University of Sankt Gallen

Identifiers
- DEQARINST0194
- CH0008
- ROR: https://ror.org/0561a3s31
- Erasmus: CH ST-GALL09
- SCHAC: unisg.ch
- EU-PIC: 999861742
- EU-VAT: CHE115978205
- WHED: IAU-019368
Provider type

higher education institution
Legal seat(s)

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Website

http://www.unisg.ch
Founding year

1898
QF-EHEA levels

third cycle, second cycle, first cycle
Previous names
- Hochschule St. Gallen für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften until 30/06/1994
Permalink

https://data.deqar.eu/institution/194/

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

Programme accreditation
voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
Institutional accreditation
Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland