Entrepreneurship with a long tradition and a bright future

Starting your own business? It's the dream of many. In Switzerland, tens of thousands of companies are founded every year. At the University of St.Gallen, entrepreneurship is actively promoted and practised.

An entrepreneurial mindset is highly valued at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). The HSG Entrepreneurship programme introduces the university community to the many facets of entrepreneurship and promotes technology-oriented and knowledge-intensive startup and innovation projects. Our students, researchers and employees receive support in a variety of ways: through relevant courses, student initiatives or very specific offers from our entrepreneurship centre at the HSG.

The Swisspreneur association promotes Swiss entrepreneurship – and several HSG alumni are behind it

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HSG students support startups from emerging markets with START Fellowship

“HSG Entrepreneurship transfers knowledge into successful ventures for start-ups, scale-ups, corporates and NPOs. We want to harness Switzerland's innovative power to solve societal challenges and empower entrepreneurial top talents.”

Prof. Dietmar Grichnik, Vice-President for Innovation & Quality

“At HSG I learned the tools I needed for my entrepreneurial career. Even as a 22-year-old student body president, I was responsible for a budget in the millions and 150 student volunteers. What other university can offer you this?”

Bettina Hein, Serial Entrepreneur

“As a real hands-on institution, HSG gave me a taste of entrepreneurship early on. The joy of having a positive impact in business is exemplified at HSG.”

Pascal Bieri, co-founder of Planted 