Competition for doctoral students for the 2019/2020 academic year

Competition for doctoral students for the academic year 2019/2020 at the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – full-time and part-time study (in accordance with Decision No. 241 of the Council of Ministers of 25 April 2019)

Doctoral programmes: Number of doctoral students and form of study

Civil and Family Law – 1 full-time place

Business / Commercial Law – 1 part-time place

Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics – 1 full-time and 1 part-time place

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure – 1 full-time and 1 part-time place

International Law and International Relations – 1 full-time and 1 part-time place

Private International Law – 1 full-time and 1 part-time place

Criminal Procedure – 1 part-time place

Date of announcement of the competition – 13 August 2019

Those wishing to participate 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, the form of study and the foreign language in which the candidate will sit the examination; (Download the template HERE)
2. 2. Curriculum vitae;
3. 3. A diploma for the educational and qualification degree of "Master", specialty "Law", together with its supplement, or a notarised copy of the diploma and the supplement, or a certificate of completed education;
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. A document proving payment of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty) to the Training Centre of the BAS (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., 26B, floor 2, tel. 02/987 3167);
9. 9. A document proving payment, by bank transfer, of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty) to the ISL at the BAS:

Institute for the State and the Law, BAS
UniCredit Bulbank, Batenberg branch – Sofia
IBAN: BG46 UNCR 9660 3119 9026 14
BIC: UNCRBGSF
Please do not pay the fee due to the Training Centre of the BAS into the account of the ISL!

1. 10. A declaration pursuant to § 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of Council of Ministers Decree No. 90 of 26 May 2000 - for full-time candidates only! (Download the template HERE)

11. Other documents at the candidate's discretion, without notarial certification.

Candidates without diplomas shall submit a certificate from the higher education institution confirming completed education, which must state the average grade from the studies and the grade obtained in the state examination.

Documents are to be submitted to the registry of the Institute for the State and the Law – 4 Serdika Str., floor 3, Sofia, from 13 August 2019 to 11 October 2019. For enquiries: Ms Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902, 0878 891135.

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 18 October 2019.

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 2 to 6 December 2019, and the foreign language examinations at the Training Centre of the BAS, from 9 to 13 December 2019.

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 obtain a grade of at least Very Good 4.50 in the written examination are admitted to the oral examination. Candidates who have obtained an average grade from the written and oral examinations in the specialty of not less than Very Good 5.00, and in the foreign language of not less than Good 4.00, are deemed to have passed the examination.