Successful completion of the Bachelor's degree in economics or international business studies at the University of Paderborn or a successful completion of an equivalent or comparable research-oriented degree in economics or a relevant degree. This degree must either

• have been completed with at least a grade of 2.5 (depending on the course of study in the Bachelor also with a grade of 2.5 to 3.0), 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.