Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences


Type	Private business school
Established	1995 in the course of changes to the Swiss higher education system (predecessor founded 1975) ^[1]
President	Jakob Limacher^[2]
Administrative staff	45
Undergraduates	550
Postgraduates	1,400
Location	Zurich, Bern, St. Gallen, Basle, CH ^[1]
Campus	Urban, dispersed
Website

The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences is one of eight federally recognized Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences. It currently comprises the following Departments:

History

The Kalaidos UAS is one of the two Swiss UAS organized according to private law. As such, it does not receive federal or cantonal subsidies, but is also less constrained by bureaucratic rules and regulations.^[3]

Departments

Department of Business and Management

The Department of Business and Management focuses on current and practice-oriented knowledge and learning is not confined to the classroom. The school offers undergraduate programs in Business Administration and Business Information Systems, master's degree programs with different areas of specialization such as Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) executive master's courses (EMBA), as well as a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program from the University of Gloucestershire. Guided self-study courses are combined with classroom teaching.

Department of Health

The WE'G University of Health was founded in 2006 as part of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences and has established itself by the end of 2011 with about 400 students in bachelor's and master's degree programs. Since January 2012, it is located in the Health-Center Zurich on the Careum campus and the school is since named Kalaidos Department of Health.

Department of Music

The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences is the only recognized private multi-disciplinary University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. Since 2010 it has been offering advanced study courses in music education. Its professional mandate embraces a Bachelor of Arts curriculum in Classical Music and also in Jazz & Popular Music, administered by the Foundation of the Swiss Academy for Music & Music Education.

References

1 2 "Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences". http://www.universitieshandbook.com. External link in |journal= (help)
↑ "Rapport annuel". https://www.yumpu.com. 2008. External link in |journal= (help)
↑ "Switzerland's Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)". http://www.sbfi.admin.ch. External link in |journal= (help)

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Coordinates: 47°24′55″N 8°32′38″E / 47.415367°N 8.543868°E / 47.415367; 8.543868

Universities in Switzerland

Public universities	University of Basel University of Bern University of Fribourg University of Geneva University of Neuchâtel University of Lausanne University of Lucerne Università della Svizzera Italiana University of St. Gallen University of Zurich ETH Zurich EPFL

Public universities of applied sciences	Bern University of Applied Sciences College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg Switzerland Zurich University of Applied Sciences Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

Private universities of applied sciences	Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences LRG University of Applied Sciences

Other institutions accredited by CRUS	Franklin University Switzerland Graduate Institute Geneva Theologische Hochschule Chur

Swiss University Conference

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