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St.Gallen University of Teacher Education

Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen · University of teacher education (PHSG) · canton of St. Gallen · St. Gallen

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Students, 2025/26

1,346

Foreign nationals

12.6%

170 students

Largest field

Pre-school and primary teaching

53.9% of students

For the universities of teacher education the Office publishes only nationality per institution, not where students were educated, so their figure is the share of foreign nationals — not comparable with the educated-abroad share shown for the other two types. Students are everyone matriculated at a Swiss higher education institution in the autumn (winter) semester, as the Federal Statistical Office defines them.

Students, 2007/08–2025/26

2007/08: 8602025/26: 1,346
2025/261,346
2024/251,333
2023/241,241
2022/231,290
2021/221,274
2020/211,247
2019/201,158
2018/191,141
2017/181,186
2016/171,169
2015/161,185
2014/151,246
2013/141,185
2012/131,165
2011/121,089
2010/11920
2009/10805
2008/09810
2007/08860

Fields of study, 2025/26

Field names translated by CollegeMatcher.

  • Pre-school and primary teaching725 · 53.9%
  • Lower-secondary teaching549 · 40.8%
  • Teaching in vocational schools62 · 4.6%
  • Lower- and upper-secondary teaching10 · 0.7%

Level of study, 2025/26

The Federal Statistical Office does not publish a split by level for each university of teacher education.

Fees

Each institution sets its own tuition — for ETH Zurich and EPFL the ETH Board does, by ordinance — and many charge students from abroad more. Fees are not published as open data, and swissuniversities' fee tables may not be reused, so no fees are shown here: check each institution's website.

Other universities of teacher education: Zurich University of Teacher Education, Bern University of Teacher Education, University of Teacher Education, Vaud, Lucerne University of Teacher Education, University of Teacher Education in Special Needs, Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Zug University of Teacher Education, University of Teacher Education BEJUNE, University of Teacher Education, Valais, Graubünden University of Teacher Education, Schwyz University of Teacher Education, Institute of Teacher Education NMS Bern, Schaffhausen University of Teacher Education, University of Speech and Language Therapy, Eastern Switzerland

Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS), Students and Degrees in Higher Education (SHIS-studex) — tables “Studierende an den universitären Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040100_108); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_136); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule, nur Studierende auf Stufen Diplom, Bachelor und Master (ohne Weiterbildung)” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_138); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen (ohne PH) nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040200_170); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_191); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Staatsangehörigkeit (Kategorie) und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_192). Terms of use: opendata.swiss “Open use. Must provide the source” (https://opendata.swiss/en/terms-of-use). Sums and shares, English names, the English names of university and teacher-education fields, cantons, cities and websites are CollegeMatcher's additions, not the FSO's.