Open Programmes for Your Management Training

Acquire management expertise with our executive management training courses, and study at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) – one of the world’s leading business schools. We provide managers and executives access to a unique portfolio of open programmes which will promote your personal and professional development. Expand your knowledge, or venture into a field you know nothing about. It will increase your ability to perform and open up new options for the development of your career.

Even without a Bachelor’s degree, you can participate in many of our practical executive education courses – alongside your career. The University of St.Gallen’s diversified course portfolio comprises more than just certificate programmes (CAS), short seminars, diploma programmes and exclusive conferences. We also offer postgraduate management training programmes – such as the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and EMBA programmes, which lead to an academic degree – in the fields of management, technology, law and economics.

Our selection of executive education programmes is suitable for experienced managers and executives, as well as for high potentials who wish to tap into new fields of knowledge with practice-oriented executive education in the fields of management and economics. As the economic hub of eastern Switzerland, St.Gallen is the ideal location for business administration management training.

As an EQUIS- and AACSB-accredited and top-ranked Swiss business university, the HSG enjoys an outstanding reputation as an innovative business school in German-speaking Europe. It regularly occupies top positions in national and international business school rankings. Our degree and executive education programmes are internationally recognised and accredited. Seals of approval certify the first-rate quality of our education and excellent instruction – place your trust in international standards.

The University of St.Gallen’s open programmes are designed to be modular, and are thus highly flexible. Attain specialist qualifications in your field – or delve deeply into a new one – with our executive education courses. Our comprehensive, research-based course programme is uniquely diverse, and will allow you to acquire tailor-made additional qualifications for a successful career.

By taking advantage of the University of St.Gallen's open programmes, you are placing your trust in one of the largest and best faculties of management theory in German-speaking Europe. We make it possible for you to select courses based on your personal needs, enabling you to easily enhance your profile at the University of St.Gallen alongside your career. With executive leadership training or executive management training, you can specialise or pursue a general training programme at any stage of your career. Whether you seek a leadership position or wish to explore new subjects as an established executive, our comprehensive selection of programmes will enrich your knowledge, your career perspectives and especially your professional abilities—in the interest of responsible business.

In the light of permanently advancing technological transformation and the resulting new challenges for the business world, executive management training is the key to every company’s economic success. Leaders are aware of their social responsibility – as economic players as well as employers – and invest in their own expertise and the professional development of their employees.

Clever management means being forward-looking and taking advantage of the potential of current developments. The ability to make decisions is the prerequisite for creating sustainable economic and social value.

With the University of St.Gallen’s management training, you will achieve your career goals and always be up to date in your field. Our management seminars will provide you with a new perspective on developments central to the business world and valuable practical knowledge. In this way, you will be able to react to current developments as a competent player and achieve your personal goals.

The HSG’s management courses are ideally suited to executives and ambitious managers who wish to further develop their professional skills in the fields of management and economics. But even high potentials with or without a Bachelor’s degree who want to open up new career perspectives through renowned management courses can profit from our comprehensive portfolio of executive education seminars, certificate programmes and other executive-oriented seminars.

With our leadership seminars, you will benefit from the first-rate instruction of the largest business faculty in Europe and develop your leadership skills at one of the world’s leading business schools. Executive management training in Switzerland, at the internationally acclaimed HSG, will give you access to the most cutting-edge academic knowledge. Through practice-oriented leadership seminars, you will come into contact with current studies, and thanks to a flexible programme, you will be able to enjoy holistic leadership training alongside your career.

With management training at the University of St.Gallen, you will be making an excellent choice when it comes to expanding your network of professional contacts. At one of the most renowned business schools in Europe, our leadership seminars attract both leading researchers and top-flight executives who together form a unique network with an impact that will be endure long after the courses have ended.

As an internationally recognised Swiss business school and your committed educational partner, we can help you choose the right executive management courses and programmes for you. Using our programme finder, you can get a preliminary overview of what we have to offer.

We can help you create the perfect plan for completing your executive education alongside your career. Moreover, the University of St.Gallen offers individual tutorials, should you be looking for bespoke executive education seminars for your company. Our academic directors are leading experts who can assist you in designing the perfect management seminars for your executives.