Schweizerische Müllereifachschule St.Gallen (SMS)

Switzerland

Address: Pestalozzistrasse 4, 9000 St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Milling Technology, Feed Manufacturing Technology

SMS in St. Gallen is a unique, internationally recognized higher vocational school (Höhere Fachschule) specializing in milling technology (grain processing) and feed manufacturing technology. It offers diplomas for milling technicians (Techniker/-in HF Müllereitechnologie).

Domains taught:

Agriculture, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Food Science, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Statistics, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Diploma

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Strong international connections with the grain milling and feed manufacturing industries worldwide. Supported by industry associations.

Research:

Applied research and development in grain processing techniques, flour quality, feed formulation, and milling machinery.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

Current students***:

Foreign students***:

50%

Cumulative former students***:

2000

Pros

Global competence center for training in milling and feed technology. Highly specialized and internationally renowned.

Cons

Very specific niche. Offers HF-level diplomas.

Best For

Individuals from around the world seeking specialized higher vocational diplomas (HF) in grain milling or feed manufacturing technology.

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Most Similar Schools Locally

Höhere Fachschule für Lebensmitteltechnologie overlaps with this school on agriculture, food science and quality, so the two are easy to compare, and it is public, whereas this school is private, and runs the same diploma programmes.
Think of Schweizerische Schule für Landtechnik when agriculture, quality and thermodynamics is the priority: it is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a private institution.
A good alternative in the same country is Strickhof, Höhere Fachschule für Agrarwirtschaft, which likewise covers agriculture, food science and quality; it is larger, enrolling about 150 students against roughly 80 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
Schweizerische Metallbautechnische Fachschule follows much the same lines as this institution, with quality, thermodynamics and project management as common ground, and it covers civil engineering and structural engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here.
The comparison with sanu future learning ag, Höhere Fachschule für Umweltberatung is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on agriculture, food science and quality, and it is slightly larger, at about 100 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a private institution.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

On content, Istituto Tecnico Superiore Area Tecnologica Agro-Alimentare Molise in Italy and this institution are close, as both teach agriculture, food science and quality; it has almost the same size, at about 80 students, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Students considering a move abroad can look at Istituto Tecnico Superiore per l'Agroalimentare e Vitivinicolo - Conegliano in Italy, where agriculture, food science and quality also form the core, and it is larger, enrolling about 120 students against roughly 80 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
ESFF (France) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly quality, thermodynamics and project management; it is also a private institution and also offers master's programmes.
ESEPAC in France shares the food science, quality and microbiology and genetics orientation of this institution, and it is larger, enrolling about 200 students against roughly 80 here, and is also a private institution.
In Spain, Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas teaches much the same core subjects, bioengineering, physics and mathematics, and it also offers master's and doctoral programmes and covers nanotechnologies and optics as well.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Agriculture, Food, Manufacturing, Process, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Training

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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