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. 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 smallest university in Switzerland, the University of St. Gallen has Switzerland's largest faculty for business administration. It is considered to be one of the leading and most prestigious business schools in Europe. 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) 5th worldwide.
The University of St. Gallen is a member of the CEMS and APSIA networks. It is EQUIS and AACSB accredited.
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