Overview

Let’s create a better world together! EBS’s innovative MA programme prepares managers to solve the challenges of the future world. In addition to making a profit, the need to deal with social, environmental and economic problems has become an inevitable part of entrepreneurship. Our master's programme will provide you with the desired competencies to tackle current and future worldwide challenges by providing innovative solutions from the field of business.  When you graduate from this programme, you are a next-generation leader equipped with relevant knowledge, fine-tuned skills, and an attitude that helps to innovate.

Our MA programme requires bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics or Management. 

Why choose this programme? 

• MA supports your career ambitions as it helps you to stand out from others. In an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing labour market being an expert in your field gives you a great career advantage. When a bachelor’s degree provides you the broad foundation, a master’s diploma helps you to specialise and to gain deeper knowledge and fine-tuned skills;
• Our MA programme adds value to your bachelor’s degree by deepening and widening your academic knowledge, further developing your analytical thinking, and improving your professional, leadership and team-related skills. You will apply your knowledge and understanding of international business and management systematically and creatively to professional organisations;
• We equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to help organisations forward but also provide you with the tools and leadership mindset to make the change actually happen;
• You will gain an in-depth understanding in your field of specialisation: Leveraging Green Economy Innovation or Leading Digitalisation and Navigating the Start-up Economy;
• Faculty and students from different nationalities create a unique and diverse cultural space that broadens your worldview and encourages to think big;

• Most of the faculty teaching in the program are internationally renowned experts in their fields, having both academic and practical business experience. We have a roughly equal proportion of full-time faculty members, practitioner-lecturers from companies and professors from a wide range of international universities;

• At EBS we focus, as much as possible, on learning from each other via group discussions, teamwork, practical studies, and „lessons from life“. This ensures that you have real solutions to challenges which you will face in your working life;
• You can take advantage of the mobility window which enables an international learning experience in a foreign top-tier university.

Programme overview

Specialisations

In the MA programme you can choose between two specialisations. Each specialisation consists of three microdegrees (45 ECTS in total).  EBS’ microdegrees are master’s study learning modules within specific field, which allow you to acquire modern knowledge with a future perspective. When designing microdegrees, we are guided by the principle that we create and adapt them according to the challenges of the labour market.

Selection of EBS microdegrees

Leveraging Green Economy Innovation

The aim of the specialisation leveraging green economy innovation is to produce graduates that understand the link between green economy topics and management. This track is for the new generation of managers and specialists that are concerned with the environmental challenges and want to contribute to and benefit from innovation within the green economy.

Upon successful completion of the specialisation, you will:

• understand the challenges and opportunities deriving from the green economy on a global, national, regional, and organisational level;
• analyses and evaluate the impact of organisations, supply chains and resources, and products on the environment;
• creates new innovative business and organisational models that contribute to the green economy;
• develops a leadership mindset when driving projects related to sustainability and circularity.

Microdegrees included in the specialisation:

• Green Transition and Sustainable Economy Foundations (15 ECTS)
• Sustainable and Green Finance (15 ECTS)
• Going Green: Company-Level Changes (15 ECTS)

Leading Digitalisation and Navigating the Start-up Economy

The aim of the specialisation track leading digitalisation and navigating the start-up economy is to produce graduates that understand the link between digitalisation opportunities and management. This track is for the next generation of managers and specialists that work with the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation and want to benefit from the new business and organisational models that emerge from the start-up economy.

Upon successful completion of the specialisation, you will:

• understand the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation within economies, industries, and organisations;
• understand the challenges and opportunities of the start-up economy;
• analyse and evaluate the impact of different digitalisation efforts within organisations;
• creates new business and organisational models that contribute to the start-up economy;
• develop a leadership mindset when driving projects related to digitalisation and innovative business and organisational models.

Microdegrees included in the specialisation:

• Digital Innovation and Transformations (15 ECTS)
• Business Innovation and Strategy (15 ECTS)
• Data-Based Decision-Making and Leadership (15 ECTS)

Studies at EBS

Study format

Studies are in a session-based format, which allows you to combine your professional life with studies. Lectures and seminars take place every second week on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 10:00-17:15. The final schedule of the second year depends on the chosen microdegrees.

We have structured our master's program in such a way that active learning takes place in the classroom through discussions, groupworks and practical tasks. Most of student learning occurs through teamwork and hand-on activities. Group dynamics and communication are an integral part of learning, and that's why we put a lot of emphasis on it. In between meetings, you need to contribute to your studies by preparing for lectures or seminars.

Studies abroad

During your second study year, you will have the possibility to study in one of EBS partner universities for either one semester or one year. Of all universities in Estonia, EBS has the strongest network of partner universities – it includes some of the best business schools in Europe (EMLyon Business School, Università Bocconi, BI Norwegian Business School, Kedge Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Solbridge International School of Business and many more).  

Studying abroad provides you with a unique experience and enables you to test yourself in a new academic and cultural environment, practice your language skills, make new friends, find possible future business partners, and gain a competitive advantage in the labour market.

Studying abroad during Mobility Window means that you can choose the business-related courses to your own liking and the credits will be transferred. You also have the possibility to complement your knowledge in areas that no university in Estonia covers. When you study at an EBS partner university, you will only pay the EBS tuition fee. Additionally, if you choose mobility in one of the EU countries, EBS will pay to you the Erasmus+ scholarship.