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The procedure described below is intended to guide you in initiating a request for the recognition of the status of PhD supervisor or habilitation obtained from accredited higher education institutions abroad.

The procedure is adopted based on Order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research no. 5921/2016 published in the Official Gazette no. 1007 of 15.12.2016 and entered into force on 13.02.2017.

The procedure applies to Romanian citizens and citizens from EU member states, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation who have obtained the status of PhD supervisor in prestigious universities from other countries, which are included in the list of prestigious universities approved by OMECTS no. 5825/2016 and periodically updated, who are requesting establishment on the territory of Romania.

Details about the procedure are available here​

1. Eligible to submit applications for the automatic recognition of the status of PhD supervisor are applicants who have obtained the status of PhD supervisor or habilitation at:

• accredited higher education or research and development institutions in a member state of the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation;
• accredited higher education or research and development institutions included in the List of prestigious universities from other countries, approved by order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research, periodically updated;
• accredited higher education or research and development institutions subject to an international agreement of mutual recognition, concluded at intergovernmental or inter-university level.

Persons who do not fall under one of the situations mentioned above should address directly the National Center for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas within the relevant ministry.

2. The automatic recognition of the status of PhD supervisor by the University of Bucharest does not automatically grant the holder the status of member of a doctoral school within the University of Bucharest, which is obtained according to art. 12 (6) from the Regulation of doctoral studies at the University of Bucharest.

3. The file of the person requesting the recognition of the status of PhD supervisor is submitted, in the first stage, by email to the Doctorate and Habilitation Office (birou@doctorat.unibuc.ro) or on the electronic platform https://edirect.e-guvernare.ro/, which checks the documents in the file before its registration. The verification will concern the existence in the file of the documents provided in point 4. In case of uncertainties regarding the submitted documents, the secretariat of the Doctorate and Habilitation Office may request clarifications and additional documents from the applicant.

The file will include the following:

• Application for recognition, signed by the applicant;
• Identity document and proof of name change (if applicable) – in copy;
• PhD diploma, if the credential is obtained in Romania or at one of the accredited higher education institutions listed in the List of prestigious universities from other countries, approved by order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research and periodically updated, or the recognition certificate issued by C.N.R.E.D., if the credential is obtained at other accredited higher education institutions abroad;
• Diploma/certificate attesting the status of winding doctoral supervisor or habilitation, issued by institutions listed in the List of prestigious universities from other countries, approved by order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research and periodically updated;
• CV and list of publications & scientific contributions, signed by the applicant.
• List of PhD students supervised in other higher education institutions (if applicable).

The Doctorate Office will verify the documents in the file before registering it. You may receive requests for clarifications or for completion with documents/information.

4. The file is forwarded, electronically (on this platform or by email), within 2 working days, to the Doctoral School in the field for which recognition is requested.

5. The Council of the Doctoral School checks the file, from a scientific/academic point of view in relation to national and international quality standards, and sends, within 3 working days, a note containing approval or, as the case may be, disagreement regarding the recognition of the status of PhD supervisor. The disagreement must be justified within 5 working days from receipt of the file.

6. The Doctorate and Habilitation Office informs the director of C.S.U.D., who may order the return or completion with certain documents.

7. If the field of doctoral studies indicated by the applicant is not among the accredited fields of doctoral studies of the University of Bucharest, the file is sent to the Director of C.S.U.D. who appoints a committee composed of three specialists, one of case has the status of PhD supervisor in the field or branch of science to which the field mentioned in the applicant's request belongs.

8. The committee appointed by C.S.U.D. analyzes the file from a scientific/academic point of view, relating to national and international quality standards, and sends to the Director of C.S.U.D., within 3 working days, a note containing approval or, as the case may be, disagreement regarding the recognition of the status of PhD supervisor. The disagreement must be justified within 5 working days from receipt of the file.

9. After receiving the favorable resolution of the Council of the Doctoral School/Committee appointed by C.S.U.D., the decision recognizing the status of PhD supervisor in the approved field is issued.
​The procedure is adopted based on O.M. no. 5921/2016 published in Official Gazette no. 1007 of 15.12.2016, in force as of 13.02.2017 and updated on 17.02.2021

• Establishes the way in which the University of Bucharest automatically recognizes academic positions in higher education obtained in accredited foreign higher education institutions, according to the Methodology included in Annex OMENC no. 5922/15.12.2016.

• This procedure establishes how interested persons can benefit from the recognition of academic positions obtained at other accredited educational institutions, based on international conventions of reciprocal recognition concluded at intergovernmental or inter-university level. It applies to Romanian citizens, citizens of the member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area, of the Swiss Confederation, and citizens from third countries.
• The recognition by the University of Bucharest of academic positions, under the conditions of this procedure, is carried out based on the submission by the interested persons of a recognition file.

• Filling an academic position in the Romanian higher education system is done according to current legal regulations. The University of Bucharest recognizes the academic position obtained in foreign higher education institutions to persons who wish to apply for vacant academic or research positions, at their written request.
  
• The University of Bucharest grants automatic recognition if the applicant obtained the academic position within a higher education institution from the EU, the European Economic Area, or Switzerland, or from institutions included in the List of prestigious universities from other states approved by OMECTS no. 3158/2012.
  
• Applications for recognition of the academic position are resolved by the Recognition Committee, appointed by the rector, according to this procedure. The Recognition Committee will issue a recognition or non-recognition resolution, as the case may be.
• Recognition/non-recognition of the academic position is done through the rector's decision, issued within no more than 30 days, based on the resolution of the Recognition Committee.

• (IV.a) application for recognition registered at the university’s registry,
• (IV.b) identity document, copy and proof of name change, copy and certified translation, if applicable (personal data will be processed and used according to current legislation),
• (IV.c) proof of the academic position, issued by accredited institutions of higher education or research and development in an EU member state, the European Economic Area, and the Swiss Confederation;
• (IV.d) doctoral diploma/certificate of recognition of the doctoral title issued by the University of Bucharest/certificate of recognition by CNRED (if the education document is obtained at accredited foreign higher education institutions, other than EU, EEA states, the Swiss Confederation, and in prestigious universities from other states included in the List of prestigious universities approved by order of MECS),
• (IV.e) diploma/certificate attesting the capacity of doctoral supervisor or habilitation (if applicable, but mandatory for the recognition of the capacity of university professor),
• (IV.f) applicant’s curriculum vitae which should include details on previous activity,
• (IV.g) list of the applicant’s works.

• The education documents subject to recognition are authenticated with the Hague Apostille for the states that are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, and for other states the education documents are superlegalized or accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities from the country of origin.
• Exemption from apostille or superlegalization is permitted under law, an international treaty to which Romania is a party, on the basis of reciprocity or on the basis of a special approval by the management of the University of Bucharest.

• (V.a.) The file is transmitted electronically within this operational procedure or to concursuri@hr.unibuc.ro, it will be submitted in printed format by the applicant or through an intermediary to the Human Resources Department - Recruitment, Selection and Staff Evaluation Office, with a registration number.
• (V.b.) Within 2 working: days from the date of registration of the application for recognition of the academic position, the secretary of the Commission will send it to the dean of the relevant faculty or to a person designated by him, with the request to notify, within a maximum of 2 working days, the existence of any substantiated objections or to complete the file with additional information. If there are substantiated objections, they are communicated to the members of the Recognition Committee. If additional information is required, this is communicated to the applicant.
• (V.c.) If it is found that some documents are missing, the applicant may complete the file within 5 working days from receiving disappearing. Otherwise, the file is closed, and to resume the procedure, a new file must be submitted.
• (V.d.) Within 5 working days from the date of registration of the file for recognition of the academic position (or as the case may be, from the date of completing the file), the secretary of the Commission will forward the file to the Recognition Committee.
• (V.e.) Within 15 days from the submission of the file, the Recognition Committee will evaluate the file and will pronounce a solution of recognition or non-recognition of the academic position, as appropriate. In this process, it may request the support of specialized departments of the University of Bucharest and may consult the Center for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas and the National Council for Attestation of Titles, Diplomas, and University Certificates.
• (V.f.) The Rector of the University of Bucharest will issue the Decision of recognition or non-recognition of the status of university academic staff. The decision is communicated in writing to the applicant, or through this operational procedure (in case the application was submitted this way).
• (V.g.) Within at most 3 working days from receiving the communication, the applicant may contest the decision of non-recognition of the academic position.
• (V.h.) The appeal is filed at the registry of the University of Bucharest.
• (V.i.) The Appeals Committee analyzes and resolves the appeal of the decision within 5 working days from registration, and the final result is communicated in writing to the appellant – applicant for recognition of the academic position.

Follow this operational procedure to initiate the recognition by the University of Bucharest of the PhD diploma and the title of doctor in sciences or in a professional field, obtained abroad. It applies to Romanian citizens, citizens of member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation, and citizens of third countries.

The procedure is adopted on the basis of Order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research no. 5923/2016 published in the Official Gazette no. 1014 of 16.12.2016, and enters into force on 13.02.2017.

Consultation of doctoral study programs, lists with doctoral supervisors, contact information for doctoral schools within the University of Bucharest can be found here​

Also, you can find more details on the website of the University of Bucharest, at the following link: http://doctorat.unibuc.ro/legislatie/

1. Eligible to submit applications for the recognition of the PhD diploma and the title of doctor in sciences or in a professional field are applicants who have obtained the title of doctor at:

• accredited higher education or research-development institutions from a member state of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation;

• accredited higher education or research-development institutions included in the List of prestigious universities in other states, approved by order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research, updated periodically;

• accredited higher education or research-development institutions that are subject to an international convention of mutual recognition, concluded at the intergovernmental or inter-university level.

All applicants who do not fall into one of the above-mentioned situations will address directly the National Center for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas (CNRED/MEN) within the relevant ministry or apply through the procedure Recognition of the PhD diploma and the title of doctor in sciences or in a professional field, obtained abroad (managed by CNRED/MEN on the e-direct portal).

2. Recognition of the PhD diploma and the title of doctor in sciences or in a professional field obtained abroad within the University of Bucharest gives the applicant the right to register for postgraduate programs, obtain habilitation, occupy a teaching or research position.

3. In the first stage, the applicant's file is submitted online on this platform https://edirect.e-guvernare.ro/ (see section below Necessary Documents) to the Doctorate Office. You can also submit the file at the office or it can be sent by email to birou@doctorat.unibuc.ro. Documents submitted online will be checked before continuing the procedure and you may receive requests for clarifications or for additional documents/information. The file will include the following documents:

Application for recognition;
Identity document and proof of name change (if applicable);
PhD diploma;
CV and list of publications & scientific contributions.
4. The study documents subject to recognition are authenticated with the Hague Apostille for states that are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, and for other states the study documents are legalized or accompanied by an authenticity certificate issued by the competent authorities in the country of origin. Exemption from apostille or legalization is permitted on the basis of the law, an international treaty to which Romania is a party or on the basis of reciprocity.

5. The file is registered after document verification.

6. The file is forwarded electronically, within 2 working days, to the Doctoral School in the field for which recognition is requested.

7. The Council of the Doctoral School checks the file and communicates, within 3 working days, the agreement or, as the case may be, the disagreement regarding the recognition of the title of doctor. Disagreement must be justified within 5 working days from the receipt of the file.

8. The Doctorate Office informs the director of C.S.U.D., who may order the return or completion with certain documents. 9. If the field of doctoral university studies mentioned by the petitioner is not among the accredited doctoral university study fields of the University of Bucharest, the file is sent to the Director of C.S.U.D., who appoints a committee consisting of three specialists, one of whom must be a doctoral supervisor in the field or branch of science to which the field mentioned in the petitioner's application belongs. 10. The committee appointed by C.S.U.D. analyzes the file, from a scientific/academic perspective, relating to national and international standards, and communicates to the Director of C.S.U.D., within 3 working days, a note containing the agreement or, as the case may be, the disagreement regarding the recognition of the title of doctor. Disagreement must be justified within 5 working days of receiving the file.
9. After receiving the favorable resolution from the Council of the Doctoral School/Committee appointed by C.S.U.D., the decision to recognize the title of doctor is issued and the recognition certificate is issued to the petitioner. The procedure is adopted on the basis of Order no. 5923/2016 published in the Official Gazette no. 1014 of 16.12.2016, in force as of 13.02.2017 and updated as of 17.02.2021.