The following were awarded the honorary title "Doctor Honoris Causa" of the Burgas Free University:
Doctor Honoris Causa
Abdullah Gul
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Abdullah Gül, was awarded by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian Free University (12.05.2003) with…
Ulrich Sieber
Professor Ulrich Sieber was awarded the honorary title "Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free University" by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian University (04.12.2015) for his significant contribution to…
Dina Dzhusubalieva
Prof. Dina Muftahovna Dzhusubalieva, Ph.D., was awarded the honorary title “Doctor Honoris Causa of Burgas Free University” by the Academic Council of BFU (29.03.2013) for special merits in inter-university relations,…
Anton Donchev
In connection with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Burgas Free University, academician Anton Donchev was awarded by the Academic Council of the BSU (19.11.2010)…
Bartholomew the First
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I was awarded by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian Free University (26.03.2010) with the honorary title “Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free…
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was awarded the honorary title "Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free University" by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian University of Sofia (14.03.2008) for his…
Jeffrey Van Orden
Geoffrey van Orden was awarded the honorary title "Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free University" by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian University of Sofia (19.04.2007) for his outstanding…
Lyubomir Levchev
Lyubomir Levchev was awarded the honorary title “Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free University” by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian University (12.05.2006) for his exceptionally great contribution to…
Ivan Popchev
Academician Ivan Popchev was awarded by the Academic Council of BSU (12.05.2005) with the honorary title “Doctor Honoris Causa of the Burgas Free University” for outstanding achievements in the field…
Thomas Mensah
His Excellency Thomas A. Mensah, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, was awarded by the Academic Council of the Bulgarian Free University (29.04.2002) with the…






