| University of St. Gallen | |
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| Universität St. Gallen | |
| Established | May 25, 1898 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | CHF 193.64 million annual budget (2010)[1] |
| President | Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger |
| Academic staff | 84 Professors[1] 79 Assistant professors[1] >400 Lecturers[1] |
| Admin. staff | 285 Core administration |
| Students | 6,726[1] |
| Undergraduates | 3,656[1] |
| Postgraduates | 3,043[1] |
| Doctoral students | 782[1] |
| Location | St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Campus | Urban (Rosenberg hill) |
| Newspapers | HSGBlatt, Prisma |
| Colors | Green, White and Black |
| Mascot | Peterli |
| Affiliations | CEMS, APSIA, EQUIS, AACSB |
| Website | www.unisg.ch |
The University of St. Gallen (in German: Universität St. Gallen) is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs.[2] The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German name Hochschule St. Gallen.
Despite being one of the smaller universities in Switzerland, the University of St. Gallen has Switzerland's largest faculty for business administration.[3] It is considered to be one of the leading business schools in Europe.[4] Recently, the Financial Times ranked the University of St. Gallen's Master's program in Management (SIM) 1st worldwide and its Master's program in Finance (MBF) 12th worldwide.[5]
The University of St. Gallen is a member of the CEMS and APSIA networks. It is EQUIS and AACSB accredited.[6][7]
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The University of St. Gallen was founded as a "business academy" in 1898 and offered its first lectures in 1899, making it one of the oldest universities of its kind in the world.
In autumn 2009, there were about 6,500 students, 80 tenured professors, 60 assistant professors and senior lecturers, and over 300 lecturers and 300 assistants.[8] The University is financed by the Canton of St. Gallen and other Swiss cantons. The laws of the Canton of St. Gallen give the university far-reaching research autonomy.[9]
The University of St. Gallen is located on top of Rosenberg hill, overlooking the old town of St. Gallen and the Alps. A remarkable feature is the integration of art and architecture throughout the campus.[10]
In the Main Building, designed by Walter Foerderer [11] and regarded as a significant exemplar of 1960s architecture far beyond Switzerland's borders, art tends to play the role of a counterpart to the architecture, whereas in the Library Building of 1989, the works of art complement the diversity of architectural forms in a narrative fashion. There are works by Burckhardt, Mastroianni, Kemény, Penalba,[12] Arp, Braque, Hajdu, Soniatta, Miró, Calder, Soulages, Giacometti, Tàpies, Coghuf, Valentin, Otto Müller, Stahly, Baier, Bodmer, Oertli, Gehr, Gubler, Prantl, Baumgarten, Disler, Bill, Josef Felix Müller, Paladino, Richter, Fabro, and Cucchi.
The University's attractive location between Lake Constance and the Alps makes St. Gallen an ideal setting for all kinds of leisure activities such as skiing, hiking, or sailing.
In 1995, a convention and executive education center of the University of St. Gallen opened a few minutes walk from the main university campus. Extended in 2007, it today comprises several plenary halls as well as 54 business rooms.[13]
The University of St. Gallen also maintains a "Singapore Hub" to connect local faculty, students, alumni and companies with academic activities.[14]
Following a restructuring in 2011, there are five schools at the University of St. Gallen: the School of Management (SoM-HSG), the School of Finance (SoF-HSG), the Law School (LS-HSG), the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS-HSG), and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS-HSG). Study programs are typically associated with a specific school but are taught jointly by faculty members from several schools. A special role plays the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG) which has the status of an Institut mit besonderen gesamtuniversitären Aufgaben and which runs the MBA and executive education programs.[15]
The crystallization points of research at the University of St. Gallen are about 40 institutes and research centres, which are an integral part of the university. The directors of the institutes double as professors of the University of St. Gallen. Bringing theory and practice together, the institutes provide an important input for teaching at the University and play a significant role in furthering the careers of young academics. 80 tenured professors, 60 assistant professors and senior lecturers, and more than 300 lecturers and 300 assistants, plus distinguished visiting professors cultivate the scientific discourse with the students.
The University of St. Gallen is a member of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) and the Auto-ID Labs network.
A new structure of Studies became operational as of winter 2001/2002. Degrees are now divided into Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral programs in accordance with the Bologna Process. Courses at the Bachelor level are typically given in German, while many Master's programs and most Doctoral programs are taught in English. The Bachelor degree programs begin with an Assessment year for all students. Upon successful completion of this year, students can then choose one of five majors for their remaining two years of study as listed below. The majority of Bachlor students are enrolled in Business Administration. Besides the University of St. Gallen only the University of Geneva offers an International Affairs program within Switzerland. The Master's programs cover the same range of studies, but are more specialized. The Masters programs typically run from 1.5 to 2 years. Besides the CEMS Master’s in International Management, further double degrees may be obtained in cooperation with partner universities such as Bocconi University, ESADE, HEC Paris, Nanyang Technological University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Rotterdam School of Management, or Sciences Po Paris.[16][17]
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The University of St.Gallen hosts 25% international students, an upper limit which has been fixed by the government.[18]
There are about 80 clubs at the University of St. Gallen. Particularly well-known is the Internation Students' Committee, a club consisting of about 25 students who organize the annual St. Gallen Symposium. Since 1970 the St. Gallen Symposium brings together leaders from business, science, politics and society with students from all over the world. AIESEC St. Gallen is a club that was founded in 1951 and that provides an international internship program. One of the largest clubs with more than 600 members is DocNet, the doctoral students' club at the University of St. Gallen. Founded in 2001, a major event of DocNet is the annual DocNet Management Symposium. Also a chapter of Oikos International, a student organization for sustainable development, plays an active role at the University of St. Gallen. Other clubs are mostly sports clubs, cultural clubs, or associations of students of different countries or cantons, subject specific clubs related to specializations at the University of St. Gallen as well as fraternities.[19]
The official organization of former students of the University of St. Gallen is HSG Alumni. With more than 19,000 members and 80 alumni clubs on 4 continents, it is one of Europe's leading associations of its kind. Since 1930, the club has been reinforcing the alumni's lifelong bonds with the University, as well as the networks among its members, by means of numerous events and information platforms.[20]
In the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2009, the University of St. Gallen is ranked 30th globally and 13th within Europe. Within the German speaking area, St. Gallen takes the lead. The St. Gallen EMBA is ranked 60 worldwide and ranked 21 within Europe.[21] St. Gallen was ranked 26th among the Global Top 200 Business Schools in QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2010 ranking.[22] The Masters of Arts program in Strategy and International Management (SIM) has been ranked 1st and the Masters of Arts program in Banking and Finance (MBF) has been ranked 12th globally by Financial Times in the 2011 ranking.[23] Bloomberg Businessweek has included St. Gallen MBA as one of the Top 23 programs outside the US.[24] The Wall Street Journal has ranked St. Gallen MBA 13th globally for accelerated MBA program.[25] Handelsblatt, a German business newspaper, has ranked the University of St. Gallen 2nd in Business Administration in 2009 and 9th in Economics in 2011 for its research output among universities in Germany, Austria, and the German speaking part of Switzerland.[26][27] According to a 2009 ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development, a German think tank, the University of St. Gallen belongs to a top group of only six universities in Europe that provide an outstanding overall study situation for Master's and doctoral students in Economics.[28] In 2011, the program M.A. Strategy and International Management (SIM) of the University of St.Gallen was ranked 1st worldwide, leaving its peer programs from HEC Paris and London School of Economics behind.
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