Internship abroad
As a student at Hanken you have the opportunity to gain international work experience even before you step out into the working life by preforming an internship. By performing an internship abroad for one semester at any organization, you get a chance to try out various tasks and use your theoretical knowledge, gain an insight into working life, learn about another culture and practice your language skills, make valuable contacts, etc. Internships give you invaluable lessons and experiences that you can benefit from for the rest of your life.
In addition, internships promotes the link between you and the work. Internships are often the first contact to the kind of work where you are able to use your academic skills. As such internships constitutes a valuable opportunity to explore your skills and future plans for work in the future.
Hanken has its own international internship program which is launched every year in December. Students can also apply for a scholarship through Ekonomforum for a internship abroad that they have acquired themselves. Common to both Hanken's own internship program and internships acquired by oneself is that it must be included in the studies (8sp), must be abroad, and must last at least three months. The student must also be registered as present at Hanken throughout the internship.
Admitted 2009 or later
For those admitted in 2009 or later internship at Hanken is voluntary and can be performed abroad either at Bachelor level (8sp) or as an in-depth course in all subjects at Master level (8sp). Internships can be credited only once in any degree, either at Bachelor or Master level. Internships at the Bachelor level can only be carried out abroad while internship at Master level may be performed either in Finland or abroad.
Admitted before 2009
If you where admitted before 2009, you can only do an internship as part of your Master's studies. However, you can apply for all internships in Hanken's internship programme and arrange an internship by yourself for which you can apply for a scholarship. The internship must be used as a part of the 12 weeks of work experience required to obtain credits for internships. For more information, contact the the internship supervisor at your department.
Information on internships abroad
Hanken's internship program and the funding of placements you yourself have found is administrated the Career Services Ekonomforum. The information is organized according to how you plan to acquire an internship, ie information about Hanken's internship program and information on how you should proceed to apply for funding for an internship you have found yourself.
Ekonomforum´s website Hanken Network offers general information for everyone interested in an internship abroad, a message board, a list of past internship placements, info for those who intend to seek an internship abroad, information for those who have already obtained an internship abroad and info for students that already have been abroad .
Read more about internships on the
Hanken Network portal.