Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences

Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS, Estonian: Eesti Ettevõtluskõrgkool Mainor, formerly known in English as Mainor Business School[1]) is a private[2] vocational university located in the Ülemiste City business park in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded in 1992, the university offers accredited[3] Bachelor and Master-level degrees in Estonian, English, and Russian languages, covering such fields as business administration, finance and logistics, and software and game development.[4][3][5] It has a student body of over 1,600 students, about 100 of whom are international students.[4]

Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences
Eesti Ettevõtluskõrgkool Mainor
Other name
Mainor Business School
TypePrivate vocational university
Established1992 (1992)
Students1,600
Location
Tallinn
,
Estonia

59°25′22″N 24°47′52″E

Since 2017, EUAS has been involved in a national cross-university entrepreneurship training program funded by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.[6][7][8] The university is also notable for opening Estonia's first undergraduate degree program in Information Science taught in English, primarily aimed at expats.[9][10]

While primarily a teaching institution, EUAS has been actively involved in research on entrepreneurship education and applied higher education.[11][12][13]

See also

References
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  9. ERR (2018-01-08). "Applied sciences university to open bachelor IT curriculum in English". ERR. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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  11. Kallaste, Marianne; Põder, Anne; Raudsaar, Mervi; Venesaar, Urve (2017-11-01). "Entrepreneurial and Innovative Potential of Higher Education Institutions – the Example of Estonian Universities". ICERI2017 Proceedings. IATED. 1: 8800–8808. doi:10.21125/iceri.2017.2420. ISBN 9788469769577.
  12. Mets, Tõnis; Kozlinska, Inna; Raudsaar, Mervi (2017-02-01). "Patterns in entrepreneurial competences as the perceived learning outcomes of entrepreneurship education: The case of Estonian HEIs". Industry and Higher Education. 31 (1): 23–33. doi:10.1177/0950422216684061. ISSN 0950-4222. S2CID 157232962.
  13. Kumpas-Lenk, Kaija; Tucker, Beatrice M.; Gupta, Ritu (2014). Kumpas-Lenk, K., Tucker, B. M., & Gupta, R. "Validation of a unit evaluation survey for capturing students' perceptions of teaching and learning: A comparison among Australian and Estonian higher education students". Studies in Educational Evaluation. 43: 178–185. doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2014.08.001.


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