EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (literally "university for business and law"), more commonly referred to as EBS Universität or simply EBS, is a private, state-approved research university for business and law located in Wiesbaden and Oestrich-Winkel, founded in 1971. The university's activities focus on three core areas: undergraduate degree programs, postgraduate degree programs and executive education. The EBS Universität has the right to award doctorates and habilitations and is the oldest private university in Germany. With the foundation of its law faculty in 2010, the former European Business School was awarded university status in 2011, forming the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht. Notable alumni are, e.g., former CEO of Puma (Jochen Zeitz), founder of Vapiano (Mark Korzilius), or former CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG (Kai-Uwe Ricke). Among the university's corporate partners, one can find McKinsey, Bertelsmann, Clifford Chance, Daimler AG, or UBS. Academic partnerships include UC Berkeley, Bocconi University, CEIBS, Sciences Po, National University of Singapore, and McGill University. History EBS was founded in Offenbach am Main as a University of Applied Sciences by Klaus Evard in 1971. The young institution was named the European Business School. The original concept provided for a European-style leadership training program with three locations in France, England and Germany. To this day, the EBS study programme is characterised by several practical periods of study abroad, integrated semesters abroad and a school-based structure. In 1980 the School moved to Schloss Reichartshausen in Oestrich-Winkel in the Rheingau. In 1985 a second university building (the "Burg") was added in Oestrich-Winkel. In 1989 it was awarded higher education status, 1992 it was finally recognised as a scientific university by the Hessian Minister of Science. This step was followed by the separation of EBS Schloss Reichartshausen from the international network of European Business Schools, which had developed into a network in the 1980s. Since then, EBS has been cooperating with independent universities worldwide. In 1993 it was awarded the right to confer doctoral degrees and in 1998 the right to confer post-doctoral (professorial) qualifications. On 16 June 2010, the EBS Law School was founded as a second faculty alongside the EBS Business School and "Universität in Gründung" (University under formation) status was gained. The EBS Law School is located in Wiesbaden and is the official seat of EBS the Universität. Since September 2011 the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht has the official status of a university.