University of St. Gallen
The University of St. Gallen enjoys an unrivalled reputation in Europe. Its long tradition in Executive Education gives St. Gallen an enviable position as one of Europe's most sought after business schools. In 2009, the Financial Times rated St. Gallen's executive education programs as No. 1 in German-speaking Europe.
Boasting Switzerland’s largest management faculty, St. Gallen develops future leaders in business, public administration and law. St. Gallen is renowned for its proximity to the business world and its cross functional teaching approach. Graduates hold leadership positions in major multinational companies around the globe.
Founded in 1898, the University of St. Gallen became a fully-fledged business school in 1911. Its aim for over a century has been to provide students with an unparalleled practice-oriented education. Degrees range from undergraduate, postgraduate, executive to doctoral programs. St. Gallen is fully accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and its American counterpart, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Accreditation
AACSB, EQUIS
Gallery
Overview: MBA in General Management
- Focus
- General Management
- Duration
- 12 months
- Language
- English
- Fee
- 60,000 CHF
Structure & Content
The programme curriculum is split up into four three-month terms. During the first two terms, nine core courses are offered in all important areas and functions of management. The third and fourth terms offer a range of elective possibilities for students to specialise in their areas of interest as well as exchange opportunities at partners institutions across the world. In the last term, students work on an MBA-project, which can either be a project linked with a company, an MBA thesis, or an entrepreneurial business new.
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- No.
- Scholarships available?
- Yes.
- Loan Program?
- Yes.
Students
- Total MBA Students
- 43
- Students per class
- 43
- Average Age
- 30
- Age Range
- 25-35
- Average work experience
- 4-6 years
- Percentage foreign students
- 90%
- Percentage woman students
- 20%
GMAT
- Average GMAT
- more than 650
Overview: Global Executive MBA in General Management
- Focus
- General Management
- Duration
- 18 months
- Language
- English
- Fee
- 85,000 CAD
Structure & Content
The OMNIUM Global Executive MBA is a general management program addressing core business disciplines from a global perspective. OMNIUM is offered jointly by the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and University of Toronto in Canada. Graduates earn a dual MBA degree from both business schools.
OMNIUM students study 18 months part-time while they remain in full-time employment. They meet outstanding faculty and local experts in Brazil, India, China, North America and Europe and build up a global network of valuable contacts.
Program structure- OMNIUM class of 2012:
Foundation Module 1: Canada, Toronto (Aug 23 - Sept 3, 2010 - two weeks)
Module 2: Brazil, São Paolo (Nov 22 - Dec 3, 2010 - two weeks)
Module 3: China, Hong Kong and Shanghai (Feb 27 - Mar 11, 2011 - two weeks)
Module 4: Europe, St. Gallen and Budapest (Jun 19 - Jul 8, 2011 - three weeks)
Module 5: India, Hyderabad and Mumbai (Oct 9 - 21, 2011 - two weeks)
Module 6: Canada, Toronto (Jan 15 - Feb 3, 2012 - three weeks)
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- Yes.
- Scholarships available?
- Yes.
- Loan Program?
- Yes.
Students
- Total MBA Students
- 150
- Students per class
- 35
- Average Age
- 35
- Age Range
- 29-54
- Average work experience
- 10 years and more
- Percentage foreign students
- 100%
- Percentage woman students
- 33%
Admission Requirements
- 5 years work experience
- 3 years management experience
- recognized undergraduate degree or equivalent
- English proficiency test (if applicable)
- EDT test (sample questions can be downloaded at http://www.gemba.unisg.ch)
- Experience working in teams
- working internationally and demonstrated leadership skills
Overview: Executive MBA in General Management
- Focus
- General Management
- Duration
- 18 months
- Language
- German
- Fee
- 64,000 CHF
Structure & Content
The Executive MBA in General Management of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) was established in 1987 as the first EMBA in German-speaking Europe. Since then it receives consistently high rankings in global EMBA surveys.
The Executive MBA HSG is a part-time program taught in German. The curriculum consists of 100 days on-campus, divided into two-week long modules composed of core courses, electives, a personal development program (career coaching, personal coaching, vitality management) and international study trips.
Students can choose from two program formats:
- A flexible format allowing students to complete their studies over a period of 18 to 48 months.
- A single cohort Executive MBA commencing in fall each year with a duration of 18 months.
Our participants are executives from diverse educational backgrounds and industries who bring along the passion and drive to become tomorrow`s leaders in international business.
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- Yes.
- Scholarships available?
- Yes.
- Loan Program?
- Yes.
Students
- Total MBA Students
- 1700
- Students per class
- 35
- Average Age
- 38
- Age Range
- 31-53
- Average work experience
- 10 years and more
- Percentage foreign students
- 25%
- Percentage woman students
- 15%
Admission Requirements
- 5 years work experience
- 3 years management experience
- Recognized undergraduate degree or equivalent
- Online assessment and interview
Overview: Executive MBA Business Engineering
- Focus
- Business Engineering
- Duration
- 16 months
- Language
- German and English
- Fee
- 60,000 CHF
Structure & Content
This program addresses high-potentials in upper or top-level management who are anticipating and designing permanent change processes in a dynamic environment with their personal and professional skills. The Executive MBE in Business Engineering program is focused on change and transformation in organizations and not on General Management. Business Engineering is an approach for holistic planning and executing change processes. On the one hand, it considers the professional fields of composition on the level of strategy, processes and systems. On the other hand, the concept also takes the “soft factors” of change management into account. With the focus on Business Engineering, an integrated view is delivered. Strategic Management, Process Management and IT-Management are intensively discussed. Also, Change Management, Leadership, Corporate Culture and topics on other “soft factors” play an important role. The Executive MBA in Business Engineering is an international program. Four weeks of the program take place at a top-class university, the Santa Clara University, in Silicon Valley, California. Another week is held in Shanghai, China. The local cultures and their differences to the European culture as well as the methods of innovation and the way of doing business in the USA and China are important parts of these modules.
Faculty
- Full-time Professors
- 82
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- No.
- Scholarships available?
- Yes.
- Loan Program?
- Yes, on request.
Students
- Students per class
- 40-45
- Average Age
- 38
- Age Range
- 30-49
- Average work experience
- 10 years and more
- Percentage foreign students
- 20%
- Percentage woman students
- 10%
GMAT
- Comment
- No GMAT required.
Admission Requirements
The Executive MBA in Business Engineering is open to executives having a minimum of five years work experiences and holding a degree of a university or college of higher education. While working full-time, they attend 100 days of resident study in mostly two-week course modules and they write a diploma thesis of approximately 25 working days. Between the modules, the students are able to exert their job. Therefore, it is indispensable to have the employers support documented by a letter of reference. Furthermore, it is important to be fluent in spoken and written German and very good in spoken English for a successful participation in the modules in China and the USA.
Overview: Executive MBA Financial Services and Insurance
- Focus
- Finance
- Duration
- 18 months
- Language
- English
- Fee
- 42,000 €
Structure & Content
The MBA-FSI is the result of a long-term collaboration between the University of St. Gallen, the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, and HEC Montréal.
The programme: The Executive MBA in Financial Services and Insurance is an advanced management programme with focus on the financial services industry. The programme is unique because it can claim to address as well banking, as the insurance and the investment industry from an international and holistic perspective. General management knowledge and skills are combined with in-depth insights into the business economics of the financial sector. The academic perspective offers participants the necessary frameworks and tools to tackle the challenges of a modern organisations; the business perspective provides them with the actual trends, developments and business experiences in the industry.
Target group and framework: The MBA-FSI is designed for participants with a high potential for top executive functions in firms in or serving the financial services industry. The MBA-FSI is international with respect to the topics, the participants, the faculty members and the course locations. Residential periods of two weeks with lectures, presentations, cases and company visits are followed by non-resedential periods with take home assignments, self study, preliminary presentation of cases , projects, thesis work etc. One of the significant advantages of this approach is the flexibility to combine office commitment with study and work.
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- No.
- Scholarships available?
- No.
- Loan Program?
- No.
Students
- Total MBA Students
- 210
- Students per class
- 30
- Average Age
- 38
- Average work experience
- 10 years and more
- Percentage foreign students
- 70%
- Percentage woman students
- 15%
GMAT
- Comment
- No GMAT required.
Admission Requirements
- Academic background
- Substantial work and management experience
- Minimum age (for exceptional cases) 28 years
- Identified as ‘high potential’ within the firm
Overview: MBA in General Management
- Focus
- General Management, Leadership
- Duration
- 21 months
- Language
- English
- Fee
- 67,000 CHF
Structure & Content
The University of St.Gallen launched a new part-time option alongside the full-time MBA with the first full cohort beginning August 2008. The programme is designed with working professionals in mind and is intended to allow participants to remain in full-time employment at the same time as having the benefit of an MBA education. Each year approximately 40 places are available.
The first stage of the programme is taught by faculty from both St.Gallen and ESADE Business School in Spain. The faculty are of the highest academic calibre, with professional experience in a variety of organisations. They combine pedagogical excellence, experience in helping senior executives to think in new ways, knowledge of the latest trends, and pragmatism in applying knowledge and methodology to real situations. Throughout the programme participants are be able to interact with professors not only class sessions but also online and through support sessions.
Life
- On-Campus-Rooms available?
- No.
- Scholarships available?
- Yes.
- Loan Program?
- No.
Students
- Total MBA Students
- 38
- Students per class
- 38
- Average Age
- 34
- Age Range
- 26-45
- Average work experience
- 7-9 years
- Percentage foreign students
- 84%
- Percentage woman students
- 37%
GMAT
- Minimum GMAT
- 650
