President Jakob Limacher Campus Urban, dispersed Phone +41 44 200 19 19 Undergraduates 550 Colors White, Blue | Administrative staff 45 Total enrollment 2,533 (2015) Founded 1995 Postgraduates 1,400 | |
Type Private business school Established 1995 in the course of changes to the Swiss higher education system (predecessor founded 1975) Address Jungholzstrasse 43, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland Similar PHW Business School B, Zurich University of Applie, Zürcher Fachhochschule, Fernfachhochschule Schweiz, Bern University of Applie Profiles | ||
The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences is one of eight federally recognized Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences. It currently comprises the following Departments:
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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.
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.