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Partner university exchange

Student Mobility at the University of St.Gallen offers you the opportunity to spend an exchange semester at one of our more than 200 partner universities.

Dear students interested in participating in an exchange, on this website you will find information regarding partner university exchange. Please consider this to be a general summary of the information available. The information provided is for students interested in studying at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) as degree students and interested in the exchange opportunities at HSG. Detailed information is available in StudentWeb and you will be able to access it as soon as you are immatriculated at HSG.

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General

  • The exchange programme is a voluntary option offered by the University of St.Gallen (HSG). Applicants are not guaranteed an exchange place.
  • The application process takes place once a year.
  • The exchange at a partner university is limited to one HSG semester at Master level.
  • An exchange at a partner university is possible from the 2nd semester of the Master's level.
  • In Master programmes a minimum of 60 ECTS must be acquired at the HSG.

Application deadline

Application period for an exchange in Autumn semester 2025 or Spring semester 2026

21 November 2024 to 12 December 2024, 16.00 (St.Gallen - CH)

General application prerequisites

• Enrolled in a HSG Bachelor or Master programme at the time of application.
• Minimum 4.50 grade average of passed Bachelor or Master studies relevant for the admission to the HSG Master degree studies. The average will be rounded to two decimal points.

 

Requirements for beginning the exchange semester

• Enrolled in a HSG Master programme.

In the application you may enter up to seven partner universities of your choice and in the order of your preference. You can find an overview of our partner universities here. When making your exchange university selections, consider the language of instruction, the local language, available fields of study, semester dates, travel advisories, etc.


Please note that this is a general list - detailed information with semester dates, fact sheets and fields of study are available in StudentWeb. Please do not contact Student Mobility Services before you have not checked the detailed information in StudentWeb. You will be granted access to it after your immatriculation in a HSG programme.

Autumn semester: Begin of exchange between 1 July and 31 December is considered as absence in autumn semester
Spring semester: Begin of exchange between 1 January and 30 June is considered as absence in spring semester

 

Please find further information in the download section of this page.

For your Student Mobility Services exchange application, you must submit one of the following English certifications with the minimum scores listed below. These minimum scores are required for all applications, regardless of any lower requirements from specific partner universities. Applications without a valid certification meeting these minimum scores cannot be considered. All English language certifications and degrees must not be older than two years at the application deadline:​​​​

• TOEFL iBT (= internet-based test) min. 100 points

• TOEFL iBT Home Edition min. 100 points

• TOEFL iBT MyBest scores and/or iBT Home Edition MyBest scores min. 100 points

 

Please note: TOEFL Essentials is not accepted.

• IELTS Academics (online or paper-based Test) min. overall band score 7
• Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) min. grade B 
• Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) min. grade C 
• Recognised tertiary degree certificate fully completed in English. English as the language of instruction must be declared on the diploma or confirmed in writing by the degree granting
 university.
• Proof of English as school language* according to HSG implementation provisions Academic Programmes regarding languages (Art. 69)
*School language = the language in which the majority of the school education and, if applicable, tertiary education took place.

BE CAREFUL: The language of instruction of the HSG degree programme is not considered as proof of English proficiency.

Important: Certain partner universities may not accept the above-listed certifications or may require an even higher test result. It is the student’s responsibility to verify and fulfill these specific requirements by the Student Mobility Services exchange application deadline.

A minimum of 16 transferable ECTS course credits must be completed with a positive grade at the host university, otherwise no credits from the exchange term will be transferred towards the HSG degree.
A maximum of 30 ECTS course credits (Master thesis excluded) can be credited to the HSG degree per exchange semester at Master’s level.

Tuition fees must be paid at the HSG during the semester abroad. HSG students are not required to pay basic tuition fees at the host university but will be responsible for all other costs related to their semester abroad. 

Students spending an exchange semester at one of our European partner universities through the partner university exchange programme are eligible to apply for a SEMP scholarship. The application procedures will be available in the Mobility-Online portal after allocation of the exchange university.
SEMP programme regulations may be subject to change by the Swiss Federal Council.

You can find further scholarship opportunities here:

Loans and scholarships

Downloads

Study Abroad Flyer (EN)

Exchange periods Master programmes (EN)

Quick Links

Contact

Nicole Gsell

Programme Manager Asia / ECOL Virtual Exchange

Student Mobility Services
Büro 58-317
Tellstrasse 2
9000 St. Gallen

Maria Bader

Programme Manager Outgoings Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East

Student Mobility Services
Büro 58-317
Tellstrasse 2
9000 St. Gallen

Esther Stäheli

Programme Manager The Americas & Oceania

Student Mobility Services
Büro 58-316
Tellstrasse 2
9000 St. Gallen
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