Established in 1988, EBS is the oldest privately owned business university located in the heart of Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. With more than 1500 students and International faculty, EBS’s goal is to provide enterprising people with academic knowledge, skills and values for its successful implementation. EBS teaches entrepreneurship and business administration in a practical manner at Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral levels.
EBS has over 70 partner universities in Europe, America, Australia and Asia, enabling a wide Exchange of both students and lecturers. Over 30% of EBS’s student body are international students. In 2011 EBS opened a branch in Helsinki. EBS has over 4500 alumni who according to a study by Statistics Estonia earn higher monthly income than the graduates of other Estonian universities.
In 2016 EBS English-language Bachelor’s level International Business Administration study programme became the first in Estonia to receive EPAS accreditation, which is among the highest level recognition business programmes can receive.
EBS has 4,500 alumni, among them a lot of top managers of international corporations, such as Statoil, Microsoft, SEB Bank, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Skype, top local business leaders, government ministers and heads of other state and private organisations. EBS graduates are closely linked to the school, participating in the development of company links and supporting current students with advice and scholarships