissions schedule dates the annual tuition fee is equal to the fee for international students.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school year is divided into two terms; tuition is presented on an annual basis and per-term amounts are calculated on a two-term year.
- The school's published schedule references first and second instalments; financial obligations for the first and second instalment (with a specified deadline for those instalments) must be settled by the start of the year as indicated in the admissions/start-of-year information. (Transport instalments are explicitly stated as two instalments.)

Boarding

- Zlatarski International School operates as a day school and does not charge boarding fees; there are no boarding facilities.

Refunds and cancellation

- No general published tuition refund or cancellation policy is provided among the school's publicly listed fees and admissions information; specific refund or cancellation terms are not set out on the published fees pages.

Fee payment options and bank details

- Accepted methods listed: bank transfer and cash payments at the school finance department. Credit-card payment is not listed among published payment options.
- Bank transfer details provided for tuition payments (examples as published):
- Tuition fees for students in Grades 8–12 (Private Secondary School “Prof. Dr. Vassil Zlatarski” Ltd): Payments in euro IBAN: BG55 BUIN 9561 1000 5837 16 — BIC: BUINBGSF.
- Tuition fees for students in Grades 5–7 (Private Primary School “Prof. Dr. Vassil Zlatarski” Ltd): Payments in euro IBAN: BG39 BUIN 9561 1000 6096 12 — BIC: BUINBGSF.
- Additional services (application fee, transport, notebooks, school lunch, uniforms): Payments in euro IBAN: BG68 BUIN 9561 1000 2159 49 — BIC: BUINBGSF.

Notes on optional billing frequencies

- Transport is explicitly payable in two instalments; cafeteria requests are made before each quarter and the cafeteria fee is quoted per quarter, indicating quarterly billing for meals. Tuition figures are published annually and the school structures the academic year as two terms.

Nationalities represented: 15 (Bulgaria, Netherlands, Hungary, India, Israel, Russia, United Kingdom, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, United States, Georgia, Korea, Syria, China); most common nationality: Bulgarian; local to international ratio: 90% to 10% (9:1).