Total number of Roma university students – 2163

Distribution by   the following criteria:

І. By gender.

ІІ. By locality of provenance.

* - Over 80% of the young people stated that they are students in Sofia but were born and raised in other Bulgarian towns.

III. By university.**

** The full names of the universities are as follows:

v     UVT – The Sts. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo

v     NBU – New Bulgarian University, Sofia

v     SWU – The Neofit Rilski South-Western University, Blagoevgrad

v     USh – The Bishop Konstantin Preslavski University of Shumen

v     AE – The D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economy, Svishtov

v     FUV – The Free University of Varna

v     USf – The St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia

v     FUB – The Free University of Burgas

v     UP – The Paissiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

v     TUV –Technical University, Varna

v     TUSf – Technical University, Sofia

v     TUSZ – The Thracian University, Stara Zagora

v     UNWE – University for National and World Economy, Sofia

IV. By educational degree.

V. By form of education.

VI. By speciality.

VII. By academic achievement.

VIII. Educational structure in the sphere of higher education of the Roma population in Bulgaria.

According to the Annual Report on the Youth of the Republic of Bulgaria for 2006, produced by the Council of Ministers, the number of Bulgarian Roma in the age group of 18 to 35 who have graduated in higher education is: 0,00 %.

This figure is inexact, to say the least. We can refute it, since in the process of our work we have collected and summarized concrete data on which we have proofs. According to us, the actual information on the Roma university students and the Roma university graduates in the age group of 18 to 35 is as follows.