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Funding model
In 2020, HSG reported a consolidated operating income of CHF 247.4m. This consisted of basic public funding and self- financing, including tuition fees. The basic public funding of approx. 56 per cent was made up of the funding contribution of the Canton of St.Gallen, contributions from students’ cantons of origin and federal funds. For the first time, the income from basic public funding includes the payment of a government contribution of CHF 6.8m to the Joint Medical Master in St.Gallen and has increased by 6.3 per cent. Solid and reliable funding in the form of monies from the public purse is an indispensable foundation for the Uni versity.
Basic public funding
By way of complementing basic public funding, HGS generates considerable self-financing resources, which together with the tuition fees account for approx. 44 per cent of the monies required. This does not only relieve the cantonal budget but helps to achieve a quality in teaching and research which enables the University’s supraregional presence, as well as its substantial economic impact on the region, and the Canton of St.Gallen in the first place. Funds generated by the University itself serve to additionally strengthen the profile of research and teaching quality for students and thus to improve HSG’s position in the competitive world of international education.
Self-financing
Funding contdribution of the Canton of St.Gallen 62
Revenues from executive education 419
Tuition fees 19.9
CHF 247.4m Contributions from other cantons 43.4
Research coopertion and transfer research 14.4 Other (refunds, administrative services) 5.6 Confederation: basic & investment contributions 33.3
Service contracts 6.2 Research programmes and project grants 13.4 Donations and membership fees from friends’ associations 5.5
Please note: the income is represented without intramural contributions.
Sponsorship 1.8
