Varna University of Management – Varna (VUM) offers a doctoral programme leading to the award of the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” in Professional Field 3.9 Tourism. Doctoral candidates may pursue the programme in three modes of study – full-time, part-time, and independent – in accordance with the Act on Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria. The duration of the doctoral programme is three years for the full-time and independent modes, and four years for the part-time mode. The programme is delivered in Bulgarian and English.
Admission to the full-time and part-time doctoral programme is competitive and is opened by a decision of the Higher Academic Forum, with the competition conditions announced in the State Gazette and on the University’s website. Admission to the independent mode is conducted throughout the academic year, subject to the submission of a developed part of a dissertation that meets the applicable requirements. Methodological support is provided to PhD applicants in the preparation of the doctoral dissertation project in order to meet the enrolment requirements.
The doctoral programme is offered on a fee-paying basis. PhD candidates admitted on a fee-paying basis are not eligible for a government-funded doctoral scholarship.
All relevant admission procedures are regulated by VUM’s Regulations for the Acquisition of the Educational and Scientific Degree “Doctor” and the Scientific Degree “Doctor of Sciences”.
Applications for the full-time and part-time doctoral programme are submitted within deadlines determined by an order of the Rector, following a decision of the Higher Academic Forum to open the competition.
The application deadlines are published on the University’s website.
Admission to the independent mode of the doctoral programme is conducted throughout the academic year.
The doctoral programme in Professional Field 3.9 Tourism is offered on a fee-paying basis, in accordance with the tuition fees approved by VUM for the respective academic year.
The amount of the tuition fees is determined annually by VUM and is payable under the terms and conditions specified in the study contract.
Doctoral candidates admitted on a fee-paying basis are not eligible for a government-funded doctoral scholarship.
Applicants may obtain information regarding the admission requirements, required documents, and enrolment procedures from the Doctoral Programmes Centre:
Varna University of Management – Varna
Doctoral Programmes Centre (DPC)
Sofia, 20 Georg Washington Street, Floor 2
Prof. Dr Veselin Blagoev
Director, Doctoral Programmes Centre
Tel.: +359 88 438 5555
E-mail: blagoev@iuc.bg
