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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Education |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Founder | Bertil Hult |
| Headquarters | Switzerland |
Number of employees | 37,000 |
| Website | www.ef.edu |
EF Education First (abbreviated as EF) is an international education company that specializes in language training, educational travel, academic degree programs and cultural exchange. The company was founded in 1965 by Bertil Hult,[1] in the Swedish university town of Lund under the name Europeiska Ferieskolan (European Holiday School). The company is privately held by the Hult family[2] and is headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland.[3]
EF is the largest privately held education provider in the world, with 16 subsidiaries and non-profit organizations in more than 52 countries.[4] Approximately 37,000 people are working at EF.[5]
EF was the official supplier of language training services to the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing,[6] and has been awarded the same role for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi.[7] As many as 70,000 Olympic staff, volunteers and tourist-sector workers are being trained using EF's online English training platforms in preparation for the 2014 games.[8]
EF English First is the English-language training (ELT) division of EF Education First. EF English First provides English training services for adults and children in China, Indonesia, and Russia.
Hult International Business School is affiliated with EF and is named for the founder, Bertil Hult.[9][10][11] The business school offers degree programs, which include MBA, Executive MBA, Master and Bachelor degrees. The school is present in 6 locations around the world, this includes Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai, and New York. Hult is the sponsor and organizer of the annual Hult Prize (formerly known as the Hult Global Case Challenge)[12] which seeks to motivate young business school graduates to address social issues through entrepreneurship[13][14]
Cultural Care Au Pair is a part of EF specialized in recruiting au pairs abroad and placing them in families in the United States. It is one of 14 designated sponsor organizations for the US J-1 au pair visa[15]
EF Education First also publishes the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), a ranking of countries by their English-language abilities. The latest report was released in November, 2013.
Related companies and organizations
- EF Englishtown
- EF English First
- Hult International Business School
- Cultural Care Au Pair
- EF Educational Tours
- EF International Academy
References
- ^ "The new face of Swedish socialism". Forbes.
- ^ Forsberg, Birgitta, "Miljardärssonen tar över imperiet", Affarsvarlden.se, 4 December 2009 (Swedish). "Billionaire Son takes over Empire"
- ^ "Bertil Hult: Der schweigsame Sprachlehrer". Bilanz 10/2006 (in German). 23 May 2006.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "EF Opens Four New International Language Centers Abroad, to Meet Young People's Demand for Hip and Exotic Study Destinations", 2010-10. Digital Journal.
- ^ Company Fact Sheet, EF website, accessed 6 January, 2014.
- ^ "Sponsors of the Beijing 2008 Olympics" Beijing Olympics website
- ^ "EF English First, Sochi 2014" Sochi 2014 official suppliers and partners
- ^ "Russia in race for Olympic English", 2011-06. Guardian.
- ^ Which MBA? Profiles: Hult International Business School, The Economist
- ^ Hult International Business School joins prestigious Financial Times Top 100 world's best global business schools, Hult International Business School press release, January 26, 2009
- ^ Grail Research Selected to Participate in Hult Internatioonal Business School Action Learning Project, IXL Center press release, June 29, 2009.
- ^ The case for optimism, Time Magazine, Bill Clinton, October 2012
- ^ "Hult Global Case Challenge To Announce Incubator-Based 'NGO 2.0' At Clinton Global Initiative Conference",Forbes,2012
- ^ "The Hult Prize", Hult Prize website
- ^ Designated Sponsor List J-1 visa, US Department of State