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The view on the city from the nearby hills. The St. Gallen University is in the foreground, the Abbey of St. Gall is visible above

The University of St. Gallen (in German: Universität St. Gallen) is a university in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

It's generally known as HSG, the acronym of its former name Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften St. Gallen. It is sometimes known in English as the University of St. Gallen for Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences. It has the largest business faculty of any Swiss university and belongs to Europe's leading business schools.

The University of St. Gallen is member of the CEMS network.

Overview

The University of St. Gallen for Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences was founded in 1898 and began operating in 1899. It is therefore one of the oldest universities of its kind in the world. At the beginning of 2000, there were about 4,700 students and some 80 professors. In terms of numbers, the University of St. Gallen may well be one of Europe's smaller universities, but it has Switzerland's largest «faculty of economic sciences». It concentrates on the training and continuing education of experts and leaders in business, public administration, and the law. The University is financed by the Canton of St. Gallen, which gives it far reaching autonomy.

Studies

A new structure of Studies has become operational as of Winter 2001/2002. The program is now divided in Bachelor's, Masters's and Doctoral Programs according to the Bologna Reform.

The Bachelor Programs start with an Assessment year which is the same for all students. Then the students can choose a major for the last two years out of the following list:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics
  • Bachelor of Arts in Law
  • Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs
  • Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics

The last two programs were started in 2001. The program of International Affairs is becoming very popular as only the University of Geneva and the University of St. Gallen HSG are offering such programs in switzerland. But the biggest part of students is still enrolled in Business Administration.

The Master's Programs cover the same range but are more specialized. The Master's program take usally 1 to 2 years.

MBA

In 2005 the University of St. Gallen started its first full time MBA programme. Courses start in January and finish in December. The programme is subdivided into 4 Terms, whereof the third is used for a project with external partners and is free of lectures. Tuition fees are in comparison with other European MBA programmes fairly low. The University of St. Gallen aims the programme to be listed in the top 5 of the FT rankings.

See also

Notable alumni

  • Paul Achleitner, board member, Allianz
  • Josef Ackermann, CEO, Deutsche Bank
  • Christophe R. Gautier, President, SiberHegner Holding
  • André Hofmann, board member, Roche
  • Walter Kielholz, President, Credit Suisse
  • Fürst Hans Adam II. von Liechtenstein
  • Hans-Rudolf Merz, Bundesrat (Federal Council of Switzerland)
  • Wolfgang Reichenberger, board member, Nestlé
  • Roger Schawinski, CEO, SAT.1 (German TV channel)
  • Stefan Wäspi, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,
  • Peter Wuffli, CEO, UBS
  • Johannes Züll, CEO, NTV (German TV channel)
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