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The International Office of the FHS St.Gallen

The International Office of the FHS St.Gallen promotes mobility of students and staff at all levels. It establishes partnerships with universities all over the world and coordinates the implementation of the internationalisation strategy of the FHS and the individual departments. Its work includes:

Curriculum

Adding an international perspective to the module content, e.g. specialist discourse at international level
Advice and support with providing English courses, e.g. on the International Management program
Advice on Intercultural Development Inventory for students
Advice and support with organising summer schools, e-learning projects, etc.
Arranging and looking after guest lecturers

Network

Assessing and establishing partnerships
Maintaining international networks
Welcoming and looking after delegations
Participating in international associations/committees

Mobility

Responsible for everything relating to the Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP)
Supporting FHS students (outgoings) with a semester /stay abroad
Supporting and looking after international students (incomings) at the FHS
Supporting FHS lecturers and staff (faculty outgoings) with teaching assignments or research trips
Supporting and looking after international lecturers and staff (faculty incomings)

University culture

Offering internal training courses, e.g. basics of intercultural communication for teaching staff
Introducing international aspects and raising awareness of them among committees and specialist units
Organising international conferences and events
Advising and supporting lecturers and staff on sabbaticals