Innovation in Healthcare, ICT, and Design
St. Gallen is a major hub for ICT, healthcare, and design. Leading educational institutions, a wide range of training and continuing education programs, and renowned companies define this ICT hub in Eastern Switzerland. The healthcare sector is also among the most dynamic industries in the region. With its vibrant design scene, St. Gallen is also gaining creative appeal and future potential.
At the initiative of the City of St. Gallen, more than 40 institutions in St. Gallen are collaborating within the St. Gallen Health network, which was established in 2020. The St. Gallen Health consortium aims to strengthen St. Gallen’s position as an attractive location for companies in the healthcare sector, thereby creating jobs and attracting skilled workers. In this video, you’ll learn more about St. Gallen as a healthcare hub, which has provided CSL Vifor with the ideal conditions for international success for more than 150 years.
Through St.Gallen Health, St.Gallen is strategically positioning itself as a leading healthcare hub, creating jobs, and attracting skilled professionals. Jointly organized conferences and professional events are also part of this collaboration. The St.Gallen Health network brings together business, research, and education, highlighting shared expertise and the resulting synergies. In doing so, it provides direct benefits to its members.
St. Gallen is known throughout the world in the ICT industry. Starting out as startups, companies like Frontify AG and Meteomatics AG now serve internationally renowned clients such as Lufthansa, Vodafone, and Tesla. Their successful launch is undoubtedly due, in part, to Startfeld. At Startfeld, people with good ideas receive support in launching their startups and gain access to a vast innovation network. Learn more about St. Gallen, an attractive ICT hub.
A vibrant creative economy is synonymous with urbanity and cosmopolitanism. For this reason, it enhances the city’s appeal to both residents and skilled professionals. Although not particularly high-profile, the creative scene in the city of St. Gallen has developed positively in recent years, with a strong presence in the design sector, accounting for over 1,500 full-time jobs (9.1% of all full-time positions). From the textile industry and the Sitterwerk to established creative agencies and architectural firms, the city of St. Gallen possesses renowned expertise in the creative sector.
The goal is to strengthen the connections among all these stakeholders and increase the scene’s visibility. To this end, the City of St. Gallen’s cultural and economic development departments, along with the St. Gallen School of Design, brought the city’s creative scene together for the second time as part of Design Week St. Gallen.
