Padagogische Hochschule St.Gallen

Name

Padagogische Hochschule St.Gallen

Legal name

Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen

Website

https://phsg.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Teacher Education (Higher Education)

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Teacher education
• Continuing professional development
• Educational research services
• Higher education degrees
• Didactic learning environments

Headquarters

HQ city

Sankt Gallen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: Core operations funded by canton and potentially federal government appropriations as a public university of teacher education, consistent with Swiss university funding structures.
2. Continuing Education Course Fees: Revenue from professional development courses offered to teachers. Teachers from non-contract cantons (outside SG, AR, GR) pay CHF 150 for 3-hour courses and CHF 120 for 2-hour courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen (PHSG) is a public university of teacher education that offers Bachelor's and Master's degree programs across all school levels (kindergarten, primary, secondary, vocational, and special needs). It also operates five Regional Didaktische Zentren (RDZ) delivering innovative hands-on learning environments, robotics workshops, media lending, and continuing education courses for schools and teachers in cantons St. Gallen, Appenzell-Ausserrhoden, and Graubünden.

Product overview

Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen operates as a teacher training university with a platform-plus-services model. The core offering includes initial teacher education programs (Bachelor's and Master's levels) across kindergarten, primary, secondary, and vocational school levels. Supporting this are the Regionalen Didaktischen Zentren (RDZ) — five regional didactic centers providing innovative learning environments (DENKmal!, Abenteuer Körper, Mars Mission, ZAHL:reich, #WeischWaniMein), media centers (Medienverbund), robotics workshops and loan kits, and the aprendo digital competency program. The RDZ also offers professional development courses, loanable learning kits, and research boxes for schools in the cantons of St.Gallen, Appenzell-Ausserrhoden, and Graubünden.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regionale Didaktische Zentren (RDZ) Five regional didactic centers offering innovative learning environments, media lending, robotics workshops, and professional development courses for teachers and school classes across the Bodensee region in eastern Switzerland.
• Medienverbund (Media Center) Multi-location library system providing teaching materials, educational media, learning kits, and software for primary school levels with courier and postal delivery services.
• Mars Mission Learning Environment Mars-themed learning environment at RDZ Gossau that uses micro:bit microcontrollers, Virtual Reality, and Physical Computing to teach informatics concepts through hands-on space missions to school classes.
• Lernumgebung «DENKmal!» Problem-solving focused learning environment at RDZ Rapperswil-Jona where students engage with creative solution-finding across various curriculum subjects from kindergarten to upper secondary level.
• Lernumgebung «Abenteuer Körper» Learning environment where students explore the human body, learn about organ systems, and understand their collaboration, covering NMG and Natur & Technik curriculum areas at RDZ Gossau.
• Lernumgebung «ZAHL:reich» Mathematics learning environment at RDZ Rorschach where children and youth discover mathematics worlds, experience numbers with all senses, and strengthen curiosity and logic through creative tasks.
• Lernumgebung «#WeischWaniMein» Multilingualism learning environment at RDZ Sargans inviting dialogue and creating enthusiasm for language learning among school classes.
• Lernumgebung «Zukunft (er)leben und gestalten - Future City» Learning environment at RDZ Wattwil exploring future city design, covering topics like mobility, leisure, work and consumption for school classes.
• Robotik Workshops (iMake-IT, mBot-Challenge) Robotics workshops including iMake-IT (building and programming remote-controlled vehicles with micro:bit) and the 3-part mBot-Challenge for school classes at RDZ Rapperswil-Jona.
• Robotik-Lernkisten (Robotics Loan Kits) Loanable robotics kits including BlueBot, ProBot, Ozobot, MatataLab, MakeyMakey, Calliope mini, and Micro:bit for teaching programming and robotics concepts to school classes.
• aprendo - Digitale Kompetenz Digital competency platform offering modules on 3D design and printing, computer use in school settings, and other digital skills for teachers across Switzerland.
• Weiterbildung (Continuing Education Programs) Continuing education programs including SVEB certificates, professional induction courses (Berufseinführung), and customized in-school training and consulting services for educators.
• Forscherkiste (Research Box) Trailer full of experiments available for rental by schools, plus select materials available for loan to support hands-on science learning.
• Teacher Education Degree Programs (Bachelor & Master) Accredited Bachelor's and Master's degree programs covering teacher education from kindergarten through vocational education, including study paths for career changers (Quereinsteigende), specialized Masters in Early Childhood Studies, Special Needs Education (Heilpädagogik), and School Development (Schulentwicklung).

Quantifiable outcome

• 7% increase in enrollment applications for teacher training programs compared to the previous year

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• SwissuniversitiesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHSG is a member of Swissuniversities, the association of Swiss higher education institutions. This membership provides institutional recognition, access to national funding programs, and collaboration with other Swiss universities on shared educational initiatives.
• AkkreditierungsratmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHSG holds institutional accreditation from the Akkreditierungsrat (Swiss Accreditation Council), which is responsible for quality assurance in Swiss higher education. This accreditation validates the university's programs and operations as meeting national quality standards.
• WissenschaftsverbundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHSG is affiliated with the Wissenschaftsverbund (Science Association), which facilitates research collaboration and knowledge exchange among Swiss educational institutions.
• Swiss Library Network (SLSP)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe SLSP (Swiss Library Network) provides the swisscovery/PHSG-Discovery online catalog infrastructure used by PHSG's mediatheks and RDZ locations for managing and lending educational media and teaching materials across the network of libraries.
• Bibliomedia SchweizminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBibliomedia Schweiz in Solothurn provides the collection of class reading materials (ZKL – Zentrale für Klassenlektüre), with one copy of each title available in PHSG mediatheks. Orders are fulfilled through Bibliomedia Switzerland.
• help2helpminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnerhelp2help provides first aid instruction and emergency response training for teachers through PHSG's continuing education courses. First aid instructor Daniel Riesen delivers the Erste-Hilfe-Kurs für Lehrpersonen at RDZ Rapperswil-Jona.
• Cantons SG, AR, and GRmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe core partnership framework involves cantons St. Gallen (SG), Appenzell-Ausserrhoden (AR), and Graubünden (GR) as 'Vertragskantone' (contract cantons), whose employed teachers receive free access to all RDZ services, courses, and learning environments. These cantons fund the core educational services provided by PHSG.
• PHSZ (Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHSG collaborates with PHSZ (Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz) on the development of educational programs. Specifically, the 'iMake-IT' robotics workshop used at RDZ Rapperswil-Jona was originally developed by PHSZ, demonstrating cross-institutional collaboration on educational technology.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW: Pädagogik division of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz providing teacher education across multiple cantons (AG, BL, BS, SO). Comparable to PHSG in multi-canton contract structure and integrated institute/center organization.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Wallis (PHVS): Bilingual (French/German) teacher education university in Canton Valais with comparable institutional structure, RDZ-like regional services, and cantonal funding model. Direct peer within the Swiss PH system.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern: Teacher education institution serving Central Switzerland with similar institutional structure, RDZ-like service network, and academic portfolio. Direct comparable in terms of size, mission, and cantonal contract model.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Bern (PH Bern): Swiss teacher education university serving the Canton of Bern with comparable degree programs, continuing education, and regional service offerings. Functions as a direct institutional peer to PHSG under the same Swiss PH framework.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau (PHTG): Neighboring teacher education university in northeastern Switzerland. Similar scale, single-canton focus (Thurgau), and degree program structure. Geographic proximity makes PHTG a directly comparable regional peer to PHSG.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden (PHGR): Teacher education university for the Canton of Graubünden—one of PHSG's contract cantons. Comparable mission and offerings, though smaller in scale. Represents both a peer and a potential overlapping service relationship.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz (PHSZ): Swiss teacher education university in central Switzerland. Directly comparable in scale and mission; notably, PHSG has a documented collaboration with PHSZ on the iMake-IT robotics workshop, indicating active inter-institutional cooperation among direct peers.
• Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich (PHZH): The largest Pädagogische Hochschule in Switzerland, offering bachelor/master teacher training, continuing education, and educational services for the Canton of Zürich. Directly comparable to PHSG in mission, structure, and service model, but operating at significantly greater scale in a more populous canton.

Regional players

• SUPSI (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana): Italian-speaking Swiss university of applied sciences that includes teacher education (DFA/ASP) for Ticino. Comparable institutional function within the Swiss higher education landscape, but serves a different linguistic region and does not directly compete in PHSG's geographic territory.

Broad incumbents

• Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung (EHB/IFFP/IUVP): Swiss federal university for vocational education and training (including vocational teacher training). Operates nationally with federal mandate, overlapping with PHSG's Institut Berufsbildung in the vocational teacher training domain, though at the federal rather than cantonal level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/rdz_rapperswiljona

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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