Program Overview

University of St.Gallen Programs

The University of St.Gallen offers a variety of programs through its different institutes and centers.

Institutes

• ACA-HSG: Institute for Accounting, Controlling and Auditing
• ERP-HSG: Research Association for Economics
• FAA-HSG: Research Institute for Work and Working Environments
• GIMLA-HSG: St.Gallen Institute of Management in Latin America
• IBB-HSG: Institute for Educational Management and Educational Technologies
• IBT-HSG: Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology
• ICS-HSG: Institute for Computer Science
• ICV-HSG: Institute for Computer Science in Vorarlberg
• IFB-HSG: Institute for Business Administration
• IFPM-HSG: Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management
• IIDM-HSG: Institute for International Management and Diversity Management
• ILE-HSG: Institute for Law and Economics
• IMC-HSG: Institute for Marketing and Customer Insight
• IMO-HSG: Institute for Mobility
• IMP-HSG: Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance
• IORCF: Institute for Operations Research and Computational Finance
• IPW-HSG: Institute for Political Science
• IRI-HSG: Institute of Responsible Innovation
• IRM-HSG: Institute for Retail Management
• IRP-HSG: Institute for Legal Studies and Practice
• ITEM-HSG: Institute of Technology Management
• IVW-HSG: Institute for Insurance Economics
• IWE-HSG: Institute for Business Ethics
• IWI-HSG: Institute for Information Management
• IWﾖ-HSG: Institute for Economy and the Environment
• IWP-HSG: Institute for Business Education
• KMU-HSG: Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• MCM-HSG: Institute for Media and Communication Management
• MED-HSG: School of Medicine
• OPSY-HSG: Chair of Organizational Psychology
• PSCM-HSG: Institute for Production and Supply Chain Management
• SBF-HSG: Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance
• SEW-HSG: Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research
• SFS-HSG: Seminar for Sociology
• SGI-HSG: Institute of Management in Asia
• SIAW-HSG: Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research
• WBZ-HSG: Center for Continuing Education

Centers

• CCDI-HSG: Competence Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
• CFAC-HSG: Center for Aviation Competence
• CFB-HSG: Center for Family Business
• CFI-HSG: Center for Innovation
• CFM-HSG: Center for Mobility
• CHC-HSG: Center for Health Care
• CLS-HSG: Centro Latinoamericano-Suizo de la Universidad de San Gallen
• FR-HSG: Competence Center for the History of Public Law
• FSI-HSG: Center for Financial Services Innovation
• GCE-HSG: Center for Governance and Culture in Europe
• GCEI-HSG: Global Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• HDZ-HSG: University Didactics Center
• ISCM-SCFLAB-HSG: Supply Chain Finance Lab
• SGL-HSG: Smart Government Lab

Research Overview

The University of St.Gallen conducts research in various fields, including:

• Digital Transformation
• Digital Competences
• Gender and Technology
• AI and Robotics

Teaching Overview

The University's teaching approach focuses on:

• Training in Business Education
• Lectures at the HSG
• Bachelor's and Master's Thesis

Research Labs Overview

The University has several research labs, including:

• Future Work and Skills Lab
• AI in Education Lab
• "Future Learning" Camps
• GOVPET Leading House

Kompetenzzentrum SCIL Overview

The Kompetenzzentrum SCIL offers:

• SCIL Academy
• SCIL Coaching
• SCIL Development
• SCIL Research
• SCIL Publications

SCIL Academy

The SCIL Academy provides further education modules and webinar series based on a transfer-oriented Blended Learning Design. The design principles include:

• Theoretical and conceptual foundation
• Empirical and methodological foundation
• Guidance and accompaniment by experienced learning companions
• Self-responsibility and self-directed learning
• Activation, collaborative learning, and networking
• Practical relevance and transfer tasks

The SCIL Academy integrates various learning and working forms, including:

• Guided self-study online
• Webinars with impulses, work assignments, and transfer tasks
• Individual feedback and group discussions

Blended Learning Design

The Blended Learning Design of the SCIL Academy is characterized by flexibility, transfer orientation, and impact orientation. The design elements include:

• Fundament in theory and concept as well as empiricism and methodology
• Leadership and accompaniment by learning companions
• Self-responsibility and self-directed learning
• Activation, collaborative learning, and networking
• Practical relevance and transfer tasks

The SCIL Academy's Blended Learning Design combines different learning and working forms to achieve effective competence development.