Doctoral admission requirements at Technical University of Gabrovo
(for citizens of countries members of the European Union)
Applicants willing to follow postgraduate studies at Technical University of Gabrovo shall submit the following set of documents:
- CV;
- Letter of application indicating the subject/major they are willing to be trained in;
- Authenticated copy of Master’s degree diploma;
- Validated transcript of subjects covered in the master degree course;
- Authenticated copy of Bachelor degree diploma;
- Validated transcript of subjects covered in the bachelor degree course;
- List of publications if any;
- Copy of passport or ID.
Documents 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall be authenticated (with an Apostil stamp on them - for the countries, which have signed the 1961 Hague’s Convention) and translated into Bulgarian. Technical University of Gabrovo shall carry out a thorough check of all submitted documents for the purpose of verifying their authenticity.
The steps, which need to be followed during any enrolment here, are shown below.
First Step: Confirmation and Recognition of University education
In order to be enrolled as a Doctoral student, every candidate must have obtained a Master Degree Diploma first. Technical University of Gabrovo must recognize the University education of the candidate, the authenticity of each Master Degree Diploma as well as check the recognition of the University (which has issued that diploma) by the respective Educational System. In order to start the above mentioned procedure the University needs the set of application documents shown above. Furthermore, the Master Degree training period and all the subjects as well as the workload of academic hours passed by the prospective doctoral student must be compared to the Curriculum of the closest Master Degree course taught here. The confirmation procedure usually takes about 2 months. The fee for the procedure is 300 BGN (about 154 EUR), which must be paid before the start of the procedure. As soon as we get everything confirmed, we will be able to start with the approval procedure.
Second Step: Doctoral Enrolment
First option: the candidate to be enrolled as a part-time (self-study, individual)
Doctoral student. In order to do so he/she must have ready (prepared) more than 50% of
his/her Doctoral Dissertation. Furthermore, after we receive his/her Dissertation here, the Department, where the training will be conducted, shall organize a Meeting, whose purpose will be to consider applicant’s eligibility for enrolment at our University.
Аn affirmative resolution of the Departmental Meeting will entitle the potential candidate to enrolment in a Doctoral training programme. The annual tuition fee for part-time (individual) doctoral students is between 2445 BGN and 5905 BGN (between 1250 EUR and 3020 EUR) depending on the professional field of doctoral degree programe. The training period is up to 5 years.
Second option: the candidate to be enrolled as a full-time Doctoral student. A University commission inspects the application documents of the candidate and allows him/her to take a Doctoral entrance examination. The Doctoral entrance examination is carried out in accordance with the Rules for Admission and Training of Doctoral Students at Technical University of Gabrovo. Upon successfully passing the Doctoral entrance examination the candidate is entitled to enrolment in a Doctoral training programme. The annual tuition fee for full-time training is between 2445 BGN and 5905 BGN (between 1250 EUR and 3020 EUR) depending on the professional field of doctoral degree programe. The training period is 3 years.
Third option: the candidate to be enrolled as a part-time Doctoral student. The enrolment procedure is the same as the one for full-time Doctoral students. The annual tuition fee for part-time training is between 2445 BGN and 5905 BGN (between 1250 EUR and 3020 EUR) depending on the professional field of doctoral degree programe. The training period is 4 years.
Third Step: Training
With the support of the Department and the Supervisor an Individual Curriculum will be prepared. The subjects and activities, which need to be covered by the Doctoral student
during his/her training period, will be shown in the Curriculum. The period of training for individual (self-study) doctoral students is 3 years, but the candidate gets the right to start with his/her Doctoral Dissertation Defence after the first year of training, as long as all the subjects shown in the Curriculum are successfully passed. For the full-time and part-time Doctoral students the 3 year training period must be concluded. The Dissertation Defence Procedure must be paid by the candidate. It will cost about 2000 BGN (1100 EUR), depending on the status of the reviewers (Associate Professors or full Professors).
Additional Information:
The University offers accommodation at student hostels to all Doctoral students who would like to stay there. The rent is between 70 and 80 EUR per month. The cost of living is between 400 and 500 EUR per month.
DOCTORAL (Ph.D.) DEGREE COURSES
- Applied Mechanics
- Materials Science and Technology of Mechanical Engineering Materials
- Construction Mechanics and Material Resistance
- Machine Studies and Elements
- Theory of Mechanisms, Machines and Automatic Lines
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic Drives
- Mechanical Engineering Technologies
- Material Cutting and Cutting Tools
- Machine Tools and Systems
- Machines and Equipment for Light Industry
- Lighting Equipment and Light Sources
- Electrical Mechanics
- Power Engineering and Electrical Equipment
- Metrology and Metrology Equipment
- Precision and Instrument Engineering
- Industrial Heat Technologies
- Communication Networks and Systems
- Technology of Textile Materials
- Microelectronics
- Quantum Electronics and Optoelectronics
- Integration of Electronics (by branches and research trends)
- Industrial Electronics
- Automation and Computer Science Elements and Devices
- Computer Systems and Networks
- Computer Aided Design in Engineering (by branches)
- Computerized Systems for Information Processing and Control (by branches)
- Ecological Engineering
- Organization and Management in Social Work
