Burgas Free University /BFU/ was established with an Act of The Great National Assembly on 18 September 1991, and is one of the first non-state universities in the country.
The University is accredited by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency and is certified under the International Quality Standard ISO 9001:2008
Since November 2004, students have been studying in a specially built administrative and training building. The avant-garde project won the largest architecture award in Bulgaria - Building of the Year, and architect Lyudmila Kyoseva, the author of the project, became the architect of the year.