The Department of Finance and Statistics

The Department of Finance and Statistics at Hanken was founded in 1977, and is the oldest department of finance in Finland, and one of the oldest in the Nordic countries.

Teaching in the Master's programme in Finance started in the same year, and the programme quickly gained a very high reputation internationally. The programme is considered to be highly demanding, and it attracts the School's best students. Within the business sector, the demand for recently graduated Hanken Master's students, with a major in finance has been high and steady, even during recessions. Recently, international investment banks e.g. in London have employed a considerable number of Hanken graduates. Inquirers can find detail of all courses in the Study Handbook.

Contact information for staff.

The Department has adopted rapidly to changes in financial markets and to the rapid development of financial theory, so that the gap between new theories gaining acceptance and the implementation of these into Hanken's basic teaching programme is minimised.

The Department was also the first in Finland to produce large scale empirical research into financial issues. During the 1980s, huge financial databases were built, which have since contributed to the fact that a substantial number of the empirical studies of both the Finnish and the Swedish stock markets have originated at Hanken.

Finance is taught at both the Helsinki and Vaasa campuses of Hanken.

Two-year Master's degree Programmes

GSF - The Graduate School of Finance

The Graduate School of Finance (GSF) offers programmes for gaining a Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Finance. The full programme is open for doctoral students who fill the requirements for doctoral studies at the Helsinki School of Economics, at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, or at the University of Vaasa. Read more...

Research Seminars, read more...

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