Admission Requirements

You must meet the minimum degree requirements set by the national grant authorities by the beginning of the academic year for which you have applied. If you are a national of Latin America, you must have graduated at the time of applying. The annual deadline for applying is 31 January.

• Austria: completion of university studies (Magister-Grad)
• Belgium: maîtrise or master (economics), or licence with distinction
• Cyprus: Ptychion or equivalent degree
• Denmark: kandidateksamen
• Finland: ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen, equivalent foreign degree
• France: DEA (or Master) or equivalent to bac + 5
• Germany: completion of university studies and the qualifications required to study for a doctorate
• Greece: ptychion
• Italy: laurea (vecchio ordinamento); laurea specialistica /Masters (nuovo ordiinamento) 
• Netherlands: doctoraal examen or Master's degree
• Norway: Master's degree or Cand.Philol, Cand.Polit, Cand.Oecon., Cand.Sociol., or Cand.Jur.
• Poland: Magister, Magister inzynier lub inny równorzedny
• Portugal: licenciatura and qualifications required to study for a doctorate in Portugal
• Spain: licenciatura
• Sweden: kandidatexamen and the qualifications required to study for a doctorate
• Switzerland: licence/diplôme or master
• UK & Ireland: good honours degree (min. Upper Second); preference to those with a Master's degree
• Latin American countries: licenciatura
• Other countries: diploma equivalent to the minimum qualification needed to study for a doctorate in a given country