Admission to Doctoral Studies

How to apply

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.

Application rounds and deadlines

The application rounds in 2012 are:

• The spring application round 1.3.- 16.4.2012 (studies start in August 2012)
• The autumn application round 3.9.- 1.10.2012 (studies start in January 2013)

Applications must reach Hanken no later than on the end date of the application round by 16.15

Please note:

• the spring round is the main application round

• the application form is made available on the web when the application round opens

• applications are made in writing using the form provided. No electronic applications are accepted

• the information on the web is updated between the application rounds. Final updates for an application round are available at latest by the start of the application round in question

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.

The form is published when the application round opens

Majors

Hanken offers doctoral education in the following majors (all majors are not offered in both campuses):

• Accounting (Helsinki and Vaasa campus)
• Commercial Law (Helsinki and Vaasa campus)
• Economics (Helsinki campus only)
• Entrepreneurship and Management (Helsinki and Vaasa campus)
• Finance (Helsinki and Vaasa campus)
• Information Systems Science (Helsinki campus only)
• Management and Organisation (Helsinki campus only)
• Marketing (Helsinki and Vaasa campus)
• Statistics (Helsinki campus only)
• Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography (Helsinki campus only)

Advice for setting up a research proposal

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

A GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) or GRE (Revised) 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 indicative GMAT / converted GRE threshold set by the Academic Council is 600 (applications rounds in 2012). If an applicant with a lower score shows considerable evidence of his/her propensity to conduct doctoral studies and research he/she may be considered for admission.

The test result cannot be older than five (5) years. All tests (GMAT/ GRE and language tests) must be taken by the application deadline and the official test score report has to be sent to Hanken directly from the test organiser. You may include a test taker copy in your application but in addition, you have to make a request to the test organiser before the application deadline to send an official test score report directly to Hanken School of Economics.

More information about GRE-test: ETS/GRE and Fulbright , test organiser in Finland Premeria
More information about GMAT-test: mba.com and the test organiser Lan Group Finland (LGF)

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

Hanken scholarship for first year doctoral students

Hanken offers the possibility of full-time funding for a certain number of 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.