FHS St. Gallen was founded in 2001 through a merger of three formerly independent schools: the Higher Economics and Administration School (HWV), the Intercantonal Engineering School (ISG) and the Higher School of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (HFS). The Department of Health was added in 2006.
Founding of St. Gallen Evening College, later Engineering School St. Gallen (ISG)
Founding of the School for Social Work of Eastern Switzerland (OSSA)
Founding of the School for Social Pedagogy of Eastern Switzerland (OSSP)
Founding of the Higher Economics and Administration School (HWV)
Transfer of ISG to intercantonal sponsorship
Merger of OSSA and OSSP to form the Higher School of Social Work and Social
Pedagogy (HFS)
Merger of HWV, ISG and HFS to become FHS St. Gallen
Extension of FHS St. Gallen to include the Department of Health
Dissolution of the different locations and move to today's FHS campus
FHS St.Gallen
University of Applied Science
Rosenbergstrasse 59
9001 St.Gallen, Switzerland
+41 71 226 14 00
info@fhsg.ch