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Additional competition for doctoral students

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for the 2015/2016 academic year

Additional competition for doctoral students for the academic year 2015/2016 at the Institute for the State and the Law at BAS

The Institute for the State and the Law at BAS announces a competition for doctoral students in the doctoral programme

Civil and Family Law (Civil Law – General Part) – 1 place, part-time study

Date of announcement of the competition: 15 March 2016.

Those wishing to take part in the competition must submit the following documents:

  1. 1. An application addressed to the Director of the Institute for the State and the Law (the ISL template may also be used), stating the doctoral programme and the foreign language in which the candidate will sit the examination;

  2. 2. A curriculum vitae;

  3. 3. A diploma for the educational and qualification degree of "Master" in LAW with its supplement, or a notarised copy of the diploma and supplement. Average grade on the diploma: Very Good 4.50;

  4. 4. A certificate of recognition of higher education, if the diploma has been issued by a foreign higher education institution;

  5. 5. A medical certificate;

  6. 6. A certificate of criminal record;

  7. 7. A list of publications (if any);

  8. 8. An invoice (or a copy) for the fees paid – 2 items, of BGN 30 (thirty) each:

  • - from the BAS Training Centre (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., 26B, floor 2) and

  • - for the ISL – paid to the account of the ISL (published on the ISL website, Contacts)

  • 9. Candidates may also enclose other documents and materials attesting to their interests and achievements in the relevant scientific field.

Candidates without diplomas submit a certificate from the higher education institution confirming completed education, which must state the average grade from the course of study and the grade from the defence of the diploma thesis (or from the state examination taken).

Documents are to be submitted at the registry of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika St., floor 3, in the period from 15 March 2016 to 16 May 2016. For enquiries: Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902 (registry).

All candidates will be notified in writing of their admission (or of the refusal to admit them to the competition and the reasons for it) by 23 May 2016.

The competition examinations in the specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika St.) in the period from 20 to 24 June 2016, and the foreign language examinations at the BAS Training Centre, from 27 to 30 June 2016.

The examination in the specialty consists of a written and an oral part, with separate grades, and is usually held on a single day. Candidates who obtain a grade of at least Very Good 4.50 in the written examination are admitted to the oral examination. Candidates who have passed the examination successfully are those who have obtained an average grade from the written and oral examinations of not less than Very Good 5.00, and a grade in a Western language of not less than Good 4.00.