Overview
IBFBMI-BAS is accepting applications for state-funded doctoral places in biophysics, informatics and cybernetics-related engineering for the 2026/27 academic year.
Complete research opportunity details
The official 2026/27 call offers one full-time Biophysics place, one full-time and one part-time Informatics place, and one full-time place in application of cybernetics principles and methods. Applications are accepted from 14 August to 13 October 2026. Specialty examinations are scheduled for 30 November–4 December and foreign-language examinations for 7–11 December 2026.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must hold a master's degree. A foreign master's diploma requires a Bulgarian recognition certificate. Applicants whose diploma has not yet been issued may submit a university certificate confirming successful completion and the stated average grade. Successful candidates must meet the examination thresholds stated in the call.
Tips for this phd opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Match your research background to the project, laboratory, supervisor and required methods rather than applying only from the title.
- Prepare a focused academic CV, transcripts, publications and research statement or proposal when requested by the official call.
- Confirm funding duration, stipend/salary, tuition coverage, start date and eligibility for international applicants.
- Contact a supervisor before applying only when the official instructions recommend or require it.
Verification notes
Verified on the current IBFBMI-BAS 2026/27 call. The source explicitly labels the doctoral intake as state-funded (state order) and gives a date-only application period ending 13 October 2026. No stipend, tuition waiver or housing benefit was inferred beyond the stated state-funded place.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ↗