Degree Certificate

Degree Certificate

When you have completed all the required courses for your degree, you should apply for a Degree Certificate. A Degree Certificate is not awarded automatically, so the application is necessary.

Before you submit your application, please acquire a transcript of records from the Service Point (Helsinki) or the Office of Study Affairs (Vaasa) and check that all courses have been correctly noted. Should you have questions, for instance about credits awarded for courses you have completed abroad, please contact your supervisor. To apply for your Degree Certificate, please fill out the application form and submit it to the Service Point in Helsinki or Britt-Mari Siironen in Vaasa, together with the above-mentioned transcript of records. You can apply for the degree certificate before your thesis has been approved if you have all the other courses registered. Please note that you can not cancel your application for degree certificate. The transcripts will always be sent to your supervisor before the Degree Certificate is awarded.

When you graduate, you will receive the Degree Certificate and a transcript of records as well as a Diploma Supplement that provides a description of your degree and the Finnish higher education system. Both the degree certificate, incl. transcript of records, and the diploma supplement is free of charge.

The Degree Certificate for a Doctoral Degree at Hanken is in both Swedish and English.

Graduation Dates 2012

In Helsinki at 3 p.m., in Vaasa at 2 p.m.

Graduation Ceremony

There is a small graduation ceremony on each graduation day, where the Rector or the Vice-rector hands out the degree certificates. The graduation event is for the graduating students only. You will receive an email invitation to the graduation ceremony one week before the graduation day.

Please note that we do not send the original degree certificates by mail. If you cannot attend the graduation event, you can collect the degree certificate at the Service Point in Helsinki or the Office of Study Affairs in Vaasa on the following working day.

Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees

The Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees takes place every 5 years. It was held 30.10.2009 and is arranged next time 2014. Ph.D. graduates who have graduated after 23.10.2009 will be invited to take part. These graduates will be contacted by Hanken early on to confirm participation and they will also be informed about necessary preparation and procedures around the Ceremonial Conferment.

Application for Degree Certificate

Please hand in your application for Degree Certificate to the Service Point in Helsinki or the Office of Study Affairs in Vaasa.

Application for degree certificate