{"id":65609,"date":"2025-12-16T09:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germaninstitute.com\/de\/exam-criteria\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:29:05","slug":"exam-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/germaninstitute.com\/de\/en\/exam-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Exam criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;8363d3a1-7f13-4aae-8984-26124f93e21c&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#012243&#8243; height=&#8221;793px&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;waves2&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_horizontal=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;-10vw&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-36fd78a7-34bc-404d-873c-dafa34efaae5%22:%91%22colorEnd%22%93}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; 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