Additional competition for doctoral students for the 2016/2017 academic year at the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announces a competition for doctoral students in the following doctoral programmes:
Economic / Commercial Law – 1 place in part-time (external) study and 1 place in full-time study
International Law and International Relations – 1 place in part-time (external) study and 1 place in full-time study
Private International Law – 1 place in part-time (external) study and 1 place in full-time study

Date of announcement of the competition – 14 March 2017 (State Gazette, No. 22). 
Applicants wishing to participate in the competition must submit the following documents:
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, the form of study and the foreign language in which the applicant will sit the examination; (Download the template HERE) 
2. Curriculum vitae;
3. A 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. A certificate of recognition of higher education, if the diploma has been issued by a foreign higher education institution; 
5. A medical certificate;
6. A certificate of criminal record;
7. A list of publications (if any);
8. A document (or copy) proving payment of fees – 2 items, of BGN 30 (thirty) each:
to the Training Centre at the BAS (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., Block 26B, floor 2, tel. 02/987 3167) and 
to the ISL – paid to the ISL bank account (published on the ISL website, Contacts)
9. Applicants may also submit other documents and materials attesting to their interests and achievements in the relevant scientific field – without notarial certification.
Applicants without diplomas shall 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 state examination. 
The documents shall be submitted to the registry office of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika Str., floor 3, from 14 March 2017 to 12 May 2017. For enquiries: Ms Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902 (registry office).
All applicants 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 2017. 
The competition examinations in the specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika Str.) from 19 to 23 June 2017, and the foreign language examinations at the Training Centre at the BAS, from 26 to 30 June 2017. 
The examination in the specialty consists of a written and an oral part, graded separately, and is usually held on a single day. Candidates who have received 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 the foreign language of not less than Good 4.00.