Abstract

A survey of the pharmaceutical education in Bulgaria is performed, analyzing written records of various origin and content. Written documents are reviewed separately in chronological order. They all seem to lend support to the conclusion that the development of pharmaceutical education is following the historical circumstances. Relatively strong is the impact of West-European pharmaceutical education traditions in the last decades, because of the uniting of Bulgaria to the European Union (EU), following of the EU directive 2005/36/EC on recognition of professional qualification and the Bologna declaration.

Key words: European Union, Bulgaria, pharmaceutical education.