ルートヴィヒ・マクシミリアン大学ミュンヘン
Borchardt studied from 1949 to 1954 economics, business administration, history and german studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he obtained his "Diplom" (former German master's equivalent) in 1954. Afterwards, he obtained his doctorate in economics and his habilitation in 1961 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.