EDAMBA is the ‘European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration’. The Association aims to promote and facilitate cooperation among Doctoral Programmes in Management and Business Administration. EDAMBA members are Business Schools, Universities and Schools of Management with PhD programmes.  Established in 1991, EDAMBA`s mission is to develop common ideas, values, evaluation criteria, standards, and practices to assess and enhance the quality of doctoral education, through the exchange of experiences and cooperation in a global network.

EDAMBA has 60 members from 30 countries.  Members are committed to creating and sharing initiatives and achieving excellence whilst appreciating and promoting collaboration, diversity and community building.  

Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman is a single member of EDAMBA from Ukraine.

EDAMBA's purpose is to:

• Provide a network to exchange information.
• Promote research co-operation.
• Help to increase the quality of PhD programmes.
• Create an environment of excellence with a European perspective.
• Pursue diversity.
    

EDAMBA has four principal activities: 

1. Summer Research Academy – a forum for doctoral students. 
2. Consortium – a forum for PhD supervisors in collaboration with EIASM.
3. Thesis Competition – an award for doctoral dissertations. 
4. Annual Meeting – a forum for Directors of PhD progammes.