23.01.2026
Pre-registration is mandatory online, on the 2bitsEDU platform before actual registration. The registration form (application) is printed, signed and submitted to the file. Authentication on the platform can be done by accessing the website www.unatc.ro, admission section 2026 – Doctorate, between May 01 and July 01, 2026.
According to international standards, there are two distinct directions of doctoral studies at UNATC: scientific (arts research) and professional-artistic (practice-based research).
The four research areas in which the doctorate can be completed are: AESTHETICS, THEORY, PEDAGOGY AND HISTORY OF THEATRE APPLIED THEATRE STUDIES, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND MEDIA INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES THEATRE/FILM/AUDIOVISUAL
The doctoral school of UNATC "IL Caragiale", in accordance with the specifics of the institution, operates in the academic-artistic sphere in the fields of THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS and CINEMA AND MEDIA.
The doctoral school is the oldest doctoral studies structure in Romania oriented towards these fields and confirms the existence and practice of a formidable doctoral experience. The doctoral school within UNATC has represented a model for other Romanian universities with an artistic profile, at the level of the third cycle of university studies, according to the recommendations of the Bologna Process.
In respect of the professional tradition of honing artistic mastery and of learning, fixing, researching and artistic creation, the pedagogy and corresponding university practice confirm the relationship and direct collaboration between the teaching staff and students in all cycles. The university system of individual guidance is preferred in the training of people dedicated to the performing arts, film and media and falls within the traditional, artistic, educational and formative methodologies that pursue excellence in the respective fields of reference.
The notion of research, in the sphere of arts, in the fields of THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS and CINEMA AND MEDIA, is inextricably and organically linked to the act of artistic creation and contains profound aspects of a creative nature, including in the bordering sectors of the artistic process, respectively in the areas of thought, study and theoretical investigation. The doctoral approach within UNATC "IL Caragiale" directly involves the research and artistic creation side. Artistic creation, in turn, directly involves a continuous and maturely assumed research approach.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Online pre-registration: May 01 - July 01, 2026
REGISTRATION: June 29 – July 01, 2026, between 10:00 a.m. and 14:00 p.m.
Registration fee: 500 lei
Contest development: July 03 – 08, 2026
STAGE I
ADMINS/REJECTS
Friday, 03 July 2026, 11:00
Test 1 – oral
English language
STAGE II
SCORES FROM 1 TO 10
Monday, July 06, 2026, 10:00 AM
Test 1 – written
Assessment of fundamental knowledge, based on the mandatory bibliography*
Tuesday, July 07, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Appeals
Wednesday, July 08, 2026, 10:00 AM
Test 2 – oral
Support for the research project submitted upon registration. Interview.
Required bibliography
for Trial 1, Stage II
Theater and performing arts field
- Anzieu, Didier Psychoanalysis of creative work, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004
- Berne, Eric Our everyday games, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2020
- Comenius, J.A. Pampaedia, EDP, 1977
- Eliade, Mircea – The Sacred and the Profane, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest, 2019
- Freud, Sigmund – Writings about literature and art, Univers Publishing House, Bucharest, 1980
- Goleman, Daniel Emotional intelligence, Old Court Publishing House, Bucharest, 2017
- Heidegger, Martin The origin of the work of art, Univers Publishing House, Bucharest, 1982
- Huizinga, Johan homo ludens, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest, 2023
- Jung, Carl Gustav Psychological types, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004
- Morar, Vasile Aesthetics. Interpretations and texts, University of Bucharest Publishing House, 2002
- Todorov, Tzvetan Theories of the symbol, Univers Publishing House, Bucharest, 1983
- Tonitza-Iordache, Michaela; Banu, George – The Art of Theater, Nemira Publishing, 2004
- Vianu, Tudor Aesthetics, Publishing House for Literature, Bucharest, 1968
General Bibliographical References
Theater and performing arts field
- Adler, Alfred – Knowledge of man, Litera Publishing House, Bucharest, 2019
- Berceanu, Alexandru Artistic research, practices and methods, Cluj University Press, Cluj, 2023
- Berdyaev, Nikolai Self-knowledge, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998
- Bolton, Gavin, Dorothy Heathcote So you want to use Role-play?, Trentham, London, 1999
- Cojar, Ion A poetics of the actor's art, Paideia Publishing House, Bucharest, 1998
- Croce, Benedetto, Aesthetics, Univers Publishing House, Bucharest, 1970
- Cucos, Constantin Pedagogy, Polirom Publishing House, Iași, 2014
- Daria, Bogdana The art of the actor. Attitudinal complex in interdisciplinary analysis, UNATC Press, Bucharest, 2018
- Diaz, Dexter The ten human typologies, Omnium Publishing House, Bucharest 2024
- Dewey, John, Three writings about education, EDP, Bucharest, 1977
- Dobridor, Ion Negreț; Ion-Ovidiu Panisoara The science of learning, Polirom, Iași, 2008
- Durand, Gilbert Arts and Archetypes, Meridiane Publishing House, 2003
- Hey, Henri Conscience, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest 1983
- Ekman, Paul Emotions shown on the face, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2019
- Hartmann, Nicholas Aesthetics, Univers Publishing House, Bucharest, 1974
- Jung, Carl Gustav On the phenomenon of spirit in art and science, Complete Works, vol.15, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003
- Kant, Immanuel About beauty and goodness, Library for All, Bucharest, 1981
- Landau, Erika The psychology of creativity, EDP Bucharest, 1079
- Le Bon, Gustave, Crowd psychology, Rolcris Publishing House, Bucharest, 2022
- Levi-Strauss, Claude – Structural anthropology, Politica Publishing House, Bucharest 1978
- Lucaci, Liviu Actor's birth, UNATC Press, Bucharest, 2017
- Marshall, Lorna The Body Speaks. Performance and Physical Expression, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008
- Mitter Shomit & Shevtsova, Maria Fifty key directors of 20th century, Unitext, Bucharest, 2010
- Moreno, Jacob L. Fundamental Writings, About Psychodrama, Group Method and Spontaneity, Trei Publishing House, Bucharest 2009
- Murray, Simon, John Keefe Physical Theatre. A critical introduction, Routledge, London, 2016
- Nanu, Adina – See? Communication through images, Vizual Publishing House, Bucharest, 2002
- Nistor, Ana-Maria The Warp of the Theater, Artes Publishing House, Iași, 2017
- Pepino, Cristian – From video to virtual. The image in contemporary performance, UNATC Press, Bucharest, 2007
- Rosca, Alexandru General and specific creativity, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 1981
- Ubersfeld, Anne – Key terms of theatrical analysis, European Institute Publishing House, Iași, 1993
- Umberto, Eco The limits of interpretation, Polirom Publishing House, Iași, 2016
- Wilson, Edward O. The meaning of human existence, Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest, 2017
- Wooster, Roger Contemporary Theater in Education, Methuen Drama, 2016