The Gender Studies Center at the Sofia University Faculty of Philosophy offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the interdisciplinary study of women and gender in culture and society. It offers courses in both Bulgarian and English and targets all Bulgarian and international students who have B.A. or M.A. degrees and who are committed to a career in the interdisciplinary field of Gender Studies.

The Faculty of the Center includes over thirty professors from departments across the university, who teach and explore the social and cultural aspects of gender and sexuality in the various perspectives of philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, legal studies, political science, and literature. The quality and the scope of the Center’s teaching and research is enhanced by its advisory board which includes eminent international scholars and by visiting scholars from European and American universities.

The Center takes part in a number of international research projects.