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Regular Competition for Doctoral Students for the 2018/2019 Academic Year at the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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Date of announcement of the competition: 13 August 2018.

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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 – 3 places in part-time study

Business/Commercial Law – 1 place in full-time study and

– 1 place in part-time study

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

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure – 2 places in part-time study

International Law and International Relations – 2 places in full-time study

– 2 places in part-time study

Private International Law – 1 place in full-time study

– 1 place in part-time study

Date of announcement of the competition – 13 August 2018.

Applicants 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, the form of study and the foreign language in which the applicant 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. The average grade on the diploma (from the course of study and from the state examinations) must be at least Very Good 4.50;

  4. 4. A certificate of recognition of higher education, if the diploma has been 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 certifying payment of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty leva) to the ISL – by bank transfer to the ISL account: http://ipn-bg.org/contact-us.html;

9. A document certifying payment of a fee of BGN 30 (thirty leva) to the Training Centre of the BAS (Sofia, 125 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd, 26B, floor 2, tel. 02/987 3167) – paid in cash or to the account indicated by the Training Centre: http://edu.bas.bg/contact.html;

10. Applicants may also submit other documents and materials certifying their interests and achievements in the relevant scientific field – without notarial certification.

Applicants without diplomas must submit a certificate from the higher education institution confirming completed 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 – 4 Serdika Str., floor 3, Sofia, within the period from 13.08.2018 to 12.10.2018. For enquiries: Ms Svetlana Kutsovska, tel. 02/987 4902 (registry).

All applicants will be notified in writing of their admission (or of the refusal to admit them to the competition and the reasons for it) by 19.10.2018.

The competition examinations in the specialty will be held at the Institute for the State and the Law (4 Serdika Str., Sofia) from 03 to 07 December 2018, and the foreign language examinations at the Training Centre of the BAS, from 10 to 14 December 2018.

The examination in the specialty is written and oral, with separate grades, and is usually held in one day. Candidates who receive 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 successfully are those who have received an average grade from the written and oral examinations of no less than Very Good 5.00 and a grade of no less than Good 4.00 in the foreign language.