Regular Competition for Doctoral Students for the 2017/2018 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:

Civil and Family Law (Civil Law – General Part)

– 1 place in part-time study and
1 place in full-time study

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

Criminal Procedure – 1 place in part-time study

Date of announcement of the competition – 15 August 2017.

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. 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 from the diploma (from the course of study and from the state examinations) – 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 criminal record;
   7. A list of publications (if any);
   8. A document proving payment of two fees of BGN 30 (thirty leva) each:
   to the Training Centre at BAS (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., 26B, floor 2, tel. 02/987 3167) – paid in cash or to an account indicated by the Training Centre, and
   to the ISL – paid to the ISL account (published on the ISL website, Contacts)
   9. Candidates may also enclose other documents and materials certifying their interests and achievements in the relevant scientific field – without notarial certification.

Candidates without diplomas submit a certificate from the higher education institution for completed education, which must state the average grade from the course of study and the grade from the state examination taken.

The documents are to be submitted to the office of the Institute for the State and the Law – Sofia, 4 Serdika Str., floor 3, within the period from 15 August 2017 to 13 October 2017. For information: Ms Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902 (office).

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).

The competition examinations in the specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (Sofia, 4 Serdika Str.) in the period from 04 to 08 December 2017, and the foreign language examinations at the Training Centre at BAS, from 11 to 15 December 2017.

The examination in the specialty is written and oral, with separate grades, 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 received 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, are considered to have passed the examination successfully.