Student Housing

Hankenhuset Isabella på Busholmen
Looking for an apartment? Here you will find some tips on how to find an apartment in both Helsinki and Vaasa.

Hanken's own student apartments in Helsinki

  • If you are registered as present as a degree student at Hanken in Helsinki, you can apply for student accommodation.
  • Student accomodation means apartments that are built with public loans by non-profit organisations. The rent is approximately 20 % lower than rents for private apartments.
  • All student accomodation rental contracts are valid for one academic year at a time. Requirements for getting a new contract for the next academic year is to be registered as present at Hanken in Helsinki and that you have taken care of your commitments in accordance with the rental agreement.
  • You can cancel the rental contract only in special cases. The students who go abroad to complete exchange studies through the Hanken exchange is allowed to sub-rent the apartmeent for the exchange period.
  • The student who apply for an apartment is placed in the apartment queue based on the current distance from their municipality of residence to the study location. You will receive more info on the queue system once you apply.

Hanken's Isabella in Helsinki

Utsikten till innegården från en Isabellas bostad.

Hanken's Isabella (built in 2021) in Jätkäsaari has 78 studios and two one-bedroom apartments. The first temants moved in 1 September 2021. Half of the apartments have an ocean view and the other half has a view to the courtyard (attached image).

Rent in Hanken's Isabella:

Studio with kitchenette 23- 26,5m² 564-693 €/month
Studio with kitchenette 30m² 750 €/month
1bedroom apartment 51-52m² 1010 €/month

 

The link to the application form to Hanken's Isabella is open for all Hanken degree students.

The applications for the apartments in Isabella are managed by Arcada Nova. Questions about your application can be sent to info@arcadanova.fi.

Majsporten i Helsinki

Hanken has 40 % of the apartments in Majsporten in Arabianranta, Majstranden. The Majsporten building (with an sports facility on the roof) was built in 2019.

The Majsporten student housing project is a cooperation with Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Applications are handled by Arcada Nova.
Please fill in the following sentence in the application form (6. Additional information):
I am a Hanken student applying for an apartment in Majsporten.

The Majsporten house consists of 103 apartments devided into 85 one-room apartments, 14 two-room apartments (couples and buddies) and four three-room apartments. 40 % of the apartments are reserved to Hanken students. Rents and apartments:

One-room apartment 24.5-32m² (60 apartments) 470-520 €/month
One-room apartment with alcove, (also for couples), 34.5-40,5 m² (25 apartments) 587-731 €/month for the whole apartment
Two-room apartment 37-45.5m² (9 apartments) 685-800 €/month for the whole apartment
Buddy Two-room apartment (2 separate rooms + a shared room with kitchen), 56-60.5m² (9 apartments) 896-940 €/month for the whole apartment

 

All rental contracts are valid for one academic year at a time. Requirements for getting a new contract for the next academic year is to be registered as present at Hanken and that you have taken care of your commitments in accordance with the rental agreement. The same standards of conduct, general conditions and rules for sub-tentants are applied as for all tenants of the Majstranden student housing apartments. Read useful information for tenants » Opens in new window

Other student housing options in Helsinki

In Helsinki you can apply for student housing at: 

 

 

Housing Anywhere

  • Hanken is a partner of www.HousingAnywhere.com Opens in new window , the international student-to-student housing platform.
  • The rooms on this platform are offered by our students that go abroad for a study abroad semester, exchange, Erasmus or internship.
  • Using the platform itself is completely free for you as a student; when you make a concrete booking an administrative fee will be charged as a part of Housing Anywhere’s secure booking system.