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The HSG: a portrait Facts and figures

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Vision 4General Principles 6The University of St.Gallen (HSG) 10The organisation of the HSG 13Schools and ES-HSG 14The HSG – an overview 18

Teaching and Learning 22Students 23Degree courses 26Degree courses and the labour market 29Rankings 30Life-long ties 31Executive education at the HSG 32

People – Research – Added Value 34Strategic cooperation 36Research focus 37Issue-related research – profile areas 38Research platform Alexandria 40

Internationality and Regional Roots 42International partnerships 44Enrolments for English-language Master’s programmes 45Region 47Public lectures 49

Entrepreneurship and Financial Power 50Entrepreneurial units at the HSG 51Funding 52Value created by the HSG in the region 53

Overview

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Vision As one of Europe’s leading business universities,

we are recognised globally as a place for thought

leadership on current economic, business, and

social matters and for the development of talent

able to integrate perspectives and act both entrepreneurially

and responsibly.

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General Principles

To this end, we strengthen and develop:

• thelong-standingHSGcultureoftrust,mutualrespectandcooperationbetweenstudents,faculty,andadministration;

• theintegrationofeconomic,legal,socialandculturalperspectives,aswellasinternationalaffairs,asabasisforanalysingcontemporarychallengesinsocietyandtheeconomy;

• thepromotionoflifelonglearningfromdegree-coursestudiestoexecutiveeducationwiththeactiveinvolvementoftheHSG’salumni;

• theinvolvementofstudentsinthedevelopmentoftheHSGandtheirlifelongtiestotheUniversity;

• promotinginteractionbetweenfacultyandstudentsinanenvironmentcharacterisedbydiversity;

• aresearchculturethatprizesexcellenceandthatisfullycommittedtoacademicfreedom;

• entrepreneurialplatforms–suchastheinstitutes,courseprogrammesandSchools–thatattaintheobjectivesoftheUniversityasawholeandaresustainedbytheinitiativeofstudentsandfaculty;

• thesynergeticdevelopmentofregionalandinternationalroots;

• aneffective,inspiringcampusinfrastructureandaservice-orientedadministration;

• asizethatpermitstheHSGtocreateitsownprofiletopursueasensibleinternaldivisionoflabourandtoenhanceitspositionontheinterna-tionalacademicarena,whilestillallowingforpersonaldevelopmentandflexible,pragmaticstructures.

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Asastateuniversity,wearecarefultocreateasecurefinancialframeworkthatsafeguardsthedevelopmentofourteachingandresearchquality.Forthisreason,wecultivateasenseofentrepreneurshipthatisintheinterestoftheUniversityasawhole.Forlargescaleinnovationprojects,welooktoformsofmixedpublic/privatefundingwhileatthesametimeconsideringnewbusinessmodelsfortheUniversityoverthelongerterm.Withthehelpofahighproportionofthird-partyresourcesandlong-termsponsor-shiprevenues,weareabletofurtheropenupandexpandtherangeofouracademicactivitiesandstrategicscope.Inallthis,weareawareofthespecialresponsibilitythatasapublicinstitutionwebearforhowwemeetthesechallenges.

Asaconsequenceoftheglobalpresenceofourresearch,thediversityofstudentsandfaculty,andthefactthatwesystematicallyenablebothstudentsandfacultytogatherstudyandresearchexperienceinforeigncountries,wehaveestablishedandfurthertheHSG’spositionintheworldwideuniversitylandscape.Atthesametime,wecultivateandreinforcetheHSG’srootsinthecityandthecantonbyincreasingthepublic’slevelofawarenessoftheregionandguaranteetheregion’saccesstointernationalknowledge.Inthisway,wesafeguardSt.Gallenasaneducationallocationinthelongtermandcontributetothecreationofeconomicandsocialvalueintheregion.

WiththeHSG’sworkingenvironment,weofferacademicswhoarecommittedtoundertakingscholarshipandwhoareinterestedininterdis-ciplinaryapproachesaplaceforreflectionwhich–thankstoourunquali-fiedcommitmenttoacademicfreedom–enablesthemtoconductresearchatthehighestlevelofexcellence.Throughthisresearch,wemakeacontributiontowardsthesolutionofcurrentproblemsintheeconomyandinsocietywhilebeinggloballyperceivedasanopinionleaderinouranalysesofselectedissues.

Teaching and Learning Internationalisation and Regional Roots

Entrepreneurship and Financial PowerPeople – Research – Added Value

Weoffertalentedanddedicatedstudentsacarefullycalibratedrangeofmajorsthatsatisfythehighestinternationalstandardsandarerecognisedassuch.Westriveforeducationalexcellencebymeansofexcellentteaching,transparentcoursestructuresandefficientadministrativeprocesses,whileatthesametimerespondingtothedevelopmentsincutting-edgeknowledgeandinthegloballabourmarket.Weseektoinculcateboththeskillstosolvecomplexproblemsinastructuredmannerandtheacademic,socialandculturalskillsneededforalllevelsoflifelonglearning.Inthisway,weeducateentrepreneurialpersonalitieswithlifelongtiestotheHSGwhoseactionsareinformedbysocialresponsibilityforthebenefitoftheeconomyandsociety.

Specific Principles

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WhatisnowknownastheUniversityofSt.Gallen–SchoolofManage-ment,Economics,Law,SocialSciencesandInternationalAffairs(HSG)wasestablishedasabusinessacademyin1898duringtheheydayofSt.Gallen’sembroideryindustry.Thefollowingyearthefirstlecturestookplace.Internationality,practicalrelevanceandanintegrativeviewhavecharacterisedtheHSGfromtheverybeginning.Today,theUniversityofSt.GallenisoneofEurope’sleadingbusinessuniversities.ItisaccreditedwithEQUISandAACSB.

The University of St.Gallen (HSG)

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The HSG generates half the budget funds by itself

TheHSGgeneratesjustoverhalfofitsresourcesthroughexecutiveeducationandservices,aswellasthroughthird-partycontributionstoresearch.Theremaininghalfisfundedbyresourcesfromthepublicpurse,whichprovidesthebasicfundsforteachingandresearch.ThefundscontributedbytheCantonofSt.Gallenamounttoapprox.20percentoftheentireHSGbudget.

SinceJanuary2011,theHSGhashadanewstructureandorganisationwhichareintendedtodojusticetotheincreasingdemandsmadeonteachingandresearch,aswellastotheHSG’sgrowth.Thereorganisa-tion,whichwasentitled“NewGovernance”,willmaketheUniversityofSt.Gallenmoreadaptivetostrategies.

The organisation of the HSGProfessional and personality education

In2001,theBachelor’sandMaster’scourseswereintroduced,andtheeducationprovidedbytheUniversitywassubjectedtoextensivereforms.Sincethen,thefocushasnotonlybeenonprofessionaleducationbutalsoonpersonalityeducation.Bachelor’s,Master’sanddoctoraldegreescanbeobtainedattheHSGinthefieldsofmanagement,law,socialsciencesandinternationalaffairs,withthecloselinkagebetweenstudies,practiceandbeingresearchgivenpriority.

More than 150 partner universities

TheHSGislinkedwithover150partneruniversities.Thusstudentshavethepossibilityofobtainingadoubledegreeincooperationwithotheruniversitiesorgoingonanexchangesemester.

TheHSGalsooffersnumerousexecutiveeducationprogrammessuchaspostgraduatecourses,seminarsandprogrammes.

Accreditations and rankings

TheUniversityofSt.Gallenisoneofthefrontrunnersinthefieldofbusinesseducation.Thisisconfirmedbyinternationalsealsofapprovalandworldwiderankingresults.TheHSGhasbeenaccreditedwithEQUISsince2001andwithAACSBsince2003.Ithasthusbeenawardedthemostimportantinternationalsealsofapprovalforbusinessschools.

Institutes and research centers

TheHSGischaracterisedtoasignificantextentbyits30institutesandresearchcenters:theinstitutes,whoseorganisationislargelyautonomous,areself-financingbutarecloselyinvolvedintheworkoftheUniversity.Theyareactiveinresearch,consultancyandexecutiveeducation.

University Executive

Research ServicesExecutive educationTeaching

Administration Schools

Public purse Competitive funds

Organisation

Business areas

Products

Funding

• MBA• EMBA• Diplomas• Certificates• Customised programmes• Seminars

• Research, consultancy and expert activities

• Research projects• Publications

• B.A. HSG• M.A. HSG• Dr./Ph.D. HSG

• Institutes• Research center• Centers

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Schools and the ES-HSG

Bachelor’s programmes

DeanWebsite

Master’s programmes

Doctoral programmes

Pro�le areas

• Major in Management (B.BWL)

• Responsible Corporate Competitiveness• Management of Business Innovation

• System-wide Risk in the Financial System

• Quantitative Economic Methods• Global Democratic Governance• Economic Policy

• Law, Innovation and Risk

• Cultures, Institutions and Markets

Prof. Dr. Walter Brennerwww.shss.unisg.ch www.es.unisg.chwww.ls.unisg.chwww.seps.unisg.chwww.sof.unisg.chwww.som.unisg.ch

Prof. Dr. Karl Frauendorfer Prof. Dr. Monika Bütler Prof. Dr. Lukas Gschwend Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schmid Prof. Dr. Winfried Ruigrok

• Economic Sciences with focus on – Accounting – Business Innovation – International Business – Strategy & Management and Marketing

• Economic Sciences with focus on Finance

• Banking and Finance (MBF)• Information, Media and Technology Management (IMT)• Marketing, Services and Communication Management (MSC)• Finance and Accounting (MAccFin)• Strategy and International Management (SIM)• Organization Studies and Cultural Theory (MOK)*

• Major in Economics (B.VWL)• Major in International Affairs (BIA)

• Economics and Finance (PEF)• International Affairs and Governance (DIA)

• Economics (MEcon)• Quantitative Economics and Finance (MiQE/F)• International Affairs and Governance (MIA)

• Major in Law and Economics (BLE)• Major in Law (BLS)

• Law (DLS)

• Law (MLS)• Law and Economics (MLE)

• Organisation Studies and Cultural Theory (MOK)*

• MBA, EMBA

• Organisation Studies and Cultural Theory (DOK)

SoM-HSGSchool of

Management

SoF-HSGSchool of Finance

SHSS-HSGSchool of

Humanities andSocial Sciences

ES-HSGExecutive School of

Management,Technology and Law

LS-HSGLaw School

SEPS-HSGSchool of

Economics andPolitical Science

* The MOK is a programme jointly run by the SoM-HSG and the SHSS-HSG, with the chief responsibility lying with the SoM-HSG.

President

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New structure and organisation

TheHSGconsistsofthefollowingSchools:theSchoolofManagement,theSchoolofFinance,theSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,theLawSchoolandtheSchoolofHumanitiesandSocialSciences.

Inthecourseofthereorganisation,thedisciplineoffinancewasgivenaSchoolofitsown.Owingtotheimportantcross-sectionalfunctionoffinanceinallareas,theHSGiscontinuingtodevelopthisareainanintegrativewayandtoprofileitasastrongpoint.

Schools

TheSchoolsdrawuptheirownhumanresourceplans.However,theytaketheirbearingsfromafundamentalmissioninteaching,researchandexecutiveeducation.BesidestheSchools,theinstitutes,researchcentersandcentershaveanimportantandstrongfunctionattheHSG.Theyworkinresearchandexecutiveeducationandprovideservicesinre-search,consultancyandexpertopinions.

ES-HSG with special tasks

Executiveeducationisofferedbythe“SixthSchool”,theExecutiveSchoolofManagement,TechnologyandLaw(ES-HSG),andbytheinstitutes.TheES-HSGhasbeenconceptualisedasaninstitutewithspecialtasksfortheUniversityasawhole.ItsexecutiveeducationprogrammesareintendedtocontributetothereputationoftheHSGwithinandoutsidetheGerman-speakingworld,andtotheUniversity’soverallbudget.

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History

1898 EstablishmentoftheUniversityofSt.Gallenasa“CommercialAcademy”

1911 Renamed“GraduateSchoolofCommerce”

1938 TheHSGisgrantedtherighttoissuedoctor’sdegrees

1963 RelocationtotheRosenbergsiteandrenamedSt.GallenGraduateSchool(HSG)

1968 HSGisSwitzerland’sfirstinstituteoftertiaryeducationtoopenanexecutiveeducationsection

1986 CantonofSt.GallenbecomestheHSG’ssolefunder

1989 InaugurationoftheLibraryBuilding

1995 RenamedUniversityofSt.Gallen(HSG)

1995 InaugurationofthenewConventionandExecutiveEducationCenter(WBZ)onHolzweid

2001 IntegralintroductionoftheBolognareforms

2005 EstablishmentoftheExecutiveSchoolofManagement,TechnologyandLaw(ES-HSG)

2006 Introductionoftransinstitutionalcooperationcenters(HSGCenters)

2008 InaugurationoftheExecutiveCampusHSG(WBZ-HSG)withanadditionalseminarwingandanewbuildingwith54hotelrooms

2011 ThenewUniversityStatutesenterintoforce.Updateofthedesignation“UniversityofSt.Gallen-SchoolofManagement,Economics,Law,SocialSciencesandInternationalAffairs(HSG)”

ReopeningoftherenovatedandextendedbuildingsoftheUniversityofSt.Gallen.HSGstudentsnowhaveanewrestaurantandatriplesportshall,andtheyareabletousetheAulaagain.

The HSG – an overview

Establishment 1898asa“CommercialAcademy”Academic degrees B.A.HSG|M.A.HSG|Dr.HSG|Ph.D.HSGMajors BusinessAdministration Economics Law LawandEconomics InternationalAffairsStudents 6,726studentsfrom80nationsFaculty 84professors 79assistantprofessors morethan400lecturersAverage degree course costs Livingcostsandtuitionfees: CHF25,000p.a.Executive Education MBA VariousEMBAs Variousdiplomasandcertificates Customisedprogrammes EntrepreneurSchoolHSG Alumni 19,700members 100Clubson5continentsUniversity budget 2010 CHF190m,ofwhichmorethan50percentisfundedthrough third-partyresources

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The Campus: a dialogue between culture and architecture

ThecompactCampus,shortdistancesandamoderninfrastructuresupportstudentsintheirindividualandjointlearningeffortsandintheireverydaylifeattheUniversity.TheextensiverangeofmediaavailableandthewealthofbooksandjournalsintheLibraryareremarkable:Theopen-accesslibrarycontainsmorethan460,000boundbooks,morethan70,000e-booksandover16,000electronicjournals.

TheHSGisnotonlyaninstituteofeducationbutalsoawell-regardedplaceofart.Itsworksofartareintegratedinthearchitectureandeverydaystudentlife.Thusalmostalltheworkswerespeciallymadebytheartistsfortheirrespectivelocationsratherthanplacedthereatalaterstage.Thiscreatesadialoguebetweencultureandarchitecturethatpervadesallthebuildings.

IntheMainBuilding,whichisregardedasanimportantexampleofthe1960s,artprovidesacounterparttoarchitecture.IntheLibraryBuildingof1989,worksofartcomplementthediversityofarchitecturalformsinanarrativeway.

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Students

Final grades of the general qualification for university entrance• 44percentofnewHSGstudentswithaSwissschool-leavingcertifi-

catehaveanaveragegradeofatleast5.0.• 91percentofnewHSGstudentswithaGermanschool-leaving

certificatehaveanaveragegradeofatleast1.75.

HSG 2008 graduate surveys (with addendum from spring 2009)

ThereasonsforstudyingattheUniversityofSt.Gallenareasvariedasthepossibilitiestheyopenupforstudents.

Teaching and Learning

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Percentage of women

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TheproportionofwomenattheHSGcontinuestogrow.InAutumnSemester2010,atotalof2,073womenwerestudyingattheHSG,whichistantamounttoashareof30.8percent.Proportionally,thenumberofwomenishighestattheMaster’sandDoctoralLevelswith31and32percent,respectively.

Student statistics


Besidespurelyspecialistknowledge,studiesattheHSGconveyprerequi-sitesforsuccessfulpersonaleducation.TheassumptionofpersonalresponsibilityisthecoreideaofthecoursearchitecturewithBachelor’sandMaster’sdegreesdevelopedontheoccasionoftheBolognareforms.Personalinitiativeanddedicationinadditiontocorestudiesandwell-foundedknowledge:HSGstudentsareentrepreneursontheirownaccount.

From2005toAutumnSemester2010,thenumberofstudentsattheHSGrosefrom4,499to6,726.Thisgrowthwaspartlytheconsequenceofahighernumberoffirst-semesterstudentsandpartlytheconsequenceofnewcomersattheMaster’sLevelfrombothSwitzerlandandothercountries.Today,about45percentofallMaster’sstudentsattheHSGholdaBachelor’sdegreefromanotheruniversity.ThisisprobablytheresultofthequalityandtheeffortswhichtheHSGmadeinthecourseoftheBolognareformswiththereconceptualisationofteaching.

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Student commitmentAccordingtothemotto,“Onedaywe’llleavetheuniversitywehavehelpedtoshape”,abouthalfofallthestudentsareinvolvedinoneoftheapprox.100associationsandinitiatives.Despitethetime-consumingworkloadcausedbytheirdegreecourses,almosthalfofallthestudentsattheBachelor’sandMaster’sLevelarestillinvolvedinsuchactivities,theSt.GallenSymposiumwhichhasbeenorganisedbystudentseversince1969isacaseinpoint.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Bachelor’s Level 51 % 43 % 59 % 51 % 54 %Master’s Level 46 % 42 % 35 % 46 % 46 %Doctoral Level n. a. n. a. n. a. 28 % 29 %

Involvement in a student organisation of the HSG

Degree-course architecture

Three levels, three pillars: the course architecture of the University of St.Gallen

Studies

Degree coursesBachelor’s Level Languages

Management(BWL) G

Economics(VWL) G

Law(BLS) G

LawandEconomics(BLE) G

InternationalAffairsandGovernance(BIA) G

Master’s LevelInformation,MediaandTechnologyManagement(IMT) G

AccountingandFinance(MAccFin) G

BankingandFinance(MBF) E

StrategyandInternationalManagement(SIM) E

Economics(MEcon) G/E

QuantitativeEconomicsandFinance(MiQE/F) E

InternationalAffairsandGovernance(MIA) G/E

Law(MLS) G

LawandEconomics(MLE) G

OrganizationStudiesandCulturalTheory(MOK) G

BusinessManagement(fromAutumnSemester2012) G

Marketing,ServicesandCommunicationManagement(MSC) G/E

Doctoral LevelManagement (PMA) with focus on

Accounting E

BusinessInnovation G

Finance E

InternationalBusiness E

Strategy&Management E

Marketing G

International Affairs and Political Economy (DIA) G/E

Organization Studies and Cultural Theory (DOK) G

Law (DLS) G

Ph.D. LevelQuantitativeEconomicsandFinance(PEF) E

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Satisfaction with learning success

Satisfaction

Student self-assessment: proportion of positive assessments of learning success2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

B.A. graduates 76 % 71 % 76 % 77 % 70 %M.A. graduates 78 % 74 % 82 % 81 % 77 %Doctoral students (course assessment)

n. a. n. a. n. a. 86 % 71 %

TheHSGgraduates’highdegreeofsatisfactionwiththeirlearningsuccessisgratifying.Positiveassessmentsaccountforabout70percentamongBachelorgraduatesandjustunder80percentamongMastergraduates.

Swiss market shares of HSG degrees

2006 2007 2008 2009Bachelor’s/Master’s LevelsEconomic sciences 28 % 22 % 23 % 25 %Legal sciences 7 % 6 % 5 % 6 %Political sciences 15 % 16 % 12 % 13 %Doctoral LevelEconomic sciences 48 % 42 % 53 % 47 %Legal sciences 10 % 9 % 10 % 7 %Political sciences 14 % 7 % 15 % 13 %

Studies and the labour market

WhenHSGstudentstakeuptheirstudies,theybecomeentrepreneursintheirownright.Theyplanandshapetheirstudiesthemselves,whichrequiresahighdegreeofpersonalinitiative.

Practical experience• 76percentofB.A.HSGstudentsserveaninternshipofatleastsix

months’duration• 84percentofB.A.HSGstudentsgaintheirfirstprofessionalexperi-

enceduringtheirstudies• 89percentofM.A.HSGstudentsgaintheirfirstprofessionalexperi-

enceduringtheirstudies

Job-hunting• 76percentofB.A.HSGgraduatesareabletochoosefromamongan

averageoftwojoboffersandalreadyhavearegularjobatthetimeoftheirgraduationwhileanotherfivepercentareengagedinnegotiations

• 80percentofM.A.HSGgraduatesareabletochoosefromamonganaverageof2.2joboffersandalreadyhavearegularjobatthetimeoftheirgraduationwhileanotherfourpercentareengagedinnegotiations

RecruitingfirmsFromJanuary2010toJuly2011,705companiesadvertised1,911jobs.In2010alone,1,069jobswereadvertisedby472companies.

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Rankings

FortheHSG,tworankingsareofcentralimportance.Theyareofinterna-tionalsignificancewhileatthesametimecorrespondingtotheUniversity’srangeofactivitiesinteachingandexecutiveeducation:theFinancialTimesRankingandtheCHERanking.IntheCHEranking,theHSGhasmaintaineditspositionintheEuropeantopgroup.IntheFinancialTimesranking,theUniversity’sSIM-HSGwasincludedintheindividualMastersinManagementRankingforthefirsttime,whichearnedtheHSGasignificantleapforwardintheEuropeanBusinessSchoolRanking,inwhichthepositionsinthefiveindividualrankingsareaggregated.

Ranking results for degree courses and executive education

In the Financial Times Ranking, the European positions are indicated. The Ranking of the Center for Higher Education (CHE) makes a distinction between top, middle and bottom group.

Life-long ties

HSGAlumniistheofficialalumniorganisationoftheUniversityofSt.Gallen.Since2005,thenumberofactiveHSGalumnihasrisenfrom16,800toover19,600.Inthesameperiodoftime,thenumberofregionalAlumniClubshasnearlydoubledfromabout50to100.Today,thereareHSGAlumniClubsonfivecontinents.HSGAlumniisregardedasoneofEurope’sbiggestandmostprofessionalalumniorganisations.Itsactivitiesaredividedupintotheareasoffriend-raising,brain-raisingandfund-raising.

Development, Alumni members

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19’302

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AlumniFinancial Times Ranking 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007Full-time MBA n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a.Executive Education 15th 16th 13th 14th 11thMaster in Finance 12th n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a.Master in Management September 4th (SIM)/ 1. (CEMS) 3. (CEMS) 2. (CEMS)2nd (CEMS) 1st (CEMS) 3rd (CEMS) 2nd (CEMS) 24. 20.Executive MBA October 22nd 20th 24th 20thMetaranking (overall) December 16th 30th 30th 25th

CHE Ranking 2011 2009 2008 2005

Excellence Ranking for Master’s programmes in Economics

n. a. Top group n. a. n. a.

Management Top group n. a. Top group Top groupEconomics Top group n. a. Top group Top groupInternational Affairs Top group n. a. Top group n.a.Legal Sciences n. a. n. a. n. a. Top group

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Executive education at the HSG

TheUniversityofSt.Gallenconceivesofexecutiveeducationasoneofitscentraltasksbesidesdegree-courseteachingandresearch.Executiveeducationcoursesareinvariablycharacterisedbypracticalrelevanceandtopicality,withoutneglectingthetheoreticalbasis.Today,theHSGgeneratesaturnoverofalmostCHF30mwithitsexecutiveeducation.TheprovidersofexecutiveeducationaretheinstitutesandtheExecutiveSchoolofManagement,TechnologyandLaw(ES-HSG).

InstitutesTheHSGinstitutesorganiseexecutiveeducationcoursesintheirrespec-tivespecialistfields.Therangeofdiplomaandcertificateprogrammesandseminarscoversrequirementsintheareasofeconomics,manage-ment,law,humanitiesandpoliticalscience.

ES-HSG

Various EMBAs

Various diplomas and certi�cates

Various shortseminars

EntrepreneurSchool

Customised programmes

MBA(part-time/full-time)

The ES-HSG’s fields of activity

Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG) TheExecutiveSchoolofManagement,TechnologyandLaw(ES-HSG)wassetupin2005.ItsEnglish-languageprogrammesanditspartnershipswithvariousinstitutionsabroadcontributetowardstheHSG’sinterna-tionality:45.7percentofallstudentsoftheES-HSGareforeignnationals.Withmorethan200courses,theES-HSGoffersSwitzerland’slargestcourseportfolio.

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People – Research – Added Value Five Schools

SincethereorganisationinJanuary2011,theHSGhasconsistedofthefollowingSchools:theSchoolofManagement,theSchoolofFinance,theSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,theLawSchoolandtheSchoolofHumanitiesandSocialSciences.

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People – Research – Added Value

SAP Research Center, since 2006Cooperation with SAP in the application and use of new types of corporate software; part of SAP’s worldwide research network.

Audi Market Research Center, 2006-2009Cooperation with Audi for the development of innovative market research methods for the exploration of customer requirements and marketing.

SBB Lab, since 2010Cooperation with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB); deals with questions of the manage-ment of transport services, particularly the challenges faced by management between government and the market.

Strategic cooperation projects in research (selection)

Research focus

Since2006,interdisciplinaryresearchhasbeenconductedattheHSGintheso-calledresearchfocusonthefieldsof“Work,AgeingandWelfare”and“WealthandRisk”.

Work, Ageing and WelfareThis research focus investigates the causes and dimensions of social welfare, concentrating on the consequences of an ageing population for working life and the labour market, for the healthcare systems and activities such as voluntary work and housework.

Wealth and RiskThis research focus pools HSG research activities in the fields of finance, banking and the insurance business and concentrates its research on the central issues of asset creation and risk management.

Strategic cooperation ventures

Besidesbasicresearch,theHSGhasalwaysconductedpractice-relatedresearch.Thisalsofindsexpressioninthestrategiccooperationventureswithreputablepracticepartners.Thesecooperationventuresofferbothyoungandexperiencedacademicsattractiveresearchconditionsinthesenseofadirecttransferofknowledge.

School of Economics and Political Science

Law School

School of Humanities and Social Science

School of Finance

School of Management

Jobs in full-time equivalents as at 1 January 2011

TheHSGprofessorsaredividedupamongthevariousSchoolsasillustratedinthediagrambelow.

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Issue-related research – profile areas

Tocoverissue-relatedresearch,so-calledprofileareasaredevelopedattheHSG.TheyareorientedtowardsHSGresearchasawhole.

EachSchooloftheHSGisresponsibleforatleastoneprofilearea.Withtheseareas,groupsandteamsconductresearchwiththeaimofmakingacontributiontotheUniversity’stopEuropeanpositionandtheHSG’stypicalcooperativeorganisationculture.

School of ManagementResponsible Corporate CompetitivenessThis profile area’s activities focus on the challenges of responsible corporate management and strategy. Specifically, the question arises as to the organisational and individual skills required for the mastery of central fields of tension in multi-unit companies, i.e. in firms with more than one unit in the sense of products, customer groups, geographical markets, etc.Management of Business InnovationThe activities of the Management of Business Innovation profile unit focuses on the capabi-lity arising from outstanding science and technology potential that exists in highly developed countries (such as Switzerland) to generate sustainable value creation processes.

School of FinanceSystem-wide Risk in the Financial SystemSystem-wide Risk in the Financial System is the joint, overriding research topic in this profile area and the central link between the various research fields in the School of Finance. The financial crisis has shown that knowledge about the systemic properties and risks of the financial system is still incomplete. Even if certain areas of finance can be described as highly advanced and mature, the interactions between the various areas and their impact on the system as a whole have not been sufficiently explored.

School of Economics and Political ScienceQuantitative Economic MethodsThe Quantitative Economic Methods profile area has its core competencies (and strong points) in the combination of teaching and research. This methodologically oriented profile area investigates and supplies the empirical methods that are central to demanding consul-tation in economic policy-making.Global Democratic GovernanceThe Global Democratic Governance profile area explores the causes, effects and the de-mocratic legitimation of new forms of governance. Its goals are the scientific exploration of the shifts and growing gap between a globalised economic, trade and investment system, on the one hand, and the political decision-making process and the democratic representation channels that are still rooted in the territorially limited nation states, on the other hand.Economic PolicyThe core competence of the Economic Policy profile area lies in the examination and communication of knowledge about the interactions between markets and governments. It aims to attain an understanding of the functional mechanisms of markets and alternative institutional arrangements and their interdependence.

School of Humanities and Social SciencesCultures, Institutions and MarketsThis profile area stands for outstanding research and teaching in the humanities and social sciences that focuses on the issue of “Cultures, Institutions and Markets” at the interfaces with the legal, political and economic sciences.

Law SchoolLaw, Innovation & RiskThis profile area deals with legal research into the promotion of innovative, entrepreneurial activity and the mastery of the concomitant risks by means of laws and regulation on the basis of interdisciplinary methods.

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Research platform Alexandria

WiththeresearchplatformAlexandria,theHSGhaspursuedtheaimofgrantingfreeaccesstoasmanyHSGresearchresultsaspossiblesince2004.

However,Alexandriadoesnotonlyserveasanarchiveforpublicationsbutalsooffersresearchersandanyoneelsewhoisinterestednumerousadditionalservices:reportsonon-goingresearchprojects,personalprofilesofacademicsandthelatestresearchnewsandstatistics.Workingpapers,newspaperarticlesandcontributionstodebatesthroughAlexandriaalsofurnishinsightsintocurrentresearchprojects.

Handelsblatt Research Ranking InthefirstHandelsblattResearchRankinginthefieldofManagement,whichwaspublishedin2009,theUniversityofSt.GallenattainedsecondplaceinGerman-speakingEurope,followedbytheUniversitiesofMannheimandZurich.ThetoppositionoftherankingwasoccupiedbytheUniversityofVienna.In2008and2010,theHandelsblattalsorankedresearchineconomicsattheuniversitiesofGerman-speakingEurope.TheHSGcame7th(2008)and8th(2008);theUniversityofZurichoccupiedfirstplace.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Publications, total 1,043 955 1,085 1,191 1,105

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Page impressions 333,032 558,943 636,636 732,695 665,189Visits 2,045,140 3,423,477 4,065,335 5,656,186 3,715,785

Number of publications and page impressions on Alexandria

Handelsblatt Ranking 2008 2009 2010

Research in Economics 7th n.a. 8th

Research in Management n.a. 2nd n.a.

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InternationalityStudentsfrom80nationsareunitedundertheumbrellaoftheHSG.Abouthalfoftheprofessorscomefromforeigncountries.TheUniversityofSt.Gallenconsistentlyfollowsthepathofinternational-ity:therangeofEnglish-languagecoursesisaimedatinternationalprospectivestudents,inparticular.Cooperationventuresareinplacewithinternationalnetworks.Inaddition,theHSGisestablishingrepresenta-tionsinitstargetregions,suchasAsiaandLatinAmerica.Studentscanchoosefromamongcoursestaughtbymorethan150partneruniversities.

Internationality and Regional Roots

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International partnerships

TheHSGisamemberofCEMS,PIMandAPSIA.

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ThefiveEnglish-languageprogrammesregisteredatotalof730applica-tionsforAutumnSemester2011,whichistantamounttoalmost70percentofallapplicationsfromregularprospectivestudentsattheMaster’sLevel.

TheHSGencouragesexchangeswithotheruniversities.AttheMaster’sLevel,doubledegreesarepossiblewith• FletcherSchool,TuftsUniversity,Boston• NanyangTechnicalUniversity,Singapore• Bocconi,Milan• ESADE,Barcelona• HEC,Paris• RSMErasmus,Rotterdam• FundaçaoGetulioVargas,SãoPaolo• CEMSAlliance• GraduateSchoolofInternationalStudies,YonseiUniversity,Seoul

StudentsIntoday’sglobaleconomicandeducationalworld,specialistqualificationsmustbecomplementedbyanunderstandingofotherculturalareas.WithahighdegreeofculturaldiversityonitsCampus,theHSGenablesstudentstoalreadyexperienceinternationalityintheireverydayuniver-sitylife.TobeabletoensureagoodnumericalbalancebetweenSwissandforeignstudents,however,andtokeepcostsundercontrol,theproportionofforeignstudentsindegreecoursesfromtheAssessmentYeartotheMaster’sLevelhasbeenlimitedtoamaximumof25percentsince1963.Sincethatyear,theHSGhasalsorunanannualwrittenadmissiontestforprospectivestudentsofforeignnationalities.

FacultyAbout50percentoftheHSG’sfacultyareofforeignorigin.

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Integration of EnglishBesidesGermanastheofficialandculturallanguage,Englishisincreas-inglybeingintegratedintotheUniversityasabusinesslanguage.• Bachelor’sLevel:numerouscoursesinEnglish• Master’sLevel:6English-languageprogrammes(from2012)• DoctoralLevel:6English-languageprogrammes• Executiveeducation:MBAandGEMBAinEnglish

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Number of partner universities and incoming/outgoing guest students worldeveryyear.Duringthesameperiodoftime,thenumberofHSGstudentsspendingaguestsemesteratapartneruniversityincreasedfrom323toabout550.35percentofundergraduatesand54percentofallstudentsattheMaster’sLevelspendatleastonesemesterabroad.

TheHSGhasmassivelyextendeditsnetworkofpartnerschoolsinthelastfewyears.In2005,theUniversityofSt.Gallenstillhad83partneruniversitiesathomeandabroad;now,itcountsmorethan150reputableuniversitiesworldwideamongitsexchangepartners.In2005,therewereonly288studentsspendingaguestsemesterattheHSG;now,theUniversityisabletowelcomealmost500gueststudentsfromalloverthe

Region

ThevaluecreatedbytheUniversityofSt.GallenalsobenefitstheCityofSt.Gallen,theregionandtheCantonthrougheffectsontheregionaleconomy.

Effects on the regional economy• TheHSGcreatesanannualaddedvaluecontributionofCHF152mto

thelabourmarketregionofSt.Gallen(5,367studentsin2007).• Students,inparticular,contributetotheincreaseinregionalpurchas-

ingpower–theyspendaboutCHF80mintheSt.Gallenagglomera-tion.ThisamountstoanoverallpercapitapurchasingpowerinfluxofCHF719intheSt.Gallenagglomeration(5,367studentsin2007).

Image and regional identityThankstoitshighmediapresence,theHSGprovidesmorepublicityfortheregion.Withtheregionasaneducationalcenter,thisisconnectedtoattributessuchas“innovative”,“open”and“dynamic”.In2010,theUniversitywasmentioned8,044timesinregional,nationalandinterna-tionalmedia,whichcorrespondstoanadvertisingvalue(advertisingequivalentvalue)ofalmostCHF10m.Thevastmajorityofarticleswerepublishedinsupraregionaltitles.

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Development of media clippings and advertising equivalent value (AEV)

Year Articles, total

of which outside the St.Gallen agglomeration

Advertising equivalent value

(AEV) in CHF 1,000, total

of which AEV outside the St.Gallen agglomeration

2007 3,909 2,872 8,020 7,2722008 5,488 4,094 11,603 9,9742009 10,261 8,020 13,703 11,3662010 8,044 7,208 9,844 8,889

Sincethecountofthenumberofarticlesandtheadvertisingequivalentvaluewasstartedin2007,anincreaseinvalueshasbeenregisteredbothinSwitzerlandandabroad,particularlyinGermany,AustriaandtheUK.Thishasalsobeenthecasebecauseofincreasedsupportbyfaculty,researchersandinstitutionsintheirmediawork,andasaconsequenceofnewservicesandanincreasedoutputforregional,nationalandinterna-tionalmediarepresentatives.

Number of staffTheHSGisamongthebiggestemployersintheCanton.77percentofitsstaffliveinthelabourmarketregionofSt.Gallen.

Full-time equivalents 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Professors 72.1 72.6 71.0 69.8 70.9Permanent lecturers/assistant professors 39.2 40.8 44.3 41.4 48.9Assistants and research staff 239.3 270.5 263.1 267.6 270.9Lecturers, teaching assistants & visiting professors 75.7 77.0 76.3 94.7 83.6

Administration 167.6 148.6 156.8 166.8 171.5

Staff 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Total, University 2,809 2,785 2,901 2,486 2,223

Permanent jobs as at the beginning of each year

Public lectures

TheHSGoffersapprox.90publiclecturesonawidevarietyoftopicseveryyear,towhichitisabletowelcomeanannualaudienceofapprox.4,000peoplefromtheregion.In2004,Switzerland’sfirstChildren’sUniversitywasinaugurated,whichhassincebeensuccessfullystagedforabout500childrenfromSt.Gallenandsurroundingseveryyear.Since2008,publiclectureshavealsobeenheldintheregionsofEasternSwitzerland,withalectureseriesonacurrentissue.

Economic Sciences Law Other Humanities & Social Sciences Exact & Natural Sciences

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Entrepreneurship and Financial Power

The HSG’s entrepreneurial units

Intotal,39institutes,researchcentersandcentersarecurrentlylinkedwiththeHSG.Thesearelargelyautonomousandareruninanentrepre-neurialway.Theyareparticularlyactiveinthefieldsofresearch,executiveeducationandservices.Theyadviseprivateenterprisesandgovernmentoffices.Onthisbasis,theinstitutesandresearchcentersmakeasubstan-tialcontributiontowardstheHSG’sself-fundingrateofmorethan50percent.TheremainingfundsarecontributedbytheConfederationandtheCanton.

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Entrepreneurship and Financial Power

Funding

Comparison in million CHF and per cent2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Consolidated turnover, HSG 139.87 148.28 164.02 185.87 179.82 193.64Contribution, Canton 27.6 28.69 31.57 30.95 34.08 38Contribution, Canton, in % 19.7 19.3 19.3 16.6 19.0 19.6

Consolidated turnover of the HSG and contribution by the Canton

TheUniversity’sconsolidatedturnoverincreasedby36percenttoCHF190.7mbetween2005and2010.ThecontributionprovidedbytheCantonofSt.Gallenasmeasuredagainsttheconsolidatedturnoverremainedroughlystableatabout19.5percent.

Value creation by the HSG in the region in 2007

AccordingtotheHSG’s2007RegionalisationReport,theUniversityofSt.Gallen,itsstudentsandtheparticipantsinitsexecutiveeducationcoursestogetherspendaboutCHF300mp.a.Oftheoverallexpenditure,aboutCHF172marespentintheSt.Gallenagglomeration,andaboutCHF196marespentinthelabourmarketregionofSt.Gallen.Thismeansthatintheseregions,additionalturnoversinthoseamountsaregeneratedthroughtheHSG.Afterdeductionofpurchasingpowerinfluxintheformofshoppingoutsidetheregionforexample,thisresultsinthenetpur-chasingpowerinflux.Thusapprox.CHF119mofadditionalpurchasingpowerwasmadeavailabletothelabourmarketregionofSt.GallenthroughtheHSG.

EverystudentbringsanaverageofCHF24,000inpurchasingpowertotheregion.Percapita,thisamountstoCHF719fortheagglomerationofSt.GallenandtoCHF226forthelabourmarketregionofSt.Gallen.ThisresultsinacontributiontovaluecreationandthustotheregionalincomeforthelabourmarketregionofSt.GallenofaboutCHF152mperyear.

Overall budget CHF 155m

Self-funding 53.6 %

Purchasing power, approx.labour market CHFregion of St.Gallen 119m

Value creation, approx. St.Gallen CHFlabour market 152m

Public contributions

Canton of St.Gallen CHF 28.7m

Confederation CHF 21.7m

Other cantons CHF 21.5m

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