| BQF | Bulgarian Qualifications Framework |
| BURS | Bulgarian University Ranking System |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CSI | County School Inspectorate |
| CVET | Continuing vocational education and training |
| ECD | Early childhood development |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
| ECTS | European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System |
| EMIS | Education management information system |
| ESF+ | European Social Fund Plus (previously ESF) |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| IEA | International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ITE | Initial teacher education |
| LPVET | List of Professions for Vocational Education and Training |
| MES | Ministry of Education and Science |
| MLSP | Ministry of Labour and Social Policy |
| NACID | National Centre for Information and Documentation |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NAVET | National Agency for Vocational Education and Training |
| NEA | National external assessment |
| NEA | National Employment Agency |
| NEAA | National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency |
| NEET | Neither in employment nor in education or training |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NIE | National Inspectorate of Education |
| NQF | National Quality Framework |
| NRRP | National Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| PDSC | Personal Development Support Centers |
| PIRLS | IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PPS | Purchasing power standard |
| PRO | Public research organisation |
| PSEA | Pre-school and School Education Act |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RED | Regional department of education |
| RPL | Recognition of prior learning |
| RSCPIE | Regional Centres for Supporting the Process of Inclusive Education |
| SAA | Skills assessment and anticipation |
| SESPE | State Educational Standard for Preschool Education |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| TALIS | OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TEI | Tertiary education institution |
| TIMMS | IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
Education and Skills in Bulgaria
