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Executive Education in Alternative Investments, Fund Analysis & Private Equity Advisor Certification
Private Equity
Apple, Google and BioNTech are household names today. But reaching that status was never a given. The decisive enabler was private equity. Here, you gain the expertise to invest in tomorrow's market leaders.
Registration
- German / English
- hybrid
- 6 ECTS
- 4 , 750 €
- Next start: 14.09.2026
- 6 Präsenztage
- Campus Rheingau
Invest in your instinct for growth opportunities
The "Private Equity" certificate programme provides a structured overview of, and in-depth insight into, private equity markets. Broad-based knowledge of the investment process, manager and fund selection and analysis, and the role of private equity within the asset management process lays the foundation for your future success in practice.
Concept in detail
The best return prospects: expertise for practice
Institutional and private investors have been seeking new investment opportunities and asset classes long before the era of low interest rates. By investing equity capital in non-listed companies, private equity has served as an engine of progress for decades. With the knowledge gained through the "Private Equity" certificate programme, you will be equipped to drive forward your clients' investments.
Why your time at EBS is an excellent investment
The core curriculum of the "Private Equity" certificate programme, developed together with the Bundesverband Alternative Investments e. V. (BAI), is continuously adapted to evolving market conditions. This practice-oriented approach prepares you, to the highest standard, for the rapidly growing segment of alternative investments — delivering returns for your career goals as well.
What matters to us
At EBS, we shape leaders. That is why we place great emphasis on the direct transfer of knowledge. We achieve this through guided "real-life cases" concrete, practice-based scenarios closely aligned with the programme and through forward-looking interaction that keeps the wider world in view. After all, only those who can assess risk develop a true feel for growth opportunities.
Your opportunities going forward
As a certified Private Equity Advisor (EBS/BAI), the programme equips you to assess private equity investment opportunities more soundly, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in terms of risk, return and portfolio contribution.
You will prepare and make investment decisions in a structured manner, both in institutional settings and in private client contexts.
Recognised by the Financial Times
The Financial Times has ranked the leading providers of executive education for 2026. EBS Universität's Executive School achieved an outstanding position nationally among open programmes. Among the criteria in which the Executive School particularly excelled were graduate satisfaction, programme design and faculty. The Financial Times Ranking confirms the excellence of the Executive School's programmes and underlines our commitment to enabling successful careers through further education.
What you ideally bring
Asset managers and wealth managers, investment advisers, independent financial services providers, proprietary portfolio (Depot-A) managers, tax advisers and lawyers, as well as professionals working in banks, insurance companies and pension funds, investment and asset management firms, family offices, foundations and church institutions.
Students wishing to take this specialisation as a focus module within the Master in Business, Wealth Management track.
Basic requirements
- Proof of a completed degree from a university, university of applied sciences or vocational academy
or
- Evidence of suitability through relevant professional experience or further training, preferably in financial services, together with proof of general or subject-restricted higher education entrance qualification
An investment that pays off
The tuition fee is 4,750 euros. For members of the Bundesverband Alternative Investments e. V. (BAI) and EBS Executive School alumni, the fee is 4,275 euros.
Tuition fees include course materials, lunch and refreshments.
Examination at the first scheduled sitting is included in the tuition fee, as is the first resit date set by the Examinations Office. A fee of 180 euros applies for each subsequent resit registration.
This service is exempt from VAT pursuant to Section 4 No. 21 a) bb) of the German VAT Act (UStG).
EBS's equity in expertise
Leading academics and practitioners teach on the "Private Equity" certificate programme as lecturers. They guarantee the outstanding quality of study at EBS.
Our lecturers
Academic Director: Prof. Dr. Rolf Tilmes, EBS Executive School
- Dr. Stefan Albrecht, CFA, Senior Expert Governance, Assetmanager, Management & Governance, Allianz Investment Management SE, Munich
- Daniel Boege, Partner, Head of Buyout, Golding Capital Partners GmbH, Munich
- Dr. Peter Brodehser, MBA, Partner Infrastructure Investments, DWS International GmbH, Frankfurt am Main // Vice Head, Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V., Bonn
- Kevin Epple, Investment Manager Private Markets, FERI AG, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Thomas Klein, Geschäftsführer, DEG Impact GmbH, Cologne
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Lauterbach, Geschäftsführer, LAUTICA GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
- Tarek Mardini, LL. M., Rechtsanwalt, Partner, POELLATH, Berlin
- Oleg Tarasov, Senior Investment Manager Private Markets, FERI AG, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Alexander von Wolffradt, Leiter des europäische Kundengeschäfts, Chairman ESG Committee, Portfolio Advisors, LLC, Zurich
- Timo Willershausen, Partner, Advisory – Deals, PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main
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cohorts of "Private Equity"
Several 100
graduates
Ten modules, six days - the best return on investment
The "Private Equity" certificate programme comprises ten modules delivered over six days and concludes with a comprehensive written examination lasting 180 minutes. Below you will find a detailed overview of the course content.
Module 1
Private equity as an asset class for institutional and private investors
- Definition and terminology
- Investment forms and vehicles
- Financing stages
- Historical development
- Market situation and competitive intensity
- Trends and developments in the private equity industry, and success factors within the sector
Module 2
Fundamentals of valuation for private equity investments
- Fundamentals of company valuation
- Valuation methods
Module 3
Analysis of private equity products
- Performance attribution
- Fundamentals of fund valuation (per EVCA)
- Risk analysis
- Fees and costs
Module 4
Economic, legal, tax and regulatory fundamentals of fund structures
- Core economic structures and key terms
- Legal framework
- Tax fundamentals
- Regulatory fundamentals
Module 5
The investment process from a single-fund perspective
- Investment process
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Exit
- Portfolio structure
Module 6
The investment process from a fund-of-funds perspective
- Fund-of-funds portfolio construction
- Commercial challenges of investing in private equity
- Investment process in detail
- Monitoring and relationship management
Module 7
Private equity within the asset management process
- Challenges of investing in private equity
- Portfolio, risk and liquidity management
- (Over-)commitment strategy
- The role of private debt in private equity transactions
- Administration
Module 8
Private equity and infrastructure investments
- Administration
- Investment process
- Investment monitoring and controlling
- Access routes and market entry strategies
Module 10
Trends: secondaries, continuation vehicles and liquidity-based investment solutions
- Private equity secondaries and continuation vehicles
- Definition of secondary transactions and continuation vehicles
- Mechanics, appeal and pricing of secondary transactions
- Mechanics and differences between GP-led and LP-led secondaries
- Liquidity-based investment solutions
- Growth in private equity product solutions
- Differences between new private equity product solutions and "classic" private equity investment solutions
- Challenges for asset managers arising from new private equity product solutions
- Liquidity and returns of new private equity product solutions within an inherently illiquid, closed-end asset class
- Key considerations for investors
- Private clients as a new investor group
- Market development, characteristics and challenges of private clients as a target group
- Overview of distribution channels
Good to know
Dates: reserve the time in your calendar
Start date: 14 September 2026
- Block phase: 14–19 September 2026
- Examination: 24 October 2026
ECTS credits and recognition towards the Master's programme
The "Private Equity" certificate programme carries 6 ECTS credits, which can be credited towards the "Master in Business (M. A.)" with a specialisation in „Wealth Management“.
Format: hybrid
This executive education programme is delivered in hybrid format. You may attend either on campus or via Zoom.
Helpful documents
Our partner
The "Private Equity" certificate programme is delivered in partnership with the Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI). Founded in Bonn in 1997, the BAI represents the interests of the alternative investment sector in Germany across all asset classes and products. Its membership spans every area of the professional alternative investment industry, with 300 national and international companies currently members of the association.
The BAI is committed to helping professional investors in Germany diversify their capital more easily and effectively into alternative asset classes, with particular attention to the long-term security of German pension provision. It regards legislative reform and the ongoing development of the law in the interests of its members and their investors as a core part of its mission.
The BAI contributes to numerous legislative initiatives and consultations at national and European level, and takes part in hearings as an expert body. It holds regular discussions with representatives from politics, business and the relevant committees in Brussels and Berlin. The BAI also conducts regular surveys in the alternative investment space (the BAI Investor Survey) and produces due diligence questionnaires, fact sheets and information brochures on a wide range of topics.
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I will be happy to help you
Prof. Dr. Rolf Tilmes
Programme Director