UNIVERSITATEA DIN BUCUREŞTI
FACULTATEA DE FIZICĂ

Admission at the Doctoral School of Physics
2026
The admission at the Doctoral School of Physics is organized in agreement with the procedures detailed in the Regulation on the organization and deployment of the admission exam at doctoral studies of the University of Bucharest
The registration requirements, including the necessary documents and registration procedure, as well as information regarding the admission exam can be found in

Regulations on the admission exam at the Doctoral School of Physics - 2026

Types of linguistic certificates for admission
Research subjects proposed for admission at doctoral studies - 2026
The admission session at doctoral studies in Physics will be organized as follows:
July 2026:
registration: 1-21 July
colloquium: 22-24 July
31 July - last day for results posting

The admission exam in the July session for budgeted places will take place in the Conference Room of the Faculty of Physics (Library), on directions of study, as follows:
- Wednesday 22 July, from 10:00: directions of studies Condensed Matter Physics; Educational Physics; Physics of Atmosphere and Earth, Planetology; Optics, Spectroscopy, Plasma, Lasers
- Thursday 23 July, from 10:00: directions of studies Theoretical and Computational Physics; Experimental and Computational Biophysics, Medical Physics; Renewable Energy Sources
- Friday 24 July, from 12:30: direction of studies Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Elementary Particles, Astrophysics and Applications

The non-EU citizens and candidates enrolled on places with fee will take the admission exam online, Friday 24 July, from 10:00. The details will be send by email in due time
The presentations should not last longer than 12 minutes, and the Q&A session is limited to 5 minutes
If a candidate cannot be present in the day assigned for the direction of studies chosen, he/she can come in any of the other two days of the admission period.
The admission exam in July is organized on:
a) budgeted places with scholarship - 14
b) budgeted places without scholarship - 15
c) places with fee - 20 (the fee for the university year 2025/2026 is 13600 lei for doctoral students from Romania, EU states, European Economic Space states, Swiss Confederation and ethnic Romanians, and 3700-3900 Euro for doctoral students from non-EU states; see https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yYbPC7XBcdbS7hpYlqit4U82qX0i_Ody/view)
Registration fee for the admission exam: 250 lei
Payment:
- by POS at the Faculty of Physics
- in cash at the Pay Office of the University of Bucharest (a proof of payment is needed in this case)
- online, at http://www.po.unibuc.ro/ (a proof of online transfer completion is needed in this case)

According to national legislation OMEN 7296/2024, the grants offered by the National Education Ministry amount to 3700 lei per month.
There is also the possibility to employ on a fixed period doctoral students on research grants implemented in the laboratories where the doctoral supervisors work
Before registration for the admission exam, the candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the doctoral supervisor on whose vacant position they intend to compete, in order to obtain his/her consent on supervision if successful at the admission exam
September 2026 (organized only if the budgeted places offered in July will not be occupied):
registration: 31 August-10 September
colloquium: 11-12 September
16 September - last day for results posting

Non-Romanian speaking candidates can find the relevant information for the admission process here.

Doctoral candidates, who are non-EU citizens or ethnic Romanians/Romanians from abroad, should contact the International Relations Direction of the University of Bucharest for registration to the admission exam at doctoral studies. Take into account that these procedures may require time for completion. The following information could help:
  • the link to the platform for admission for non-UE citizens, with the deadline 30 June 2026 is: https://admission.unibuc.ro/admission_calendars?admission_cycle_id=5&locale=en (select the „registration” button in the right-top corner)
  • the link with information (including the list of required documents) is: https://international.unibuc.ro/home-3/admission-2026-2/study-cycles/phd-degree-for-non-eu-candidates/phd-degree-admission-file/
  • for Romanians from abroad, the link of the relevant site is: https://international.unibuc.ro/home-3/admission-2026-2/admission-for-romanians-of-everywhere/
Additional information and explanations can be requested from Mrs Petronela Popescu from the International Relations Direction, at petronela.popescu@unibuc.ro. .

Doctoral candidates, who have studied abroad, are required to present at registration the attestation of recognition of the studies issued by the proper direction of the Ministry of National Education. In this respect, please follow the procedures detailed here.

During the admission exam, questions on general knowledge will be asked also based on the selective bibliography specific for the study direction chosen by the candidate.




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