Master's Degree Structure and Learning Goals

Do I need to fulfil the requirements of language proficiency of Personnel in Public Bodies?

Students who have received their previous school education in Finland (diploma from comprehensive school and/or upper secondary education), in Swedish or Finnish, must fulfil the requirements for language proficiency in Finnish and Swedish of the Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Bodies (424/2003). The language requirements need be fulfilled at the time of applying for the degree certificate.

You do not have to fulfil these requirements in your degree at Hanken if:

• you have in a previous degree in Finland written a maturity test in the language of your previous education and fulfilled the requirements for language proficiency in the other national language of the Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Bodies (424/2003). (You can check this in your degree certificate.)

  NB: If you are a student within a Master's Programme with instruction in Swedish and have completed your previous education in Finnish, you need to write a maturity test in Swedish at Hanken when submitting your master’s thesis if you haven’t previously fulfilled good skills in Swedish in a degree in Finland. 

• you have received your previous education (comprehensive school and upper secondary education) abroad.

How do I fulfil the language requirements in my degree at Hanken?

Students within a Master's Programme with instruction in English and previous education Finnish:

• Write a maturity test in Finnish (with language review) when submitting your master’s thesis.
• Fulfil at least satisfactory skills in Swedish through one of the following four ways:

1. Course 5656 Swedish for Language Proficiency in Finland - Svenska på arbetet, 5 credits
   Pre-requisites: CEFR A2.2, shown by a test in Swedish or by completing course 5623-3B Swedish as a foreign language 3B.
   Target level: CEFR B1 
2. EXAM: Language test in Swedish (560) 

   a. A written part of the test (560-S) is completed in EXAM. The written part consists of two parts: an e-mail or other short text (ca 50-70 words) about communication in working life and a written assignment (ca 200 words) on a subject within your own field of study. 

   b. An oral part of the test (560-M) is completed by an oral exam and gives the student a certificate for approved language skills on level B1 in Swedish.  

   Please contact Swedish teacher Charlotta Sundström if you wish to fulfill your Swedish language requirement by completing the test in EXAM. 
   We hope that you use Swedish when contacting Hanken’s Swedish teachers.
    

3. A language test completed in Swedish at another university. The transfer of the test is approved by the head of the subject of Swedish at Hanken.

4. A language test for the State Administration that applies to good or satisfactory written skills in Swedish, supplemented with an oral test where the student must demonstrate knowledge of the terminology within their own area of expertise. 

   Test of level in Swedish 
   The test of level in Swedish gives a picture of whether your knowledge of Swedish corresponds to CEFR, A2.2 i.e. the level required for taking the course 5656 Swedish for Language Proficiency in Finland - Svenska på arbetet. The test is completed during the orientation days, but it is also possible to take it later. You need a Hanken user ID to be able to take the test.

   If the student does not fulfil the pre-requisites required for course 5656 (CEFR A2.2) they can start by taking courses in Swedish as a foreign language on lower levels:
   5623-1A, 1B, 1C-E
   5623-1A-V, 1B-V, 1C-E 
   5623-2A, 2B, 2C 
   5623-3A, 3B, 3C  

   NB: The test of level in Swedish does not correspond to the language test used for admission to Hanken or the language test that shows skills in Swedish (560) for the degree.

   More information:  https://www.hanken.fi/en/departments-and-centres/centre-languages-and-b…

Students within a Master's Programme with instruction in English and previous education in Swedish:

• Write a maturity test in Swedish (with language review) when submitting your master’s thesis.
• Fulfil at least satisfactory skills in Finnish by completing the course 5724 Yritysviestinnän syventävä kurssi as 2 credits. Please inform the teacher Marit Nilsson-Väre in the beginning of the course that you need to fulfill the requirements for language proficiency in Swedish of the Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Bodies (424/2003).

Students within a Master's Programme with instruction in Swedish and previous education in Finnish:

• Write a maturity test in both Finnish and Swedish (with language review) when submitting your master’s thesis.

Students within a Master's Programme with instruction in Swedish and previous education in Swedish:

• Write a maturity test in Swedish (with language review) when submitting your master’s thesis.
• Fulfil at least satisfactory skills in Finnish by completing the course 5724 Yritysviestinnän syventävä kurssi as 2 credits. Please inform the teacher Marit Nilsson-Väre in the beginning of the course that you need to fulfill the requirements for language proficiency in Swedish of the Act on the Knowledge of Languages Required of Personnel in Public Bodies (424/2003).