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Hanken School of Economics is a leading university with over 115 years of experience in research and education in economics and business administration. Hanken holds the three most prestigious accreditations for business schools, EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, which only one percent of business schools worldwide have achieved. Hanken is located in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland.

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Lifelong learning

Are you interested in refreshing what you learned during your studies? Or do you want to gain insights into a completely new area to stay up-to-date with developments in the society around you? Welcome to explore Hanken’s range of courses for those interested in lifelong learning.

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Hanken's strategy

Hanken School of Economics' new strategy, Hanken 2030 - For an international Finland and a sustainable world, was approved by the Board of Hanken on 13 December 2023.

Job opportunities

Join us and start working at Hanken! Here you can find information about open positions, the recruitment process and Hanken as an employer.

Blogs & Pods

Listen to interesting talks on our podcasts or read about the latest research in our blogs about e.g. marketing and humanitarian logistics!

Hanken MOOCs

Hanken offers MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) – globally available courses open to everyone. You can easily register for any course!

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Do you want to know more about studying at Hanken?

If you are interested in business, economics, and society, Hanken offers you a renowned education of excellent quality. Here you’ll find information about the bachelor’s degree programme in English and Swedish, the master's degree programme in English and Swedish and the PhD programme.

News

06.11.2026

New research project to strengthen Nordic crisis preparedness

How can businesses, humanitarian organisations and volunteers work together more effectively to strengthen society’s preparedness for future crises? This is what the new research project NORD-PRELOG at Hanken School of Economics will address. The Peter Wallenberg Foundation supports the project with SEK 2.8 million.

Press release

03.11.2026

CFO gender shapes lender decisions during times of crisis

New research shows that the gender of the CFO can affect how loan terms are renegotiated in the U.S. Lenders may treat male and female CFOs differently, either because of unconscious bias or because they make assumptions based on gender rather than the individual CFO.

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Research

29.10.2026

New policy brief examines Finland’s critical societal functions

A new policy brief explores how critical societal functions change over time and highlights the need to reassess them as society and the threat environment change.

Press release

21.10.2026

Unifi: Freedom of research has declined in Finland – parliamentary elections will shape its future

All Finnish universities and a broad coalition of organisations across the research community are calling on political parties and candidates to explain how they will safeguard the conditions for freedom and independence of research.