Kalaidos university of Applied Sciences

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The Kalaidos university of Applied Sciences. Kalaidos University is the only private university in Switzerland that is fully accredited by the Swiss government. We are located in Zurich, the leading financial and industrial city in Switzerland. Our closeness to the financial markets and top industries makes us the leading provider of executive training and education. We consider ourselves as ed...ucational service provider for practice partners. Therefore, our key strategies are: flexibility, individual study pathways, collaborations with practice partners and our own high-qualified, responsible employees.
We rely on four strategic pillars:

• We continue to develop our educational goals and programmes with regard to flexibility, individual study programs, efficiency and practical relevance.
• We maintain our collaborations with leading partners in relevant professional fields.
• We encourage academic qualifications of our teaching and research staff as well as knowledge transfer between research and teaching.
• We enhance our processes and rely on responsible and proactive employees.

We meet our customer requirements with four outstanding advantages

• The content and the organisation of our study programmes foster the professional requirements and the students’ personal life situation.
• Our studies are not only part-time, but also integrated in professional practice: job and study activities are deliberately combined in order to enhance added value at work.
• The self-study method of Kalaidos UAS follows the AKAD method, which is outstanding since the 1950iers. It enables students to efficiently and independently acquire their knowledge.
• The teaching staff are experts in their profession, most of them are employed in their professional areas. This qualifies them for teaching that is grounded in daily practice.

We focus especially on our customers, the practice relevance and the quality of our study programs. We see our students as customers. This means: a) It is our top priority to provide the best service, b) We design our individualised educational services in order for them to be compatible with professional and family life, c) We provide access to our educational programme with the greatest possible flexibility. Finally, performance, motivation and experience count, not age, gender, life situation or social background. We commission our services in teaching and research always according to the professional practice of our students. Our range of courses is oriented to educational and developmental needs in the working environment. We enable our students to self-efficiently implement their potential for success within their professional practice. This focus leads to study programmes with direct career-effective professional qualification.
We provide a high-quality service in the field of teaching, training, research and development as well as services. We also are in accordance with federal accreditation criteria for or Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences. The quality commitment related to the accreditation motivates and guides us. Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences considers itself as notably eligible for professionals with job and family duties, who want to acquire their competences quickly, reliably and professionally and proceed with their career-efficient goals.
Applied research and development is part of the mission of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences. And this is for a very good reason: research creates knowledge - and thus provides the basis for a knowledge society. A look around the world shows: Where there is research, there is progress. Research leads to progress in all areas: in business and society, in medicine and politics - and also in art and culture. Research at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences is aligned to the needs in practice and in teaching. Students are involved in the research. And research results go back into the classroom and inform the teaching. We connect our scientific teaching closely with our research projects. Students gain insights into real research questions, guided by experienced researchers. Practice partners benefit from the high level of commitment that characterizes the students conducting research. Thus, learning and research go hand in hand.