Colleges in Switzerland

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.

The University of St. Gallen offers various scholarships and student loans to domestic as well as international students. The University of St. Gallen does not mention the specific score requirement for students to avail scholarships. However, the scholarship and loan funds provided by the University of St. Gallen to students are subject to be returned after the completion of the programme. The is no interest charged upon the financial help given by the university to the student, however, the interest rate is applicable is a student fails to repay the amount within five years after the completion of the programme. It is mandatory for international as well as for Indian students to enrol regularly in the academic session or at least must be enrolled for a minimum of one semester to be eligible for any kind of financial support from the University of St. Gallen.

The University of St. Gallen provides scholarships to domestic as well as international students at the assessment level, bachelor's level and students at master's level. Typically, the scholarship and loan payments are paid out from the second regular academic semester. International or domestic students can apply for scholarships to study at the University of St. Gallen via the Advice Centre for Study Funding. All international students at the assessment level, bachelor's level and students at the master's level are eligible to apply for the top-up bursary which is CHF 1,900 per semester (INR 1.75 Lacs approximately). Students with difficulties paying the tuition fee and are under a dire financial burden can apply for a partial or full tuition waiver. Please note that tuition waivers are granted entirely at the discretion of the university think tank. Students who are not regularly enrolled in the University of St. Gallen are au; automatically excluded from the eligibility.