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The Kalidas University of Applied Sciences. Kalidas 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 an educational 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 programs about flexibility, individual study programs, efficiency, and practical relevance. We maintain our collaborations with leading partners in relevant professional fields. We encourage our teaching and research staff's academic qualifications and 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 organization of our study programs foster the professional requirements and the students' personal life situation. Our studies are part-time and integrated into professional practice: job and study activities are deliberately combined 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 is 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 primarily on our customers, the practice of relevance, and the quality of our study programs. We see our students as customers. This means: It is our top priority to provide the best service. We design our individualized educational services in order for them to be compatible with professional and family life. We provide access to our educational program 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 programs with direct career-effective professional qualifications. We provide a high-quality service in the field of teaching, training, research, development, and services. We also are following federal accreditation criteria for or Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences. The quality commitment related to the accreditation motivates and guides us. Kalidas University of Applied Sciences considers itself as notably eligible for professionals with job and family duties, who want to quickly, reliably, and professionally acquire their competencies 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 an excellent 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 art and culture. Research at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences is aligned to the needs in practice and 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. View full university