Technical University of Varna

PhD


PhD Programs 

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Professional field: 5.1 Mechanics
Technology of Mechanical Engineering Materials
Science of Materials and Machine Elements
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Applied Mechanics
Internal Combustion Engines

Professional field: 5.2 Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
Production Automation
Electrical Machines and Apparatus
Power Supply and Electrical Equipment
Electronization
Automatic Control Theory
Theoretical and Measuring Electrical Engineering
Electrical Technologies and Nanotechnologies in Electrical Engineering

Professional field: 5.3 Communication and Computer Equipment
Artificial Intelligence
System Programming
Computer Systems, Complexes and Networks
Information Processing and Control Automatic Systems
Communication Engineering Theoretical Bases
Communication Networks and Systems
Theoretical Electrical Engineering

Professional field: 5.4 Energetics
Heat Engineering
Electric Power Systems

Professional field: 5.5 Transport, Navigation and Aviation
Industrial Transport Organisation and Management (Water Transport)
Ship Steering and Navigation
Ship’s Electrical Equipment
Environment Preservation Systems and Devices
Ship Power Systems, Machinery and Mechanisms
Naval Architecture and Ship Repair
Automotive Equipment and Transport

Professional field: 5.13 General Engineering
Organization and Management of Production (industry)
Ergonomy and Industrial Design

Professional field: 6.1. Plant Growing
Plant Growing

Professional field: 3.4 Social Activities
Social Work, Psychological Research and Social Politics

Regulations

Form of study: full time (3 years); part time (4 years); independent (1 year)

Applicants for an independent form of doctoral studies together with the application documents, must submit Doctoral Research Concept (ab. 70 pages) and pay a fee for its examination. Fee for Applicants from EU and EEA (in Bulgarian language) is 300 BGN, for Applicants from EU and EEA (in English) is 300 EUR and for NON-EU Applicants is 560 EUR.

APPLICATION  DOCUMENTS:
1. Application form;
2. Higher Education Diploma for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree and Diploma Supplement – notary certified copy. In case that the Diploma was issued by Foreign Higher Education Institution the applicants must present a Certificate for recognition of Higher Educational Degree, issued from TU-Varna.
3. List of publications, translated into Bulgarian;
4. Short CV

If the mater’s degree is from Foreign Higher Education Institutions, the applicants must pay a fee in the amount of 150 BGN into the Bank Account of TU-Varna for the recognition of Higher Education Diploma from Foreign Higher Education Institutions and complete an Application.

*Documents specified in points 2 must be:
• Certified in accordance with the international requirements:
          – for countries that have a mutual legal assistance agreement with Bulgaria concerning certification of documents, the agreement requirements shall apply;
          – for member countries under the Hague Convention, documents are certified with Apostille stamps;
          – for all other countries, documents must be certified by the Ministry of Education (and/or Ministry of Healthcare), Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the applicant’s country of residence and by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the respected country;
• Translated in Bulgarian language with legalized translation in Bulgaria. It is necessary to send the translated documents for certification of the translator’s signature to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PREPARATORY COURSE:
All candidates who have chosen one of the majors delivered in English and have no written or spoken command of the language are advised to attend a 9-month English Preparatory CourseIf the candidate has a good command of English, he/she may sit an exam and after passing it, he/she may be enrolled in the chosen major without taking the Preparatory Course. The exam fee is 250 EUR and is paid in advance.

ENROLLMENT  DOCUMENTS:
1.Enrollment form;
2.Document for paid tuition fee.
3. Photos (size: 4.5/3.5 cm) – 6 pcs.

 

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Contacts:

HOD: Prof. eng. Tanya Panayotova, PhD     
mobile: +359 878 011 081; room: 318 NUK
е-mail:t_panayotova@tu-varna.bg

Ginka Veleva – Expert Technical information – PhD students
phone: +359 52 383 427, +359 52 383 242; room: 319 NUK
e-mail: ginka_veleva@tu-varna.bg