Switzerland

St. Gallen Universität

Switzerland

Santis, Switzerland

Swiss Clock Tower

The University of St. Gallen was founded in 1898 and began operating in 1899.
St. Gallen is one of Europe’s smaller educational institutions, but has one of the largest faculties of economic sciences.
The University of St. Gallen is a Swiss university with an international orientation and an international reputation. 25% of its students are foreign and more than 40 nations are represented at the university, with the largest groups coming from neighboring countries (Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein).
Courses in English and German offered.

It was only in 1848 that Switzerland became a more centralized federal state.
German is by far the most widely spoken language in Switzerland: 17 of the 26 cantons are monolingual in German. French is spoken in the western part of the country, the "Suisse Romande." Four cantons are French-speaking: Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel and Vaud. Three cantons are bilingual: in Bern, Fribourg and Valais both French and German are spoken. Italian is spoken in Ticino and 4 southern valleys of Grisons. Rhaeto-Rumantsch (Rumantsch) is spoken only in the trilingual canton of Graubünden. It is spoken by just 0.5% of the total Swiss population.

Loewendenkmal Swiss Lion Monument