Students and practice-oriented research projects characterise HSG - discover here how student numbers are developing and what external funding HSG researchers are acquiring. In addition, the numbers lab provides a breakdown of HSG's exceptionally high level of self-financing.
Since the autumn semester of 2025, visiting students and students who are on leave of absence or only enrolled in an additional programme are no longer included in this count.
In 2025, HSG reported a consolidated operating income of CHF 313.1m. This consisted of basic public funding and self-financing, including tuition fees.
The basic public funding of approximately 52.2 per cent was made up of the funding contribution of the Canton of St.Gallen, contributions from students’ cantons of origin and federal funds. The income from basic public funding includes the payment of a government contribution of CHF 5.2m to the Joint Medical Master in St.Gallen.
Solid and reliable funding in the form of monies from the public purse is an indispensable foundation for the University.
By way of complementing basic public funding, HGS generates considerable self-financing resources, which together with the tuition fees account for approximately 47.8 per cent of the monies required. This does not only relieve the cantonal budget but helps to achieve a quality in teaching and research which enables the University’s supraregional presence, as well as its substantial economic impact on the region, and the Canton of St.Gallen in the first place.
Funds generated by the University itself serve to additionally strengthen the profile of research and teaching quality for students and thus to improve HSG’s position in the competitive world of international education.
HSG researchers address current social issues. HSG researchers secure external competitive research funding—here we present the trends in the “Project Funding” category from the most important funding agencies (SNSF, Innosuisse, EU).