home
Home > Education > Postgraduate Programs
• Undergraduate Programs
Graduate programs
Postgraduate Programs
Postdiploma and Parallel Education
Academic Calendar

Postgraduate Programs

Scientific directions

The University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) is authorised to grant the Doctor of Philosophy degree in wide range of scientific directions such as:
  • 01.01.00 Mathematics
  • 01.02.00 Mechanics
  • 01.03.00 Physics
  • 01.05.00 Chemistry
  • 02.00.00 Technical sciences
  • 02.09.00 Metallurgy (all specialties)
  • 02.12.00 Technology of consumers goods
  • 02.13.00 Technology of forestry, wood production, cellulose-paper industry
  • 02.19.00 Other technical sciences
  • 02.21.00 Automation, computer technique and managing systems
  • 02.22.00 Ecology and environmental protection
  • 05.02.00 Economics, organization and management
  • 05.07.00 Pedagogics
The University offers full-time, part-time or training without assistance postgraduate education. The training must be in the same or in similar scientific direction in which graduate.

The full-time postgraduate education requires at least four years after Bachelor of Science degree and three years after Master of Science, for part-time – an year more.

Fees

The annual fees are subject to change every year, according to the Council of Ministers Decree.

The full-time postgraduate students may apply for a room in UCTM’s housing.

Documents

  1. Application form in which the scientific specialty is pointed out as well as the preferable foreign language.
  2. c.v. (an autobiography)
  3. Diploma
  4. Two recommendations
  5. List of scientific papers (if any)
  6. Health certificate

Application

Postgraduate subjects are announced in a daily newspaper or on the UCTM’s web-site in September each year.

The application form must be submitted up to Sept. 31 in the Office for Science Councils and Postgraduate Students.

Exams (in specialty and in foreign language) are held in the period of December 01-15 every year.

Training begins at March next year.

Education

All full-time and part-time graduate students (after Bachelor’s degree) have to pass at least four obligatory exams from the Master’s degree in the first year of their education. The postgraduate curriculum involves:
  1. An obligatory auditoria (lectures, seminars and exercises) and out of auditoria
    (consultations) - in general 180 hours for the all three years
  2. An obligatory exams in
    - main subject - with 40 credits;
    - foreign language - with 10 credits;
    - elected
    two fundamental subjects - with 2 x 10 credits;
    two specializing subjects - with 2 x 15 credits.
  3. The postgraduate student need 100 credits to be allowed to defend their diploma theses.

Information

Office for Scientific Councils and Postgraduate Students
Organizer: Ivanka Ignatova
Tel. (+359 2) 81-63-136

top