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EBS Universitt für Wirtschaft und Recht (literally "university for business and law"), more commonly referred to as EBS Universitt 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 Universitt 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 Universitt 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.