The University of St. Gallen (in German: Universität St. Gallen) is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. Highly regarded in Europe, it enjoys an unrivaled reputation in the German-speaking region, given its record of placing its graduates in leadership positions in a variety of organizations across the continent. The University of St. Gallen is generally known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German name Hochschule St. Gallen. Despite being one of the smallest universities in Switzerland, the University of St. Gallen has the largest faculty for business administration within Switzerland, Germany and Austria. It is considered to be one of the leading business schools in Europe. Recently, the Financial Times ranked the University of St. Gallen's Master's program in Management (SIM) 4th worldwide and its Master's program in Finance (MBF) 12th worldwide. The University of St. Gallen is a member of the CEMS and APSIA networks. It is EQUIS and AACSB accredited. The University of St.