Announcement of a competition for doctoral students

The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announces admission of full-time and part-time doctoral students for the 2021 – 2022 academic year in accordance with Decision No. 437 of the Council of Ministers of 02.06.2021

(State Gazette, No. 20/11.03.2022)

 Doctoral programmes: Number of doctoral students and form of study

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure: 1 place – full-time study

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure: 1 place – part-time study

Civil and Family Law: 1 place – full-time study

Civil Procedure: 1 place – part-time study

International Law and International Relations: 1 place – full-time study

International Law and International Relations: 1 place – part-time study

Private International Law: 1 place – part-time study

Private International Law: 1 place – full-time study

Criminal Procedure: 1 place – full-time study

Criminal Procedure: 1 place – part-time study

Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics: 1 place – part-time study

Economic / Commercial Law: 1 place – full-time study

Labour Law and Social Security: 1 place – full-time study

Labour Law and Social Security: 2 places – part-time study

Documents required for application:

1. Application addressed to the Director of the Institute for the State and the Law (the ISL template may also be used) – specifying the doctoral programme, the form of study and the foreign language in which the candidate will sit the second competitive examination; (Download the template HERE)

2. Curriculum vitae;

3. Diploma for the educational and qualification degree of "Master" in "Law" for the doctoral programmes in "Law" and, respectively, "Master" for the doctoral programme "International Law and International Relations", with its supplement (a notarised copy of the diploma and supplement) or a certificate from the higher education institution of completed education, with an overall grade on the diploma / certificate of no less than Very Good 4.50;

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

5. Medical certificate;

6. Certificate of criminal record;

7. List of publications (if any);

8. Document for payment of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty) to the Training Centre at BAS (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., Block 26B, floor 2, tel. 02/987 3167, 0882 712466);

9. Document for payment by bank transfer of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty) to the ISL at 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 to the Training Centre at BAS (item 8) into the account of the ISL!

10. Declaration pursuant to § 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of Council of Ministers Decree No. 90 of 26.05.2000 – for candidates for full-time study only! (Download the template HERE)

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

In the period from 14.03.2022 to 13.05.2022 candidates submit an application for participation in the competition addressed to the Director of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika St., floor 3.

For enquiries: 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 20.05.2022.

The examinations will be held: in the specialty from 13 to 17.06.2022 at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika St.), in foreign languages from 20 to 24.06.2022 at the Training Centre at BAS.

Candidates who have successfully passed the competitive examinations are those who have received a grade from the examination in the specialty (written and oral) of at least Very Good 5.00 and in a Western language of no less than Good 4.00.

Date of publication of the announcement: 11.03.2022