The doctoral program in the scientific specialty Social medicine and organization of health care and pharmacy, carried out by the teaching departments of the Faculty of Public Health at MU-Sofia, is a response to the public needs for highly qualified personnel with in-depth research training, knowledge, skills and competences in the field of social medicine, public health, health policy and health care management. It connects the higher education and research fields of social medicine and the organization of health care and pharmacy, and provides for health care needs specialists with modern training at the highest level, capable of solving complex problems, creating, developing and applying new knowledge and approaches to improving the health of the Bulgarian population.