University of St Gallen Switzerland Scholarships

HSG funds and excellence scholarships include the Loan and Scholarship Fund and merit-based Excellence Scholarships. The Loan and Scholarship Fund supports enrolled Assessment Year students and students at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels with scholarships and loans at favourable rates of interest to help prevent situations where students are unable to study or have to terminate studies due to financial straits. Scholarships do not need to be repaid.

The Loan and Scholarship Fund is for students at Assessment Year, Bachelor’s, and Master’s levels, with support criteria that include individual financial circumstances and also individual attitude to performance, willpower, and capacities. Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students are for students enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree at the University of St. Gallen, awarded on the basis of merit and limited to applicants identified by the Advice Center for Study Funding; an application without an invitation is not possible. For Master students, the HSG Best Talents Programme targets outstanding and engaged bachelor’s graduates with specified status, and other Excellence Scholarships may be offered by Master’s programmes.

For the Loan and Scholarship Fund, as a rule payments are granted from the second regular degree course semester after initial enrolment or re-enrolment. Application forms are available on Compass (Request Study Funding), and the Advice Center for Study Funding first checks completeness and then contacts the applicant to coordinate a personal interview. Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students are awarded based on merit, with further selection criteria possibly applied depending on the funding source; the final selection of awardees is the responsibility of the relevant committees. For Master, selection includes grades and demonstrated involvement beyond studies, and also considers responsibility and diversity of perspectives for the HSG Best Talents Programme.

The page states the Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students correspond to the current tuition fees at Bachelor level for a total of 6 semesters. For the Loan and Scholarship Fund, the support is described as being granted from the second regular degree course semester after initial enrolment or re-enrolment; repayment details are provided for student loans, which must be repaid after education is completed and typically have no interest during studies. The page also describes deferment of tuition-fee payments and partial or total remission of tuition fees for urgent pressing unexpected financial straits, including required means testing documents and specific submission deadlines.

• Scholarships do not need to be repaid.Loan and Scholarship Fund: must be enrolled Assessment Year students or students at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.Loan and Scholarship Fund: support criteria include individual financial circumstances.Loan and Scholarship Fund: support criteria also include individual attitude to performance, willpower, and capacities.Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree at the University of St. Gallen.Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: must have outstanding academic performance in the HSG Assessment Year to be identified by the Advice Center for Study Funding.Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: an application without an invitation from the University of St. Gallen is not possible.Excellence Scholarships for Master students (HSG Best Talents Programme): must be outstanding and engaged bachelor’s graduates.HSG Best Talents Programme eligibility: EU/EFTA nationals or holders of the Swiss C permit.HSG Best Talents Programme: selection considers excellent grades and demonstrated involvement beyond studies.HSG Best Talents Programme: selection process considers a sense of responsibility (towards society, the economy and the environment) and diversity of perspectives.HSG Best Talents Programme: expected to promote and support future Best Talents after completing studies.Exchange semesters: in principle co-funded; additional costs such as travel expenses or higher cost of living abroad are not covered.Partial or total remission of tuition fees: applicants must be in urgent pressing unexpected financial straits.Partial or total remission of tuition fees: applicants’ and their parents’ financial and familial situation are essential and decisive.Social and Cultural Fund (SHSG): every matriculated student with a valid student ID has the right to apply for financial support.

• Loan and Scholarship Fund: scholarships and loans at favourable rates of interest.Scholarships: scholarships do not need to be repaid.Loan and Scholarship Fund: intended to prevent inability to study or termination owing to financial straits.Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: scholarship amount corresponds to the current tuition fees at Bachelor level for a total of 6 semesters.Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: provided through cooperation between the University of St. Gallen and the “Monique Dornonville de la Cour - Stiftung” (in cooperation with the Advice Center for Study Funding).HSG Best Talents Programme (Master): accepted participants benefit from financial support and a personal development programme alongside studies.Exchange semesters: semesters abroad are in principle co-funded.Exchange semesters: additional costs such as travel expenses or higher cost of living abroad are not covered.Social and Cultural Fund (SHSG): supports student initiatives and the improvement of the social situation of students of the University of St. Gallen.Social and Cultural Fund (SHSG): may be an application criterion that there is a refusal from the HSG Loan and Scholarship Fund.Partial or total remission of tuition fees: partial or total remission of tuition fees may be granted.Deferment of tuition-fee payment: deferment of the payment of tuition fees is available by contacting the Dean's Advisory Office of the applicant’s level.

1. For the Loan and Scholarship Fund: download the application form for a request for a scholarship or loan on Compass (Request Study Funding).
2. Submit the application form including the required enclosures by the submission deadlines for the autumn semester or spring semester (as listed on Compass/within the page content).
3. After receipt, the Advice Center for Study Funding first checks the completeness of the application.
4. The Advice Center for Study Funding contacts the applicant to coordinate a personal interview.
5. For Excellence Scholarships for Bachelor students: wait to be identified and invited by the Advice Center for Study Funding; an application without an invitation is not possible.

• Required enclosures for the application form for the Loan and Scholarship Fund (details not listed).Further documents for means testing (details not listed).Partial or total remission of tuition fees: required enclosures for means testing (details not listed).