Competition for doctoral students – regular admission for the 2015/2016 academic year, state-funded places

The Institute for the State and the Law at BAS announces a competition for doctoral students in the following doctoral programmes:

1) Civil and Family Law

– 1 place in full-time study;

2) Commercial Law

1. • 1 place in part-time study;

3) International Law and International Relations

• 1 place in part-time study;

4) Private International Law

• 1 place in part-time study;

5) Criminal Procedure

• 1 place in part-time study.

Date of announcement of the competition – 17 August 2015.

Those wishing to participate in the competition must submit the following documents:

1. 1. 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; (DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE HERE>>>)

2. 2. Curriculum vitae;

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

4. 4. Certificate of recognition of higher education, if the diploma was issued by a foreign higher education institution;

5. 5. Medical certificate;

6. 6. Certificate of criminal record;

7. 7. List of publications (if any);

8. 8. Invoice (or a copy) for fees paid – 2 in number, of BGN 30 (thirty) each:

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

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

9. Candidates may also enclose other documents and materials certifying 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 thesis (or from the state examination taken).

The documents are to be submitted to the registry of the Institute for the State and the Law – 4 Serdika Str., floor 3, Sofia, between 17 August 2015 and 16 October 2015. 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 26 October 2015.

The competitive examinations in the specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (4 Serdika Str., Sofia) in the period from 30 November to 4 December 2015, and the foreign language examinations – at the Training Centre at BAS, from 14 to 18 December 2015.

The examination in the specialty is written and oral, with separate grades, and is usually held in one day. Candidates who have obtained 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 in a Western language of not less than Good 4.00.