Competition for doctoral students for the 2016–2017 academic year, state-funded places

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:

Professional field 3.6. Law, Civil and Family Law (Civil Law – General Part)

1 place in full-time study;

Professional field 3.6. Law, Legal Sociology

• 2 places in part-time study;

Professional field 3.6. Law, Criminal Procedure

• 1 place in part-time study.

Date of announcement of the competition: 15 August 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; (Download the template HERE)

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 the supplement. Average grade from the diploma: Very Good 4.50;

4. 4. A certificate of recognition of higher education, if the diploma was 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 in number, of BGN 30 (thirty) each:

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

• - for the ISL – paid to the ISL bank account (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 shall submit a certificate from the higher education institution confirming completion of their education, which must state the average grade from the course of study and the grade from the state examination taken.

Documents are to be submitted to the registry of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika Street, 3rd floor, between 15 August 2016 and 14 October 2016. For information and enquiries: Ms Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902, 0878 891135 (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 24 October 2016.

The competition examinations in the scientific specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika Street) from 5 to 9 December 2016, and the foreign-language examinations at the Training Centre of the BAS, from 12 to 16 December 2016. For information and enquiries at the Training Centre: Ms Yordanka Chervenkova, tel. 02/987 3167.

The examination in the scientific 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 are those who have received an average grade from the written and oral examinations of no less than Very Good 5.00 and, in a Western language, no less than Good 4.00.