The drive, wealth of ideas and diversity of the student participants brings a special vitality to the St. Gallen Symposium. 200 students selected from leading universities and representing more than 60 different countries contribute to the discussion and challenge the views and statements of the speakers and other participants of the symposium.
The student participants are selected through a demanding
competition. The authors of the best 200 out of around 1,000 entries for the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence
Award are invited to the symposium. To enable invited students from all over the world to participate,
the ISC assumes most of their travel and accommodation costs, regardless of their economic situation.
Competition
Find
out more about the idea and the possibilities of participating in the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence
Award which has developed into one of the most important international essay competitions.
Jury
The
selection of the 200 best contributions is taken by an independent jury of postgraduates of the University
of St. Gallen and distinguished personalities from different backgrounds.
Past Student Awards
The
archive provides an overview of past Student Awards. You can also find out more about the past winners
who played an eminent role in the past St. Gallen Symposia both as student participants and as student
speakers.
