Admission to Doctoral Studies

 

How to apply

Applications to doctoral studies are made in writing. Please find the required application form below, or contact the Doctoral Studies Co-ordinator for a paper copy.

For more information about eligibility and the admission process please select the appropriate alternative in the menu to the left, with regards to the university level master's degree you hold.

The specified regulations on Doctoral Studies are laid down in

  • The Degree Regulations for Hanken School of Economics 2005
  • The Government Decree on University Degrees 2004

To read more about these, please go to Structure and Regulations.

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Majors and Application Deadlines

Application deadlines

Application deadlines for 2010 are Monday, 17th of May and Friday, 22nd of October. Applications must reach Hanken on the aforementioned dates no later than 16.15. Please note that the spring application round is the main admissions round.

Hanken offers doctoral education in the following majors:

  • Accounting
  • Commercial Law
  • Economics
  • Entrepreneurship and Management
  • Finance
  • Information Systems Science
  • Management and Organisation
  • Marketing
  • Statistics
  • Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography
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Application Form

Below you can download the application form. Please note the instructions in the same document. Also note that no electronic applications are accepted.

Application form for doctoral studies (fill in) [doc] 345k

Application form for doctoral studies [pdf] 121k

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Advice for setting up a research proposal

How to set up a research proposal [pdf] 10k

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Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test result mandatory

Since spring 2007, a GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) or GRE General Test (Graduate Record Examination) test result is mandatory for all applicants when applying to doctoral studies at Hanken. GMAT and GRE are tests designed to measure the skills shown to help graduate business students succeed in the challenging curriculum. The tests assess verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing skills.

The test result is to be sent directly to Hanken from the test organisers. The test result cannot be older than five (5) years. All tests (GMAT/ GRE and language tests) must be taken no later than the application deadline. The test results do not have to be included in your application, they are sent directly to Hanken School of Economics.

In Finland the GMAT is administered by Teleware and the GRE by the Fulbright Center.

To have the test result sent directly to Hanken please indicate Hanken's code when you make the request:

GMAT: NRC-QZ-38
GRE: 8433

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Hanken scholarship for first year doctoral students

Hanken offers the possibility to full-time funding for (at maximum) 13 first year doctoral students. The funding covers studies during the first academic year (the maximum length of the funding period is 1 September - 31 August). The grant amount is 1630 euro/month. The amount includes funding for the costs for a statutory pension insurance and an occupational accident insurance (approximately 14 percent of the grant amount).

Application for the scholarship is made in conjunction with applications for admission to doctoral studies using the same form. Applicants are informed of the funding decision in connection with the decision on admissions.

Conditions for granting the scholarship:

· The application for the scholarship can be made only in conjunction with application for admission to doctoral studies using the same form.

· Incomplete or late applications are not considered.

· Scholarships for full-time studies require a leave of absence from another position.

· The holder of a scholarship is to study full-time and make progress in his/her studies. The holder of a scholarship is to inform his/her degree supervisor if he/she interrupts his/her studies or no longer is studying full-time.

· A condition for payment of a scholarship for full-time studies is that the applicant has not received other funding for the same purpose for the same period. The holder of a scholarship is to inform his/her degree supervisor if he/she receives funding for full-time studies from another source.

· Scholarships for doctoral students require that the applicant is enrolled as a doctoral student at Hanken and registered as present.

Hanken retains the right to discontinue the payment if any one of the above requirements is not fulfilled.

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