Equal Opportunities and Diversity

We regard equal opportunities in your studies and your career as a central quality feature.

A university which acknowledges and appreciates the diversity among its staff and students allows for an optimal realisation of existing potentials and thus makes a vital contribution to excellent research and teaching.

We provide you with an overview of the various institutions in the Administration and in academia, as well as the initiatives which deal with issues of equal opportunities and gender and diversity in a variety of ways.

Institutions in the administration and in academia
Equal Opportunities Service Centre	The Service Centre of the University Administration advises, informs and sensitises people in the field of equal opportunities. It reports to the President's Board.
Special Needs Advice Centre	The Special Needs Advice Centre develops and realises measures of University members with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses.
Gender and Diversity Department	The Gender and Diversity Department examines cultural processes of differentiation, with a specific focus on the category of gender.
Research Institute for Organizational Psychology (OPSY-HSG)	The OPSY conducts research and teaches in the field of gender and diversity in organisations.
Center for Disability and Integration (CDI-HSG)	The CDI conducts innovative research in the field of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and provides enterprises with specific support, advice and coaching.
Competence Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI-HSG)	The CCDI conducts innovative research in the field of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and provides enterprises with specific support, advice and coaching.

Initatives
Taskforce Migration	With this project, the HSG intends to make a contribution to the support of the City and the Canton with regard to migration issues.
Gender Portal	The Gender Portal is an overview platform for gender and diversity issues in teaching and research at the HSG.
HSG programme "Women back to business" (WBB-HSG)	This programme provides women who would like to return to work or change careers with advanced management training.
HSG Alumni Women's Chapter	Network for alumnae at the HSG
Unigay	Unigay conceives of itself as the voice of lesbians, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) people at the University of St.Gallen and as a contact point and debating platform for students' LGBT-related concerns.
Universa	Organisation for women students
International Bodensee Universities network - Gender and Diversity Working Group	The HSG is part of the International Bodensee Universities network, which has founded a Gender and Diversity working group. The G&D working group aims to enhance the discourse surrounding equal opportunities and diversity issues.
Female Board Pool	The Female Board Pool is a network of women trained as directors.