University of St.Gallen rises to top-tier status with European Business Schools ranking placement at number eight

University of St.Gallen rises to top-tier status with European Business Schools ranking placement at number eight

(IN BRIEF) The University of St.Gallen has been named the leading business school in Switzerland and in the wider German-speaking DACH region in the 2025 Financial Times European Business Schools Ranking, placing eighth overall. The ranking is based on combined performance across four programmes—SIM-HSG, MBA-HSG, EMBA-HSG and Executive Education (ES-HSG)—and is informed by data from 100 schools and their alumni. Criteria including international outlook and salary progression contributed to HSG achieving first-tier status, positioning it among Europe’s strongest institutions for business education.

(PRESS RELEASE)  ST. GALLEN, 1-Dec-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of St.Gallen (HSG) has secured its position as the top-ranked business school in Switzerland and across the German-speaking DACH region in the newly released 2025 Financial Times European Business Schools Ranking. Published on 1 December 2025, the ranking places HSG eighth overall in Europe, reinforcing its standing among the continent’s most competitive academic institutions.

The FT European Business Schools list evaluates a school’s broad performance rather than a single programme, making it one of the most comprehensive indicators of academic quality and graduate outcomes. HSG’s placement reflects the combined performance of four core offerings: the Master in Management (SIM-HSG), the full-time MBA (MBA-HSG), the Executive MBA (EMBA-HSG) and the portfolio of Custom & Open Executive Education Programmes (ES-HSG). Together, these programmes contributed to HSG’s ranking in the top tier of European schools for 2025.

The results are drawn from an extensive annual survey of 100 European institutions and their alumni, with scoring factors including international faculty representation, graduate salary progression, programme recognition and overall educational influence. The Financial Times rankings have long served as a trusted reference for assessing the academic and professional impact of leading European business schools.

For further detail, the full results are available at rankings.ft.com.

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SOURCE: University of St. Gallen