Akademie St.Gallen, Höhere Fachschule für Technik

Switzerland

Address: Lagerstrasse 3, 9000 St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology

Akademie St.Gallen offers Höhere Fachschule (HF) programs in Technology, including diplomas (Dipl. Techniker/-in HF) in areas like mechanical engineering, systems engineering (automation), and potentially IT, catering to professionals in Eastern Switzerland.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Diploma

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Focus on career-accompanying (part-time) education. Partnerships with industries in Eastern Switzerland.

Research:

Applied projects often related to students’ professional work or specific industry needs.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

Current students***:

400

Foreign students***:

Cumulative former students***:

3000

Pros

Offers flexible, part-time technical diploma (HF) programs suitable for working professionals in St. Gallen.

Cons

Private school, tuition fees apply.

Best For

Working professionals in Eastern Switzerland seeking part-time higher vocational diplomas (HF) in engineering or IT.

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Most Similar Schools Locally

On content, sfb Bildungszentrum Dietikon, Höhere Fachschule für Technologie and this institution are close, as both teach metrology, quality and signal processing; it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and is far larger, with about 1,200 students against roughly 400 here.
In terms of fields, IBZ Schulen für Technik Informatik Wirtschaft is the nearest neighbour, with metrology, quality and signal processing again at the core; it is far larger, with about 1,500 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a private institution.
Höhere Fachschule für Technik und Management Zürich offers a comparable education in metrology, quality and signal processing: it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and is slightly smaller, at about 300 students against roughly 400 here.
Feusi Bildungszentrum AG Bern, Höhere Fachschulen Technik & Informatik follows much the same lines as this institution, with metrology, quality and signal processing as common ground, and it covers software engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 400 here.
Where this school leans on metrology, quality and signal processing, AZW Ausbildungszentrum Winterthur Höhere Fachschule Technik does the same, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Istituto Tecnico Superiore Maker in Italy shares the quality, industrial design and project management orientation of this school, and it is larger, enrolling about 800 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a private institution.
Istituto Tecnico Superiore Meccatronico del Lazio in Italy is the nearest foreign match on quality, industrial design and project management; it runs the same diploma programmes, and is smaller, enrolling about 250 students against roughly 400 here.
Salesianos Deusto in Spain shares the telecommunications, robotics and automation orientation of this institution, and it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and is larger, enrolling about 900 students against roughly 400 here.
For quality, signal processing and fluid dynamics outside the home country, ISMANS in France is a natural reference; it is slightly larger, at about 500 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a private institution.
Abroad, Salesianos Urnieta (Spain) covers industrial design, robotics and automation in a comparable way, and it is larger, enrolling about 800 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a private institution.

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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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