Admission Requirements and Language Knowledge

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