MA Banking and Finance 

at University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen

The average GMAT score required for graduate admission at St. Gallen is 650 for the last entering class. If you score above 650, you have a fair shot and you will receive an encouraging response to your profile evaluation from the admission committee. International students has to meet the entry requirements to get admission to the university.

International students have to meet the below University of St. Gallen requirements to apply for undergraduate and graduate admissions:

For Undergraduate Admission

·      A foreign upper secondary school leaving certificate

·      Submit the evidence of English language proficiency

·      Due to limited seats for foreign applicants, candidates are admitted only through a selection procedure

For Graduate Admission

·      Must have a bachelor’s degree (3 years) or a Diploma (4 years) with a minimum of 180 ECTS-Credits from a recognised university

·      Submit the evidence of English language proficiency

·      Provide the additional test score of GMAT/GRE

It may be difficult for international students to get admission to the University of St. Gallen because of its high acceptance rate. The University of St. Gallen acceptance rate is around 27% for international students, which means out of 100 applications only 27 are admitted. Students must have good academic profile and meet the entry requirements to get admission to the university.

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International students who are willing to study at the University of St. Gallen can expect a high standard of education and living. Students must make provisions for their financial securities, as the cost of living including the tuition at the University of St. Gallen can be approximately between CHF 25,000 and CHF 30,000. Indian students who are seeking to get admission at the University of St. Gallen can expect an average annual expense between INR 23 Lacs and INR 28 Lakh.

For admission to the Master's courses of HSG, students have to fill out the online application form. An application fee of CHF 250 has to be paid too. The documents that have to be submitted to apply to the Master's courses of this university are: 

• Degree documents
• GMAT / GRE
• CV
• Passport copy or any other id card
• Passport photo
• Language proficiency documents

The University of St. Gallen fees for international students to study MIM programme is mentioned below:

The University of St. Gallen is CHF 250 (Around INR 28k). To apply to HSG, students have to submit an online application. The documents that have to be submitted to this university for admissions include GMAT / GRE, passport copy, transcripts, CV, degree documents, etc. Admission to this university for foreign students is in the Autumn semester. 

In Times Higher Global Employability Rankings 2026, the University of St. Gallen ranks at #169 position. The official facts states that the placement rate of this university is over 80%. For the Master's graduates, the placement rate is 92% and for the Bachelor's graduates, the outcomes rate is 74%. 

Apart from being famous for continuing its legacy in the education domain since 1898, St. Gallen is known for many other aspects as well. Situated in picturesque Switzerland at the top of Rosenberg Hill, the University of St. Gallen is amongst the top universities in the entire Europe. Popularly known as the business education hub, the University of St. Gallen offers course at undergraduate and postgraduate levels that majorly focuses on business administration, economics, international affairs and law. The university is part of the European Research Centre for Information Systems and Auto-ID Labs Network and has more than 40 research centres. The University of St. Gallen has a long list of giant alumni which includes Hans Adolf Pestalozzi (Famous author), Josef Ackermann (Deutsche Bank), and Peter Fankhauser (CEO of Thomas Cook Group) among others.

In world university rankings by the Times Higher Education rankings, the University of St Gallen ranks at #351-400. Whereas, in the QS rankings, HSG ranks at #436. Also, in the Financial Times subject rankings for 2025, the following courses are ranked as follows: 

• MIM: #1
• Masters in Finance: #9
• MBA: #63