A total of 1121 applications (2016: 1108) were filed within the deadline for the integrated BSc and MSc programme in Vaasa and Helsinki this year. The master’s programme in Swedish got 208 applications (2016: 197).
The financial statement for 2016, approved by the Board of Hanken in March, shows that Hanken established its position as an internationally recognised, competitive and research-oriented business school.
In its meeting on 5 April, the Academic Council (AC) approved of 9 master’s theses. AC noted that the theses tend to build up towards the last meetings of the semester.
Hanken's Premium Partner Naava invites Hanken's personnel to join the member club Naava Family. Members of Naava Family are offered tips on how to, for instance, best utilise Naava-products.
The Ministry of Education and Culture invites the staff and students of the higher education institutions to participate in a workshop on the future vision for higher education and research, Vision 2030.
Hanken faculty, staff and representatives of the student union are warmly welcome to take part in the concluding seminar of the audit of Hanken’s quality system. The seminar will take place on 23 May.
The Hanken website is under constant work to make it as user friendly as possible. A step on the way are these guidelines on how to publish news on the web.
Hanken has received an additional donation of 250 000 from Stiftelsen Tre Smeder to the ongoing fundraising campaign HANKEN RETURNS. This is the second donation to the campaign, making their total amount of contributions 1 000 000 euro.
About 20 persons gathered at Svenska Teatern in Helsinki to see the musical INGVAR! that tells the story about Ingvar Kamprad who is the founder of IKEA.
This month Hanken welcomes a new company to the Partner Programme when Marketing Clinic joins the group of Branding Partners. Marketing Clinic is a leading strategy and marketing consultancy in the Nordics.
Hanken has received a donation of 100 000 euros from Aktia Bank Plc to the ongoing fundraising campaign HANKEN RETURNS. Aktia wants to support the continuous development of internationally competitive and high-quality education and research.
There is increased focus on sustainability in the private and public sectors internationally. In Hanken’s latest PRME report, the School and its activities are scrutinised towards the backdrop of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).