Apart of overall values stipulated within strategic goals and policy, there are six specific values stated in our Strategy, describing determination towards quality of education that we provide and realization of our Vision. They are:

1. High value for money – we at University College for Applied Computer Engineering strongly believe that extremely high value should be given to our students in exchange for tuition fee they are paying. This is even more so today with “Free study to all” initiative in Croatia, than it was during the time our Strategy was developed. Stated is achieved through; curriculum that closely matches industry requirements, best training materials and teachers, industrial certification included within formal program and support in respect to cooperation with employers and subsequent employment through Career centre and Economic Committee.

2. High level of professionalism and specialization – although opportunism is immanent to present development phase of Croatian higher educational system, we are fully aware that trying to simultaneously become expert in many fields ends up being, at best, average in all of them. We are not interested in being just average, so all our efforts will be still focused on development of excellence in the field of applied computer engineering, the same field in which we are active and successful for more than 12 years. Furthermore, for the aforesaid reason University College for Applied Computer Engineering will not develop nor offer accredited short lifelong learning programs until Croatian Qualification Framework endorsing such programs on higher educational level is finished. Present accredited adult education programs on level 4 of Cro QF and EQF will be still offered by Algebra POU, established market leader and the member of the same educational group as University College for Applied Computer Engineering.     

3. Value of international certification build in our program – Higher education will never be replaced by system of industrial certification for many reasons. Still, in the field of ICT value of international industrial certification is extremely important in Croatia (accordingly to survey University College for Applied Computer Engineering conducted with Croatian Employers’ Association - ICT and Croatian Chambers of Economy in 2010, 30% - 50% of employers consider certificates as an important asset in selection process) and globally (according to Microsoft and Certcities.com wages of certified engineers are 13-15% higher compared to their non-certified colleagues working on the same jobs). Industrial certificates are acquired through the process of independent external assessment organized and controlled on the global level by technology providers. Therefore it serves not only to students and their prospective employers but also to the University College for Applied Computer Engineering and the public as an independent measure of educational achievements of our students. 
   
   
4. Strong and constant determination towards quality – From its very beginning, while still in preparation of training program, our founder signed Contract with FER - most prominent higher educational institution in the field of computing in Croatia and wider region, in order to increase quality of curriculum being developed. Accordingly to the stated Contract, FER and its experts will continue to conduct program assessments on annual basis, in order to help University College for Applied Computer Engineering maintain high quality of its educational work. Positive review of 2010’ FER assessment and initiation of Pilot project in quality assessment and enhancement in professional higher education institutions in Croatia, both evidence that determination towards quality is not just wishful thinking.
   
   
5. Responsibility towards employers’ and students’ trust – It makes tremendous difference to students in higher education, whether they are studying with the best in generation or with those not being able to pass state high school graduation examination or institution’s entrance examination (if any). Quality of enrolled students determines consequently level of education that higher educational institution can conduct and hence results of the whole educational process. Furthermore, if an institution is for any reason willing to enroll students incapable of successful completion of the program, it can be certain that not only these deceived students will be unhappy for time and effort lost (and in worse case money paid for tuition fee), but they will also serve as bad ambassadors to employers and the public. Damage made to institution’s reputation and public trust, and also damage made to all other students, even excellent ones, is long lasting and almost unrecoverable. For all the aforesaid reasons, we at University College for Applied Computer Engineering highly respect given trust and we never put short term incomes or benefits ahead of responsibility, quality and trust. 

6. Long-term and systematic development of internal strengths and capabilities – Investment in any higher educational institution is rarely motivated by speculative reasons. Instead, in its core there should be intrinsic motivation and willingness to promote wellbeing of wider social community. Since we at University College for Applied Computer Engineering start from the same paradigm, it is our strong believe that by development of our internal resources and capabilities we can, given time, build higher educational institution that will be internationally comparable and will serve economy as a source of competitive advantage on EU and global markets.