East Asia Institute of Management-Queen Margaret University

The history of East Asia Institute of Management and its genesis into one of Singapore’s top private education institution (PEI) began 35 years ago when our Founder, Dr. Andrew Chua, started Informatics Software (S/W) in 1984 to train IT software professionals and managers for then burgeoning IT industry.

It was also in line with the government effort to transform the Singapore into a high-tech and high value-added economy. From year 1984 – 2000, it has trained more than 50,000 IT professionals and managers.

Informatics S/W was transformed into an academic institute and renamed the East Asia School of Business (EASB).

EASB adopted the UK CATS framework in the design of its diploma and advanced diploma programmes, and the decision made EASB’s diploma and advanced diplomas internationally recognized, as well as articulated and accepted by about 30 universities in UK, Australia and N.Z, which gave our students a wide choice of pathways for the final-year degree.

EASB ETEDP Certificate of business English is recognized by more than a dozen overseas universities.

In 2002, EASB entered an articulation and franchise arrangement with Queen Margaret University, and in 2003, tied-up with Edinburgh Business School (Heriot-Watt University) to offer postgraduate programmes.

Recognition of EASB’s success came rapidly. In 2003, EASB became one of the first Private Education Organizations (PEOs) to receive the prestigious Singapore Quality Class (SQC) for PEOs Award by SPRING Singapore, a Singapore government agency responsible for standards setting and quality assurance in Singapore. The Singapore Quality Class for PEO award was given to private education institutions to recognize them for attaining a commendable level of performance in their journey to education excellence.

In 2004, EASB moved into a self-contained campus in Henderson Road, making it one of the very few PEIs to have their own campus. EASB was upgraded into a management institute and renamed the East Asia Institute of Management. Notwithstanding its new name and elevated status, East Asia Institute of Management continued to be referred to as EASB. The letters “EASB” have been trademarked in several countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar and the People’s Republic of China, and serve as the letterings for our corporate logo.