Admission Information for Citizens of the Member States of the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA), the Swiss Confederation (CH), the UK and their family members
Citizens of the European Union, the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation and British citizens and their family members as beneficiaries of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy, 2019/C 384 I/01, can participate in the admission to doctorate studies under the same conditions stipulated by law for Romanian citizens, including in terms of tuition fees, as well as on fee-paying places (personal foreign currency account), after recognition of the studies carried out in the countries of origin.
Recognition of studies is done by the National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas CNRED - https://cnred.edu.ro/.
If the recognition of studies is conducted online by the National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas CNRED, the candidate is required to send the documents electronically to the doctoral school secretariat, according to the admission calendar. For recognition of documents issued online, candidates will complete a declaration of their authenticity.
Candidates' files shall be submitted to the central office of the university, Rectorate building, to the Doctoral School Secretariat, room U134, according to the admission calendar displayed on the university's website at www.admitere.ugal.ro/Doctorat. For additional information, candidates can seek clarifications at Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea..
The binding file shall contain the following documents:
- application form signed by the doctoral supervisor;
- application form, statement/ affidavit, consent for processing personal data;
- birth certificate (original and copy) and the certified translation of the original document, if applicable;
- marriage certificate or any other document proving name change (original and copy) and the certified translation of the original document, if applicable;
- valid passport (original and copy);
- language proficiency certificate valid at the time of the admission exam (taken within the last 2 years);
- high school graduation diploma or equivalent (original and copy) and the certified translation of the document (original), if applicable;
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (original and copy) and the certified translation of the document (original), if applicable
- Bachelor’s Degree supplement or transcript of records (original and copy) and the certified translation of the document (original), if applicable;
- Master’s Degree (original and copy), if applicable and the certified translation of the document (original), if applicable;
- Master’s Degree supplement or transcript of records (original and copy) and the certified translation of the document (original), if applicable;
- the original diplomas from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus will be endorsed with the Apostille of the Hague Convention;
- the original diplomas issued in the countries which are not parties to the Hague Apostille Convention will be superlegalized by: the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of Romania in the issuing country, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania; or by the Ministry of Education of the issuing country, the Embassy/Consular Office of the issuing country in Romania, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. The list of countries for which apostille or superlegalization is requested, can be consulted at the following address: https://cnred.edu.ro/lista-statelor-pentru-care-se-solicita-apostilarea-sau-supralegalizarea;
- certificate of Romanian language after attending the preparatory year (original and copy);
- recognition of high school/Bachelor’s/Master’s studies issued by the National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas CNRED,
- Europass curriculum vitae (signed on every page);
- list of scientific publications, if applicable, (signed on every page);
- copy of the admission fee receipt;
- document which describes the grading system applied in the educational institutions attended (the grade equivalent between Failed and Excellent);
- medical certificate in an international language, attesting that the person who registers for studies does not suffer from contagious or chronic diseases or other diseases which are incompatible with studies.
The admission competition is conducted according to the present methodology.