The training is organized according to officially endorsed curriculum and syllabus. The general and specialized language training for foreign citizens must last no less then nine months and is conducted in-groups of no more than ten people. The general and specialized language training for foreign citizens includes the studying of obligatory subjects divided into two groups with minimum duration in academic hours as follows:

For the humanities - 800 academic hours Bulgarian

For all other students:
Bulgarian - 650 academic hours
Specializing subjects - 350 academic hours.

The training courses end in a written and an oral examination in Bulgarian. An examination board assesses the examinations. The specialized training ends in examinations in all subjects taught. The examinations are conducted and assessed by an examiners board in all subjects included in the curriculum.