EBS Honour Board

* – February 3, 2000 a new position was established – Rector of EBS

The best lecturers for the academic year are named on the basis of student feedback and research and development work.

Starting in 2016 the award for Business Manager of the Year will no longer be awarded.

EBS Student Council Award – The Golden Haba

1996

EBS alumni Leon Jankelevitš’ Bachelor’s thesis earned first prize at the Estonian Academy of Sciences’ student paper competition and second prize at the Estonian Ministry of Education’s nationwide student research and creative works competition.

EBS alumni Marge Anijärv’s Bachelor’s thesis earned second prize at the Estonian Academy of Sciences’ student paper competition.

EBS second course student Madis Müller’s essay won first prize at the Hansapanga Kindlustusselts, University of Tartu, TalTech and EBS scientific essay contest Pension System Reform – Recommendations to Toompea announced in 1997.

1997

EBS alumni Jaanus Raim’s Bachelor’s thesis earned first prize at the Estonian Academy of Sciences’ student paper competition.

The EBS basketball team – Team EBS – placed third at the basketball tournament between universities in Tallinn.

The EBS ice hockey team placed first in the ice hockey championships held within the framework of student spring days.

1998

EBS student Kristiina Jürgenson was selected as the First Princess at the 1998 University Miss pageant.

EBS student Mari Loorens was crowned as the First Princess at the Miss Estonia pageant in 1998.

EBS student Marten Loopere placed third in the 100 m freestyle event in the swimming championships between Estonian universities.

The EBS team placed second in the relay race at the swimming championships between Estonian universities.

1999

Ruth Alas participated in the Spanish government’s IESE (Business School of Navarra University, Spain) International Faculty Development Programme (IFDP) scholarship.

EBS student Madli Nõmmik was crowned as the First Princess at the 1999 University Miss pageant.

EBS student Kristi End placed first in the Estonian championships for standard dance.

The EBS team placed first in the relay race at the swimming championships between Estonian universities.

EBS student Mari Rulli’s essay earned first place at the essay competition Better than the Rest, organised by the Pärnu Leadership Conference.

EBS student and Miss Estonia 1998 Karin Laasmäe was crowned as the First Princess in the 1999 Miss Hawaiian Tropic competition.

The EBS basketball team – Team EBS – placed third at the Champion’s League tournament organised by the Estonian Academic Sports Federation.

2000

The EBS basketball team – Team EBS – placed third at the Champion’s League tournament organised by the Estonian Academic Sports Federation.

The EBS basketball team – Team EBS – took part in the Tallinn Championship tournament under the name Scanweld and placed first.

The EBS basketball team – Team EBS – placed first at the Estonian Men’s League II.

2001

EBS student Inna Roos was crowned Miss Tallinn 2001.

EBS student Kristiina Vares was crowned Miss University 2001.

2002

EBS Chamber Choir placed first at the Türi Spring Song 2002 competition.

2003

The EBS football team FC EBS Team placed second at the Estonian students’ championship tournament for indoor football.

2005

The Estonian Students Association selected the EBS Student Council as the Fall Doer.

The joint EBS and Estonian Academy of Art team, comprised of Mari Tosmin, Pelle-Sten Viiburg, Geily Marmor and Kersti Hellerma, placed first at the Metro Capital Management Real Estate Olympics with their project Bondeville Plaza.

The EBS Chamber Choir placed first in category C of the XIII Mixed Choir and Ensemble singing competition Tuljak.

EBS students Anto Liivat and Rait Arro, together with University of Tartu student Rosa Rotko, placed first in case management resolution at the competition Management Brains 2005 organised by TalTech.

EBS student Ardo Uudmäe was honoured at the Student Fall Days as Male Student 2005.

EBS won in the Tallinn youth competition category Great Works by the Youth of Tallinn for its support of the non-profit organisation BGC Group’s preparation and carrying out of the career conference Your Opportunities 2006 intended for upper secondary school students.

2006

EBS student Meribel Müürsepp became a favourite of the people at the Estonian Eurovision Song Contest with the song Mr Right.

The EBS Chamber Choir was recognised as worthy of a silver diploma within the framework of the Pärnu VI international choir festival.

Professor Ruth Alas, Management Chair at EBS, won the II International Strategic Management Conference, in Ankara, Turkey, for the best research article Organizational Change from Learning Perspective.

EBS student Gerd Kanter set a new Estonian discus record of 73.38 m in the track and field competition in Helsingbor, Sweden.

The EBS/Viimsi Milstrand women’s volleyball team won the Estonia championship.

EBS student Tiit Sarve’s Master’s thesis came in third among Master’s study level works in the state competition of research works of Estonian students.

2007

EBS instructor Ruth Alas and doctoral student Wei Sun earned the Outstanding Paper Award 2007 from the magazine Chinese Management Studies for their article Organizational Changes in Chinese Companies: A Resource-based View.

The EBS/Viimsi Milstrand women’s volleyball team won the Estonia-Latvia women’s club joint league championship.

The EBS/Viimsi Milstrand women’s volleyball team won the Estonian championship.

EBS student Gerd Kanter became world champion in the discus with a result of 68.94 m.

The EBS women’s volleyball team placed first in the Estonian students championships.

The team from EBS and TalTech (Olavi Kukk, Kristjan Tõlk, Kristjan Tiik and Mihkel Härm) won the Metro Capital Management 2007 Real Estate Olympics.

2008

EBS Upper Secondary school students company Aku Abi, won the category of best product and the award from the Prime Minister’s Office, at the student company fair organised by the Junior Achievement Development Fund.

EBS student Risto Saarmets won the competition Tallinn Student Talent 2008.

EBS students placed first and third in the competition Brain Hunt 2008 Mihkel Härm, Reino Pent, and Priit Viru – first place, Kaspar Kägu, Meribel Müürsepp, and Margus Birk – third place).

The EBS/Viimsi Milstrand women’s volleyball team placed first in the Estonia NIVEA Women’s Champions League.

EBS students placed first and second at the Student Beach Volleyball European Championship (Mari-Liis Graumann, Natalja Bratuhhina – first place, Polina Bratuhhina, Kadri Puri – second place).

EBS students placed first and second at the Student Beach Volleyball World Championship (Mari-Liis Graumann, Natalja Bratuhhina – first place, Polina Bratuhhina, Kadri Puri – second place).

EBS students Mari-Liis Graumann and Natalja Bratuhhina placed first in the World Cup Satellite tournament for women’s volleyball, held in Gdansk, Poland.

EBS student Gerd Kanter won a gold medal at the Olympics in the discus with a result of 68.82 m.

EBS alumnus Sergei Nikitin’s Master’s thesis earned second prize at the Estonian Academy of Sciences’ student paper competition.

2009

EBS student Gerd Kanter placed third in the discus at the world track and field championships.

The Estonian Academic Sports Association honoured the best student athletes of 2008 – EBS student Gerd Kanter was recognised as the star of the year, while beach volleyball world champions Mari-Liis Graumann and Natalja Bratuhhina were recognised as the best team.

EBS students Kadri Puri and Natalja Bratuhhina placed first at the 2009 European student beach volleyball, with Mari-Liis Graumann and Polina Bratuhhina placing second.

EBS students Kaspar Kägu and Jevgeni Sergejev won a silver medal in the men’s pairs Estonian student outdoor championships in tennis. EBS student Tiia Savimägi won a silver medal in the women’s jiu-jitsu league.

EBS alumnus Indrek Sepp was recognised as Estonian entrepreneur of the year.

2010

EBS alumnus Peter Hunt was recognised as Estonian entrepreneur of the year

EBS Upper Secondary School 11th grade student Jakub Lipowsi placed first in the world championship stage of standard dances.

EBS Upper Secondary school 10th grade student Karina Tamm was among the winners of the President’s word competition.

EBS student Martin Otsa Bachelor’s thesis placed first at the final paper competition for students organised by JCI Tallinn and AS Balit Kell.

2011

EBS students placed first in the Baltic Youth Economic Forum competition, in Riga.

EBS students Gleb Maltsev, Mart Roben and Terhi Vänskä placed second at the English language presentation competition held at Moscow State University and won the audience choice award.

EBS students Silja Aav, Arko Kurg and Hannele Tiik placed second in the L’Oréal Baltic region marketing game Brandstorm II.

EBS student Gerd Kanter won a silver medal in discus at the world championships.

EBS student Kristel Rannu’s Master’s thesis won the Bachelor’s and Master’s level marketing Diploma thesis competition held by the Marketing Institute.

Professor Ruth Alas earned the title of academic research work champion at the annual conference of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN).

Professor Katri Kerem placed second at the CEEMAN Case Writing Competition.

EBS Management Training Centre instructor Merle Lõhmus was selected as the andragogue of the year for Tallinn.

2012

EBS Helsinki teacher Sara Chafak won the Miss Finland 2012 beauty contest and represented Finland at the 2012 Miss Universe pageant.

EBS Professor Ruth Alas earned the title of Tallinn conference ambassador.

EBS Masters study student Martin Kuustik won the Citizen’s Award scholarship competition organised for students by the consulting companies Innopolis Konsultatsioonid AS and Civitta Consulting.

EBS master’s students Ülane Vilumets, Rait Kapp and Kalev Külaase, placed third at the entrepreneurship competition Brain Hunt 2012 with their interactive travel guide Like a Local Guide.

EBS student and EBS Career Centre Director Gleb Maltsev placed third at the international speech and presentation competition Toastmasters.

And the final event of the JCI Tallinn BEW and Balti Kella student works competition, the grand prize – a SEIKO wristwatch – was won by Meribel Müürsepp.

2013

EBS Upper Secondary School received the title of School of the Year from the Estonian School Student Councils’ Union.

EBS faculty member Faina Dobrõš was awarded the Commander of the Order of Academic Palme d’Or by the French Ambassador.

EBS founder Madis Habakuk was presented with a lifetime achievement award by Ernst & Young Baltic AS.

Epp Vodja, Director of the EBS corporate partner Junior Achievement Estonia received an education award The award was presented by the President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

2014

At the autumn conference of the Association of Estonian Accountants winners in the research works in the field of calculation were announced A special award was won by for the innovative and interesting handling of the topic in the field of calculation by EBS Master’s thesis The Effect of Audit Committee Formation and Activity on Organisations in Estonia, defenced by Maris Valts under the guidance of Ülle Pärl.

The main event of the first day of Tallinn Fashion Week was the Golden Needle gala This year’s best fashion designer and Golden Needle award recipient was EBS alumnus Kriss Soonik.

2017

The Tallinn City scholarship was awarded to five EBS students – Stina-Simona Epner, Raido Hallik, Ergi Asten, Anna Chekryshova and Kristiina Esop.

2018

In May, the Tallinn City Government awarded scholarships to outstanding students, including five EBS students: Lisette Lindhardt Jespersen, Rauno Pello, Minni Luuk, Leen Veering and Maarja Värav.

For the first time in Estonia, an influential international research conference, the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium (EGOS), was held in Tallinn at the Estonian National Opera, with EBS being the organiser and host in Estonia. The EGOS Colloquium brought in Tallinn the best social and organisational researchers: Tor Hernesi, Mark de Ronde, William Ocasio, Ann Langley, Renate Meyer, Nelson Phillips, Paul Adler and David Ravasi.

The 2000 participants included those representing some of the world’s most prestigious universities and research institutions, such as Harvard University and Copenhagen Business School, as well as major publishers of scientific journals, such as Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. The EGOS conference organised by EBS was awarded the title Conference of the Year 2018.

2019

The Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA) awarded EBS the Innovativeness Award for outstanding innovation in EBS’ curricula and use of learning methods, as well as in its day-to-day activities.

EBS won the best presentation award at the Entrepreneurship Educators conference in the UK. The team of EBS and the University of Tartu, consisting of Marge Täks (EBS) and Elina Kallas (University of Tartu), was declared the best team in its block.

Following a quality check of EPAS’ accrediation, EBS’ English-language baccalaureate programme in International Business Management was awarded one of the world’s highest recognitions for excellence in business schools, a recognition that no other Estonian university has.

2020

In Estonia’s biggest business idea competition ‘Brain Hunt’, Pagerr, a success story in the printing world, was the winner, while Aligner, which develops a translation platform, came second. Several EBS alumni and students were part of the team of both companies.

2021

The Board of the Estonian Business School gave Professor Arno Almann the title of Rector Emeritus. Professor Almann has been working at EBS since 1997 and has been the Rector of EBS for eight years.

In the Royals Cup, one of the biggest international sporting competitions for universities, each participating university put together a team of 20 members from its home country to run together. During the charity competition week, EBS’ runners covered a total of 2042.26 kilometres, which was enough to secure first place.

2022

The Senate of the Estonian Business School gave Professor Olav Aarna the title of Professor Emeritus. Professor Aarna has been working at EBS since 2000 and has been the Rector of EBS for three years.

An article by EBS’ doctoral student Piret Masso won the best article award at the joint summer school of Estonian economics doctoral students.

Emerald Literati Awards 2023 honoured former EBS lecturer and doctoral student Hala Abdelgaffar for her doctoral thesis ‘A review of responsible management education: practices, outcomes, and challenges’, published in the Journal of Management Development.

At the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Day in Tallinn, organisations from the public, private and third sectors declared their willingness to work together to develop their respective fields of activity. EBS was among the 22 signatory organisations.

At the conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 22-23 September, the presentation ‘Life satisfaction and tax preferences in transition economies’ by EBS’ doctoral student Gaygysyz Ashyrovi (with Luca Andriani) won the Best Paper Award in Transition 2022.

At the 30th anniversary conference ‘Woman as Creator of Future’ of the Business and Professional Women Organisation in Estonia, EBS’ alumna and doctoral student Kerli Ats was chosen as Young Female Entrepreneur of the Year.

2023

The EBS’ in-school step competition organised in collaboration with the FitSphere application was won by Eve Lamberg (834,130 steps), Kadi Truuleht (746,375 steps) came second and Tiia Maria Reimal (681,715 steps) came third.

EBS was awarded the quality label ‘Recognised Internship System 2023-2027’ by the Education and Youth Board in the framework of the project ‘Recognition of the internship process in vocational and higher education’.

Sofia Blokhin, 12th grade student at EBS High School, won the European Junior Rapid Chess Champion title at the European Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship held in Slovenia. She was awarded a silver medal in blitz chess and a bronze medal in the G-18 women’s team rapid chess competition with Marina Levchenko.