The Department of Engineering at Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, a private, federally recognized university of applied sciences, offers part-time bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering fields, designed for working professionals.
Address: Jungholzstrasse 43, 8050 Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Part of Kalaidos Education Group. Focus on extra-occupational (part-time) study, with practical relevance to students’ professional environments.
Research:
Applied research projects often linked to students’ companies or specific industry challenges.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
100
Current students***:
500
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
2000
Pros
Offers flexible, part-time engineering and IT degrees suitable for working professionals.
Cons
Private university, tuition fees apply. Part-time model may mean longer study duration.
Best For
Working professionals seeking part-time bachelor’s or master’s degrees in engineering or computer science.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- The comparison with Akademie St.Gallen, Höhere Fachschule für Technik is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on metrology, quality and signal processing, and it also offers diploma programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 400 students against roughly 500 here.
- Juventus Schulen Zürich, Technik HF & Medizintechnik HF overlaps with this school on metrology, quality and signal processing, so the two are easy to compare, and it also offers diploma programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 500 students.
- IBZ Schulen für Technik Informatik Wirtschaft works in much the same fields, chiefly metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, and it covers civil engineering and software engineering as well, and is far larger, with about 1,500 students against roughly 500 here.
- Among national alternatives, Berner Fachhochschule, Departement Technik und Informatik stands out for its focus on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, and it is far larger, with about 2,500 students against roughly 500 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
- In terms of fields, Höhere Fachschule für Technik und Management Zürich is the nearest neighbour, with metrology, quality and signal processing again at the core; it is also a private institution and also offers diploma programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- University of Technology and Economics in Szczecin, in Poland, takes a similar route through quality, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers logistics and transportations as well.
- ISMANS (France) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly quality, nanotechnologies and optics; it covers logistics and aerospace as well, and has almost the same size, at about 500 students.
- Seen from abroad, ELISA Aerospace (France) is a close relative on subject matter, since optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics are central to both, and it covers aerospace and software engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 700 students against roughly 500 here.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics is Ishinomaki Senshu University in Japan, and it is far larger, with about 1,500 students against roughly 500 here, and is also a private institution.
- For a study option in Japan with a comparable spread of nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology is the reference point: it is also a private institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Project Management, Quality Management
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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