7666 students at the HSG

18 December 2013. A total of 1328 (1293) young people are studying in the Assessment Year. The proportion of women at this level amounts to 34 per cent (35). From among the 2604 (2555) undergraduates at the Bachelor’s Level, 814 (780) are women, which is tantamount to 31 per cent (31). 32 per cent (31) of the 2986 (2711) students enrolled at the Master’s Level are women. The proportion of women among the 725 (728) doctoral students is 36 per cent (34).

Canton Zurich strongly represented
In the statistics of the cantons of origin (residence at the time of admission to the University), the Canton of Zurich with 1032 (1002) moved the Canton of St.Gallen with 876 (849) into second place. Third place is the Canton of Aargau with 342 (313) students, followed by the Canton of Thurgau with 340 (325) students. Substantial groups are also provided by the Canton of Berne with 329 (338) students, Lucerne with 260 (243) students, Basel-Landschaft with 208 (194) and the Grisons with 201 (190) students.

Students from 79 nations  
The largest group of foreign students come from German-speaking countries: Germany 1461 (1453), Austria 210 (197) and Liechtenstein 58 (58). Major groups come from China 75 (68), France 71 (63), Italy 65 (46), Russia 54 (46), Spain 41 (30), the USA 39 (44), Singapore 32 (27), the UK 28 (29), Brazil 26 (22), Sweden 26(24), India 25 (27), and Japan 23 (18). All in all, students from 79 (80) nations are enrolled at the HSG. The quota of foreign students at the HSG is limited to 25 per cent by law.

The enrolment statistics are published annually in December.