International orientation The University of St.Gallen (HSG) encourages and enables students to supplement their academic curriculum with inter national experience. Double degrees, exchange programmes, students from all over the world, an international faculty, an internationally oriented curriculum and networks give students the opportunity to experience foreign cultures and perspectives first hand.
International exchange programmes Exchange semesters
• 34% of students come from 80 different nations • 64% of the faculty come from abroad • Selected visiting professors from various countries
Bachelor’s and Master’s students at the University of St.Gallen have different options for exchange stays at another university: • Partner university exchange Exchange at one of the 170 partner universities all over the world • Swiss Mobility Exchange at another Swiss university • Freemover Exchange at a non-partner university of the HSG www.exchange.unisg.ch
Networks:
HSG Asia Term in Singapore / Management in Europe
• The Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS) • Partnership in International Management (PIM) • Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) • Global Business School Network (GBSN)
The HSG Asia Term is a special programme for Bachelor’s students with a strong interest in Asia. During their stay in Singapore, students attend lectures at the Singapore Management University (SMU) and work in business consulting projects with multinational companies. In return, a group of students from the SMU spend an exchange semester at the HSG and attend courses on the topic of Management in Europe. www.asiaterm.unisg.ch www.singapore.unisg.ch
International students and faculty:
The HSG supports international networking with (a selection): • Hub in São Paulo • In Singapore we run a Hub and the St.Gallen Institute of Management in Asia (SGI) www.singapore.unisg.ch • Asia Research Center www.arc.unisg.ch • The Sino-Swiss Management Training Programme www.sino-swiss.unisg.ch • Centro Latinoamericano-Suizo de la Universidad de San Gallen www.cls.unisg.ch
Special exchange for MIA students Students of the Master’s in International Affairs and Governance can participate in special exchange programmes with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, the School of International Relations, St.Petersburg State University, and the Graduate Institute (HEID), Geneva.
Exchange in the QUEEN network The Master’s in Quantitative Economics and Finance is part of the Quantitative Economics European Network (QUEEN). Students have the opportunity to spend one semester at a QUEEN partner university.
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