About the Institute for Doctoral Studies

The Institute for Doctoral Studies at Babeş-Bolyai University was founded through the Decision of the Senate of Babeş-Bolyai University on May 1, 2006. It is an autonomous institution subordinated to the Senate of Babeş-Bolyai University. Its goal is to coordinate all the activities within the cycle of doctoral studies, in collaboration with the Vice-rector responsible for this cycle and the university faculties. The Institute guarantees the unity of the doctoral studies, deters from their field fragmentation, ensures an adequate framework to the interdisciplinary approach of the doctoral studies and facilitates communication between faculties. The Institute for Doctoral Studies is directed by a Council comprised of nationally and internationally acknowledged academics, who are doctoral supervisors at Babeş-Bolyai University. The members of the Council are approved by the Senate of Babeş-Bolyai University. One of the Council members is appointed the Director of the Institute for Doctoral Studies. The administrative activities connected with the doctoral programmes at Babeş-Bolyai University and with planned actions of the Institute for Doctoral Studies are performed by its Secretariat.