Successful completion of the International Business Studies bachelor's degree at the University of Paderborn or successful completion of an equivalent or comparable research-oriented international business studies or a relevant degree. This degree must either

• have been completed with a grade of at least 2.5, or
• the applicant must be among the first 35 of a hundred of all exam graduates who have completed the exam. Either all corresponding exams of the final semester and the previous semester or all corresponding exams of the two previous semesters are to be used as a basis.