Apply to the PhD programme

Here you will find information on the admission to Hankens PhD programme 2025.

The next application round is 8.12.2025-8.1.2026!

NOTICE! Currently Hanken School of Economics is recruiting Doctoral Researchers for a project headed by Professor Kochupillai. The deadline for applying to these positions is 31.8.2025 at 23.59. See the advertisements here: Position 1 and Position 2. Welcome to submit your application! 

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PhD admission round

  • UPCOMING Application period: 8.12.2025-8.1.2026 at 3:00 PM (UTC+2)
  • Application period: 9.12–9.1.2025 at 3:00 PM (UTC+2). Application has ended.
  • Supplementary application period: 17.3–7.4.2025 at 3:00 PM (UTC+3). Application has ended.
  • You can apply only to one subject per round.

Admission requirements

  1. Master's degree
  2. GPA or GMAT/GRE
  3. Subject-specific requirements
  4. Statement of purpose
  5. Research proposal
  6. Academic text in Swedish or English
  7. Language requirement
  8. CV
  9. Two reference persons

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Selection criteria

  • Everyone who meets the requirements for subject eligibility goes on to academic assessment.
  • The academic assessment is completed by the programme, that scores the candidates and makes an admission proposal regarding the applicants for the subject.
  • Applicants will be ranked based on the academic assessment in the first stage, after which the most qualified and highest-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview in the second assessment stage.
  • In the academic assessment, the candidates are ranked based on the following assessment elements:
    1. Academic assessment (pass/fail)
    2. Interview (pass/fail)
  • The candidates invited to the interview are assessed by a statement from the programme.
  • The proposed candidates proceed to the Doctoral Admissions Committee, after which the Rector makes a decision on admission based on the committee's proposal.
Application has ended