Elevating
careers.
University-validated, online career-related study programmes for upper-secondary schools, designed to fit national curricula and the IB Career-related Programme. Ready for your school to adopt.
Developed in Switzerland
Three fields to start. One framework.
Each programme draws on content from the specialised schools of the Kalaidos group and from industry partners, and slots into the CP as a career-related study: as an elective or specialisation, or in the IB CP as a career-related study. More fields will be added over time.
Banking & Finance
Banking, finance and advisory in the Swiss financial centre.
Hospitality & Tourism
Hotel, tourism and gastronomy: service professions with a Swiss signature.
Information Technology
Artificial intelligence, data science and cybersecurity for a career in computing.
Credibility, rooted in Switzerland.
Switzerland has topped WIPO’s Global Innovation Index for 16 years and ranks among the world’s three most competitive economies, first for education (IMD). Its dual education system is the benchmark for moving from school to work. ALPERA builds on it.
Part of an accredited group
ALPERA is part of Kalaidos, an accredited Swiss education group across vocational and higher education with roots going back to 1904. The content comes from the group's specialised schools and from established industry partners.
University-validated
Each programme is academically validated by a partner university and carries ECTS credit: a genuine second credential, not a badge.
Delivered & supported
Delivered fully online, hybrid with optional onsite summer and winter schools, or locally by your own teachers, certified by us, integrated into your timetable.
A career-related study programme, ready to plug in.
Fits your timetable as an elective, specialisation or career-orientation module that students can take into higher education.
Multilingual by design, English first, then French and German.
Each CRS connects to the CP core: ethics and advisory feed Personal & Professional Skills, real-world projects fit Community Engagement, and every field suits the Reflective Project.
Pairs with subjects such as Business Management, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or Global Politics, whether national courses or IB DP courses, depending on the field.
Students graduate with a dual credential: their school diploma or IB CP certificate plus a university-validated certificate with ECTS.
CRS is available to IB and non-IB students.
Students graduate with their school diploma and a university-validated certificate with ECTS in their chosen field. For CP students, Alpera certifies the career-related study towards the IB CP Certificate.
+ IB CP Certificate, where offered
+ Career-related study programme (ECTS)
Be among the first schools on the list.
The programmes are in preparation. Tell us about your school and we'll come to you first, with the full outline, the fields and the timelines. Two minutes, and it commits you to nothing.
The registration form is hosted on Microsoft Forms. We'll only use your details to contact you about this programme.
A new era in education
A Kalaidos Education Group company
Zürich, Switzerland