Whether you sit the University of St. Gallen's selection procedure depends on your passport and permit, not on your IB subjects. HSG exempts Swiss and Liechtenstein citizens and holders of a C permit, who are admitted directly if their qualification is recognised; other IB holders, including expat students on a B permit, take an online aptitude test and a video interview, held in calendar week 7 or 23. For applicants in the selection procedure, HSG decides on the test and interview results alone; the IB only has to meet the admission rule. The IB counts as a foreign certificate here even when it was earned at a Swiss school, as our summary of the Swiss rule explains.
Applications for autumn 2027 entry run from 1 October 2026 to 30 April 2027, with a CHF 268 fee. The diploma must also meet the standard Swiss conditions that HSG shares with the other universities, and its first-year Assessment Year in the economics fields is taught either entirely in English or entirely in German, which matters if your schooling has been in English.
Inside the diploma, Business Management fills the humanities category, but not alongside Economics: the two count as one subject, which our Economics page explains.
If the IB falls short
Applicants whose diploma doesn't meet the rule usually turn to the ECUS supplementary exams, which HSG notes are held in German only and include a C1 German test. Planning subjects early avoids that detour.