St. Gallen

St. Gallen (Sankt Gallen; French Saint-Gall; Italian San Gallo) is the capital of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall founded in the 7th century. Nowadays it is a large cosmopolitan city with good transport links to the rest of the country and to neighbouring Germany and Austria .

Education

St.Gallen is famous for its university, aptly named University of St. Gallen (HSG). It is the number one school for business and management in German-speaking Europe and one of the top addresses worldwide. As a focused university that only offers degrees in business and management, economics, political science & international relations as well as business law, it is comparably small with about 5,000 students immatriculated at present. It is both EQUIS and AACSBA accredited and a member of CEMS (Community of European Management Schools). The university maintains student and faculty exchange programs around the world.

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