Home / The University / Faculties / Faculty of Philosophy / Degree Programmes / PhD Programmes / PhD Programmes at the Department of European Studies

   

The European Studies doctoral programme aims at:

  • Training researchers and lecturers for the needs of the European Studies Department at Sofia University as well as of relevant departments at other universities.
  • Training European integration specialists, particularly in the fields of law, economics, information and media studies, cultural studies, political science.
  • Training teachers for the needs of non-university education institutions where European integration is studied.
  • Training specialists for the needs of overlapping scientific fields where the educational process requires that history and the current developments in Europe be taught.

These aims are accomplished by:

  • Involving doctoral students: a) in the learning process as students until they pass the required doctoral minima; b) in the teaching process as part-time lecturers in the department.
  • Providing participation in doctoral seminars as part of the students’ curricula.
  • Involving doctoral students in national and international projects.
  • Providing assistance to students to conduct research activities in thematically relevant institutions and organizations.
  • Publication of doctoral research papers.

The European Studies Department offers the following full - time and part-time doctoral programs:

  • Political Science (European Studies - EU Law, one full-time and one part-time)
  • Political Science (European Studies - Economic Studies - EU Trade Policy, one full-time and one part-time)
  • Political Science (European Studies - Media Policies and EU Law, one full-time and one part-time)
  • Political Science (European Studies - Political Studies of the EU, one full-time and one part-time)
  • Political Science (European Studies - Political Studies of the EU - European Identity, one full - time and one part-time)
  • Political Science (European Studies - History of the European Integration - The Eastern Enlargement, one full - time)