Library
At our library, you’ll have access to a wealth of resources designed to support your academic journey and foster your intellectual growth. With over 550,000 printed books and periodicals, 175,000 e-books, and 800 subscriptions to printed magazines and newspapers, you’ll find everything you need to deepen your knowledge. Additionally, you’ll have access to 70,000 licensed electronic journals, offering a vast array of up-to-date research material at your fingertips.
Our library provides 550 study spaces, as well as dedicated PCs for research, alongside multifunctional devices for printing, copying, and scanning. Whether you’re working on an individual project or collaborating with peers, you’ll find an environment that supports your learning.
Our friendly and knowledgeable library staff are always available to assist you with literature searches and information gathering, ensuring that you can make the most of the resources available to you.
SQUARE
Serendipity - when chance encounters inspire great ideas - has been given the perfect space: SQUARE. It is a popular meeting place, thinking space and innovation lab all in one. There, entirely new ways of learning and interacting provide unprecedented opportunities for co-creation.
SQUARE is where the students meet public figures and faculty members, as well as members of the general public, to discuss current issues and initiate solutions for the future or get directly involved in their development. In a modern atmosphere with high-quality equipment and supported by the latest technology, meeting others has never been so exciting, and venturing new beginnings has never been so easy.
On campus
Looking more like a park, our Rosenberg campus in St.Gallen offers not only ideal conditions for studying in beautiful surroundings, but also a stunning view of the city. The distances between the individual areas are short, and the modern infrastructure gives students the best possible support in their learning. The university campus is more than just a place of education - it is a place to meet, a place of inspiration, and art. There, works of art by Giacometti, Richter, Miró and Penalba complement buildings created by architects Walter M. Förderer and Bruno Gerosa.
In the city
St.Gallen has a lot to offer its approximately 80,000 inhabitants: a historically important Old Town, numerous shops, street cafés and restaurants, bars and clubs. The monastery quarter with the Baroque cathedral and the abbey library has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Situated between the Alps and Lake Constance, St.Gallen also provides ideal conditions for a wide range of leisure and sports activities in the surrounding area. The natural swimming pools "Drei Weiheren" are within walking distance of the city centre.
Art and culture
An impressive cultural programme awaits you in St.Gallen. The city plays host to one of Switzerland's biggest open-air festivals, the performances of the CityTheatre and the Tonhalle, the St.Galler Festspiele - a classcial music event held every summer - and numerous exhibitions in museums and private galleries. The ST.Gallen Art Museum and the Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen conncet the city with the international art scene.
Catering options
The university restaurant offers a wide selection of tasty cold and warm menus over lunch, which vary in price. At the cold and warm buffet you can also put together your own individual meal or choose a menu. Starting at CHF 6.20, you can get a warm meal. The buffet caters to all diets.
There are other catering facilities, which offer a range of pastries, cakes, sandwiches and other snacks, as well as a variety of hot and cold drinks throughout the day.
Sport facilities
To keep your body and mind in balance, Unisport offers you a wide range of sports at its own and third-party sports facilities. On campus, for example, you will find a modern sports hall with a gym and group fitness courses as well as an artificial turf pitch and a beach volleyball court.
Around 270 training instructors professionally supervise you and support you in shaking off the stress of university life. The programme includes more than 250 training sessions in more than 70 sports every week. Most of the courses and services are available to you free of charge. Even professional sports careers integrate seamlessly with your studies.
Student Union (SHSG)
The Student Union (SHSG) offers various locations - ranging from co-working spaces to campus bars and relaxation rooms:
- theCO: Co-Working Space
- theSTAGE: Event location
- [ad]hoc: Campus bar
- MeetingPoint: Bar
- Relaxation room