Note regarding the potential doctoral candidates who are citizens from outside the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation (non-EU citizens)
Candidates who are citizens from outside the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation can enroll in doctoral study programs at UAUIM only if:
- They are graduates of master's degree programs or graduates with a bachelor's degree or equivalent from long-term university studies (5, 6 years), and the recognition of studies completed by them outside Romania will be carried out by the specialized department within the Ministry of Education;
- There is linguistic compatibility between the language in which the doctoral student will write their doctoral thesis and the language spoken by the thesis advisor who accepts this role.
According to the regulations in force, foreign citizens who are not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation can be enrolled in the admission competition for doctoral study programs after completing the preparatory year of the Romanian language.
In our Doctoral Schools, each advisor has specific advisement topics, and doctoral students must match, through their project, one of the topics of their advisor.
The profiles of advisors of our doctoral school can be found at:
- https://www.uauim.ro/en/doctoral-studies/sda/faculty/
- https://www.uauim.ro/en/doctoral-studies/sdu/faculty/
It is highly recommended to contact first the potential advisor writing a clear and comprehensive text, and submit only the files required by the person you contact, after receiving a positive answer.
The potential doctoral students, both Romanian and other nationalities, are under the conditions stipulated in the METHODOLOGY REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ADMISSION COMPETITION FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES WITHIN U.A.U.I.M. regarding the vacant positions that one doctoral advisors can make available for competition, namely:
- Not to exceed the limit of 8 doctoral students simultaneously under guidance by a doctoral advisor (excluding the doctoral students coordinated as co-tutor).
- Exceptionally, up to a maximum of 12 doctoral students may be supervised by a doctoral advisor only with the approval of the UAUIM Senate, for each case separately, and not for more than 20% of the doctoral advisors in a doctoral school.
- To fall within the IOSUD-UAUIM Strategy regarding the priority areas and areas of interest in doctoral research, updated annually, specific to each doctoral school: Strategia domenii tematici prioritare SD 2024.pdf