Interest for business studies on the rise – 470 new students begin their studies at Hanken this autumn
This autumn a total of some 470 persons begin their studies at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki or Vaasa, either within Hanken’s bachelor’s and master’s studies, within master’s studies in Swedish, or within one of Hanken’s six international master’s programmes.
Three ways of getting admission to Hanken – record number of new bachelor’s students
The number of new bachelor’s students is on an all-time high and some 220 persons took part in the orientation for new Hanken students in Helsinki, the majority of whom were new graduates from high school. The large amount is partly due to Hanken fulfilling the 14 extra study places appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture and partly to the fact that the first-year students no longer can register as absent during their first study year.
This year, the possibility for students to be directly admitted based on their matriculation examination results was introduced. In order to be admitted in this category, the applicant had to have Hanken as their first choice and get at least 85 points (out of max. 100) for their matriculation examination. At Hanken, 25 students were offered admission directly based on their matriculation examination results and 21 of them accepted their study place.
The majority applies to the five-year bachelor’s and master’s programme at Hanken based on their matriculation examination grades and the entrance exam. This year, the application and admission process was for the first time processed through Opintopolku (Studieinfo.fi), where the applicants already when submitting their application make their final prioritisation of the study places they are applying to and where each applicant is offered only one place of study at a university or a university of applied sciences in Finland.
96% of the students admitted to Hanken in Helsinki had this as their first priority and 75% of those admitted to Hanken in Vaasa were admitted to their first priority. Hanken had a total of 1 177 applicants, of which 885 participated in the entrance exam, which was organised in collaboration with the School of Business and Economics at Åbo Akademi University. The numbers show that the trend of an increasing interest for studying at Hanken continues.
The Open University quick route at Hanken was sold out in two minutes
Besides matriculation examination grades and entrance exam, an applicant can also be admitted to Hanken through Open University studies. Hanken offers so-called Open University quick route packages that consist of basic courses that are to be completed within one academic year and that fulfill the admission requirements within this category. Of the current bachelor’s students at Hanken, 39 were admitted from the Open University quick route.
This year, the quick route packages were sold out in two minutes and some 90 students (80 in Helsinki and 10 in Vaasa) will begin the Open University studies at Hanken with the aim of being admitted as degree students next year.
Master’s studies in Swedish popular
The interest towards master’s studies in Swedish has increased significantly during the past years. A total of 172 persons applied to Hanken’s master’s studies in Swedish and 70 of them were admitted. Of these, 59 begin their studies at Hanken this autumn. In the admissions for 2016, it will be possible to apply for master level studies in Swedish within all the major subjects at Hanken, i.e. eight majors in Helsinki and five in Vaasa.
Increase in the number of students within the international master’s programmes
Hanken has also been able to increase the number of students who accept their study place in one of Hanken’s six international master’s degree programmes. This year, 101 students begin their studies, which is more than last year. There were a total of 338 applicants from all over the world to the programmes and 176 of them were admitted. Of these, 44% have foreign citizenship.
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