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PhD Admission Information: 0254-549.008

DOCTORAL STUDIES

July 01, 2025 – September 07, 2025 ( September 7 – until 23:⁵⁹): Online registration of candidates – submission and verification of applications

September 8, 2025 (15:⁰⁰): Publication of the lists of registered candidates who will take part in the competition tests

September 10-16, 2025: Taking the language examination, if applicable, as well as the specialized examination in person or online – in exceptional circumstances, at the request of the candidates with the approval of the Director of the CSUD.

September 17, 2025 (by 15:⁰⁰): Publication of the provisional lists of candidates allocated to the state-funded places, fee-paying places, those on hold and those rejected, if applicable

September 19, 2025 (until 12:⁰⁰ noon): Appeals regarding the conduct of the admission contest are submitted to the secretariat of the CSDD, with registration number at the University Registry.

September 19, 2025 (until 16:⁰⁰): Appeals by the Appeals Committee.
Posting of the final lists of successful candidates.

September 22-24, 2025 (^900-14:⁰⁰): Confirmation of the place by the candidates admitted to the doctoral studies program, by submitting the original baccalaureate, bachelor’s and master’s diplomas for candidates admitted on budget and by submitting the original or certified copy of the diplomas for conformity with the original, as well as by paying the corresponding fees for candidates admitted on fee-paying places.
Signing of the doctoral studies contract

September 24, 2025 (by 15:⁰⁰): Publication of the lists of candidates admitted to the state-funded places, the places on fee-paying basis and the lists of rejected candidates, after confirmation of places

September 25, 2025 (by 15:⁰⁰): Confirmation of participation of pending candidates in the doctoral program by payment of the corresponding fees and/or by submitting original diplomas, if applicable.

September 26, 2025 (by 15:⁰⁰): Display of the final lists

Methodology for admission to doctoral studies_2025-2026

PhD Admission Calendar_INTERVIEW September 2025

List of candidates REGISTERED 2025 – 2026

Provisional list of candidates ACCEPTED REJECTED 2025 – 2026

Final list of successful candidates 2025-2026

List of candidates ACCEPTED REJECTED 2025-2026_ after confirmation of place 24.09.2025

List of candidates REGISTERED by type of place 2025 – 2026_26.09.2025

Required documents:

a. Europass curriculum vitae;

b. list of published scientific works (if applicable);

c. baccalaureate diploma;

d. diploma of completion of bachelor’s degree/engineering diploma (or its equivalent), with related annexes, as appropriate (transcript or diploma supplement);

e. master’s degree diplomas (with the corresponding attachments as appropriate: transcript of records respectively diploma supplement).

f. birth certificate;

g. marriage certificate or other change of name, if applicable;

h. identity card;

i. the medical certificate issued by the family doctor, according to which the candidate is fit to pursue studies in higher education;

j. proof of payment of the application fee for the admission to doctoral studies (100 lei);
k. the acceptance of coordination, signed by the chosen doctoral supervisor, mentioning the doctoral topic for which the candidate is competing, and acknowledged by the candidate. (Annex 2);
l. the doctoral research proposal, in PDF format, based on the chosen doctoral topic, according to the requirements in Annex 3.

The online registration platform can be accessed from any desktop computer/laptop/tablet/mobile phone that has access to the Internet and an upgraded web browser (recommended: Firefox, Chrome). The application is available online at https://admitere.upet.ro. Go to www.upet.ro, section Admission or directly to the web address: https://admitere.upet.ro and create an access account in the application.

You can pay the registration fee:

– online by card, at step 8, from the online admission platform, by secure payment via mobilpay.ro.

– by PO (payment order to UNIVERSITATEA DIN PETROSANI, CUI 4374849, Trezoreria Petrosani, RO81 TREZ 3682 0F33 0500 XXXX, specifying the field for which the payment is made, the name and surname of the candidate);

– at the university cashier’s office, specifying the field for which the candidate opts.

The admission competition for doctoral studies consists of 2 tests:

a. a language proficiency examination one of the languages in international circulation, which will be taken before the interview and will be eliminatory. The language proficiency exam will be held at the University’s “Eurolanguage Linguistic Center”, which issues a certificate of language proficiency, minimum level B1.
b. a specialized examination, will be taken only by candidates who have obtained the language proficiency certificate and consists of an interview by the admission committee with the candidate, based on a Doctoral Research Proposal (Annex 3), elaborated on the basis of the research topic put out by a doctoral supervisor.

Admission criteria:

The overall average for admission to doctoral studies is composed of the weighted average of the average obtained by the candidate at the bachelor’s degree examination (25%) and the grade obtained at the interview (75%).

Admission will be made by doctoral fields and research topics, in descending order of the general admission average obtained by the candidates, within the limit of the places available. The minimum average for admission to doctoral studies is 7 (seven).

Contact Doctoral Studies:
email: scoala.doctorala@upet.ro

Nr.	Field of doctoral studies	E-mail	Name and surname of PhD supervisor
1	MINES, OIL AND GAS	victorarad@upet.ro	Prof. dr. ARAD Victor
2		andreiandras@upet.ro	Prof. dr. ANDRAȘ Andrei
3		nicolaedima@upet.ro	Prof. dr. DIMA Nicolae
4		LarisaFilip@upet.ro	Prof.dr.eng. FILIP Ofelia-Larisa
5		ioangafdeac@upet.ro	Prof. dr. GÂF DEAC Ioan
6		mirgeorgescu@gmail.com	Prof. dr. GEORGESCU Mircea
7		tudorgoldan@upet.ro	Prof. dr. GOLDAN Tudor
8		mihaiherbei@usvt.ro	Prof.dr.eng. HERBEI Mihai – Valentin
9		marialazar@upet.ro	Prof. dr. LAZAR Maria
10		csabalorint@upet.ro	Prof.dr.eng. LORINȚ Romuald-Csaba
11		dacianmarian@upet.ro	Prof.univ.habil.habil.dr.dr.ing. MARIAN Dacian – Paul
12		ilieonica@upet.ro	Prof. dr. ONICA Ilie
13		florindpopescu@upet.ro	Prof. dr. POPESCU Florin Dumitru
14		sorinradu@upet.ro	Prof. dr. RADU Sorin Mihai
15		mihaelatoderas@upet.ro	Prof. dr. TODERAȘ Mihaela
16		ioelveres@upet.ro	Prof. dr. VEREȘ Ioel-Samuel
17	SYSTEMS ENGINEERING	monicaleba@upet.ro	Prof. dr. LEBA Monica
18		marius.cioca@ulbsibiu.ro	Prof. dr. Marius CIOCA
19	INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING	iliasnic@yahoo.com	Prof. dr. ILIAȘ Nicolae
20		roland.moraru@yahoo.com	Prof. dr. MORARU Roland
21		danpetrilean@upet.ro	Prof. dr. PETRILEAN Dan Codruț
22		dragos.vasilescu@insemex.ro	Research științ. gr. I dr. VASILESCU Gabriel Dragoș
23	ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT	eduardedelhauser@upet.ro	Prof. dr. EDELHAUSER Eduard
24		andreeaionica@upet.ro	Prof. dr. IONICA Andreea
25		cpopescu@upg-ploiesti.ro	Prof. dr. POPESCU Cătălin Nicolae