Announcement of the competition for doctoral students 2023

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 2022 – 2023 academic year in accordance with Decision No. 363 of the Council of Ministers of 1 June 2022.

(State Gazette, No. 22/10 March 2023)

 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, part-time study

Civil Procedure – 2 places, part-time study

Criminal Procedure – 1 place, full-time study

Criminal Procedure – 1 place, part-time study

Legal Sociology. Legal Informatics – 1 place, full-time study

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

Commercial / Business Law – 1 place, part-time study

Labour Law and Social Security – 1 place, part-time study

Documents required for application:

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 second competitive examination; (Download the template HERE)

2. A curriculum vitae;

3. A 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 the supplement) or a certificate from the higher education institution confirming completed education, with an overall grade on the diploma / certificate not lower than Very Good 4.50;

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

5. A medical certificate;

6. A certificate of no criminal record;

7. A list of publications (if any);

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

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 TC at the BAS (item 8) into the ISL account!

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

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

From 14 March 2023 to 12 May 2023 candidates are to submit an application for participation in the competition to the Director of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika Street, 3rd floor.

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 19 May 2023.

The examinations will be held: in the specialty from 12 to 16 June 2023 at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika Street), in foreign languages from 19 to 23 June 2023 at the Training Centre at the BAS.

Candidates who have passed the competitive examinations successfully 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 not less than Good 4.00.

Date of publication of the announcement: 10 March 2023