Dedicated since 2002 to cross-cultural education with a global perspective, United Institute is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, student-centered and institutionally-accredited collegiate private higher education institution rooted in applied sciences and the regional economy, with independent divisions in Zurich and Amsterdam. In addition to its Zurich-based main and online campuses, United Institute’s education centers are based across Europe and Japan. In the 22-23 academic year, United Institute celebrated its 20^th anniversary.

Its constituent schools, the United International Business School (UIBS) and the United School for Liberal Studies (organize professionally-oriented and flexible study programs with multiple starting dates at the Undergraduate/Bachelor and (Post)Graduate/Master/Doctorate levels, targeted at metropolitan minds.

Its main constituent school UIBS is institutionally-accredited by the EQAR-listed British Accreditation Council (BAC), holds programmatic accreditation from the EQAR-listed ‘Fundación para el Conocimiento Madri+d’, and holds programmatic accreditation from the CHEA-recognized Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).