Founded in 1991, the American University in Bulgaria is the first American-style, liberal arts undergraduate education institution in Eastern Europe.

[8] The university also issues a European Diploma Supplement (part of Europass), which confers automatic recognition of the AUBG degree throughout Europe.

[9] For consecutive years, AUBG holds the top position nationally in Business Administration, European Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Political Science and International Relations.

More than half of graduating seniors complete double majors, while many undergraduates supplement their main field of study with a minor in one of 19 disciplines offered at AUBG.

[19] The Blagoevgrad-based English Language Institute offers English-language instruction at all levels and for all ages year-round.

The AUBG community has already seen Chicago, West Side Story, Hairspray, Moulin Rouge, Grease, Memphis, All Shook Up, Burlesque, Catch me If You Can and Hair.

During the four-month program, teams of two to four AUBGers have access to many workshops, training and a mentorship network of experienced entrepreneurs and AUBG alumni.

Designed to provide students with startup guidance, the accelerator doubles as a way to support the university: AUBG will have a 5% stake in each company that comes out of the program.

[44][45] The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program has repeatedly recognized AUBG students’ potential.

“Aspire” is a shared working space that aims to foster the exchange of ideas among the AUBG community and to facilitate the transformation of creative visions into reality.

In the AUBG Olympics,[49] students compete in sports disciplines, such as long jump, soccer, basketball, volleyball, arm wrestling, tug-of-war, horseshoe throwing, and boxing.

[51][52] Residence halls host table tennis, billiards, aerobic fitness rooms, and gym facilities.

Those interested in skiing, hiking, horseback riding, boxing, kickboxing, aerobics, volleyball, baseball, yoga, taekwondo, softball, and karate have formed student clubs and intramural teams.

The university hosts business practitioners, scholars and public figures year-round, among them President Rosen Plevneliev (2012-2017)[53] and Bulgaria's EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.