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.

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.

Also read: Criteria you must know for studying in Switzerland

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

The University of St. Gallen provides scholarships and student loans to help students facing financial hardship. While the scholarships are paid as a one-off sum, student loans are to be paid back to the university after the programme ends. Student loans generally do not charge any interest when a programme is ongoing. However, the interest amount is considered after a student completes the program. Students are advised to check the official website since the terms and conditions are subject to change.

To be eligible for any kind of financial aid, a student must be enrolled in St. Gallen for a minimum of one semester. The scholarships offered by the university are:

1. Excellence Scholarship

This scholarship is given to undergraduate international students in the form of a fee waiver. This means that the excellence scholarship will account for your entire tuition fee. A candidate must apply for the excellence scholarship before the commencement of the programme at the university.

2. Starr International Foundation Scholarship Fund

This scholarship is given to non-German-speaking students applying for an English-taught master’s degree program. The candidate must hold a three-year bachelor’s degree. Exceptional and highly talented students are recognised by the Advice Center of Student Funding and are then contacted to participate in the application process.

Note: Scholarship deadlines and amounts may vary. For more details on the scholarship application process and deadlines, please visit the university’s scholarship webpage.

The University of St. Gallen ranking in world rankings is among the top 500 universities in Switzerland. Know more HSG rankings from the table given below:

The placement rate of MGM course of the University of St. Gallen is 100% upon graduation. The average salary of the graduates is CHF 98,000. Top recruiting companies of this graduates are Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, Accenture, Deloitte, Roche, Allianz, Novartis, etc. Other details of MGM graduates are given below: 

• 62% of these graduates are offered two or more jobs
• 40% of these students start their career in consulting
• 30% of Master of General Management graduates go directly into Management in Industry and Commerce

St. Gallen University is located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Majority of the courses of this university are taught in Rosenberg Campus. From St. Gallen, Zurich airport is only 1 hour away from train or car. Trains runs from the main train station of Zurich and Zurich airport to St. Gallen every 20 minutes. The journey takes around 1 hour. 

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

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%. 

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.