ADMISSION 2021
OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANTA
INSTITUTE OF DOCTORAL STUDIES
For the doctoral cycle, the admission to the 2021/2022 academic year is based on a competition in accredited or provisionally authorised doctoral schools, in the fields of doctoral studies approved within them, for free and fee-paying places.
"Ovidius" University of Constanta charges an application fee for the entrance exam, tuition fees for fee-paying places in the amounts approved by the university management.
The children of active teaching staff are exempt from paying the registration fee for the doctoral admission competition.
Only graduates with a Master’s degree or its equivalent are entitled to take part in the competition for admission to doctoral studies. Graduates from long-term higher education studies prior to the application of the three Bologna cycles have the equivalent of a master’s degree.
Doctoral degree programmes are organised in the form of teaching:
full-time frequency
with reduced frequency.
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Romanian citizens can apply for admission to the doctoral cycle of university studies on places without fee and with fee in lei.
Ethnic Romanian citizens from the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Ukraine, the Republic of Hungary, as well as from the Diaspora may apply for admission to the doctoral cycle of university studies, according to art. 224 of LEN no. 1/2011 and the provisions of the Admission Methodology, approved by MEN Order, for free and fee-paying places.
Nationals of EU Member States, EEA and EC Member States may participate in the admission for doctoral studies under the same conditions as those provided by law for Romanian citizens, including tuition fees.
Foreign nationals from EU, EEA and EC third countries, non-EU citizens, graduates of Master’s degree courses or graduates with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of a long term university studies (4, 5, 6 years) can apply for admission to the doctoral degree course. The recognition of their studies carried out outside Romania is carried out by the MEN’s Specialised Directorate.
Application file
The application file for Romanian citizens applying for the entrance exam will contain the following documents in an envelope folder:
The admission competition
Timetable for the 2021 admission competition
The admission competition for PhD studies at IOSUD UOC is held every year, usually in September, according to the approved calendar, and consists of the evaluation of the candidate's scientific concerns, research skills for the proposed research topic and an interview test. The admission competition can also be conducted online.
Candidates who have obtained the minimum admission average set by the Doctoral School will be declared admitted within the limit of the number of places available for each doctoral supervisor, in descending order of admission average.
If candidates with equal average scores cannot all be admitted to the existing places, the selection criteria announced three months before the competition will be applied.
The results of the admission competition are published by posting at the ISD headquarters and on the UOC website.
The person admitted and registered for doctoral studies has the status of doctoral student for the duration of the studies.
Admitted candidates who do not present themselves within the period set for the signing of the doctoral studies contract lose their place, which is taken by the next candidate ranked strictly in descending order of admission average.
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The person enrolled in a doctoral programme is a doctoral student for the entire duration of the doctoral studies, except for any interruption periods granted, according to the provisions of the Institutional Regulations for the organisation of doctoral studies.
The doctoral studies are carried out on the basis of a Doctoral Studies Contract concluded, through the Institute of Doctoral Studies, between the doctoral student, his/her supervisor and Ovidius University Constanta, which establishes the rights and obligations of the doctoral student, the supervisor and, through the doctoral school, Ovidius University.
The status of doctoral student and doctoral supervisor is exercised within a single doctoral school of the UOC.
Language proficiency certificates recognised by the UOC (minimum level required: B2)
English
First Certificate in English (FCE)
Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
Cambridge English: Vantage (BEC Vantage)
Cambridge English: Higher (BEC Higher)
International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS): minimum Band 6.0
Business Language Testing Service (BULATS): minimum 60
TOEFL: minimum 87
French
Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) - level B2
Diplôme d’études en langue française "option professionnelle" (DELF Pro) - level B2
Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) - level C1
Diplôme de français professionnel (DFP): DFP Affaires, Juridique, Relations Internationales - level B2
Test d’Évaluation de Français pour l’accès au Québec (TEFAQ)
Test d’Évaluation de Français - Canada (TEF Canada) - level 6-7
German
Goethe-Zertifikat B2
Deutsches Sprachdiplom KMK - level II (level B2/C1)
DaF test (level B2/C1)
Goethe-Zertifikat C1
Goethe-Zertifikat C2: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom
The previous version of the above mentioned certificates will also be equivalent, namely:
Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung/ZOP (B2/C1)
Spanish:
Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language :
Spanish Diploma Level B2 (Intermediate)
Spanish Diploma Level C1.
Spanish Diploma Level C2 (Superior)