Timetable for graduation

Timetable for 2021

*Information about the official graduation date 31 July
 

In order to graduate during the academic year 2020-2021, you need to submit your Master’s thesis and apply for the degree certificate before 31 July. Your official graduation date will be 31 July, but you’ll receive your degree certificate 24 September.

The Master’s thesis does not have to be approved but submitted and the maturity test must be written before 31 July. If you have completed your thesis and courses already earlier in spring you should apply for your degree certificate by 27 May (see timetable above). You don’t have to be registered as present for autumn term if you’ve completed everything before 31.7. Possible course competition left to august will move your graduation date to the next official graduation date in October. If so, you must be registered as present for autumn term. 

It’s possible to receive a preliminary degree certificate only in certain cases before 24 September. Example of approved reasons are if you’ve been conditionally accepted to a University program starting autumn 2021 or you’re a Hanken scholarship student that requires you to hand in a preliminary degree certificate 31 July or 31 August. Be ready to verify your situation with documents. NB! If you hand in your master's thesis between 1 May and 31 July, the soonest you may receive a preliminary degree certificate is after the Education Council has approved the thesis, i.e. 6.9.2021. If you need a preliminary degree certificate we kindly ask you to well in advance contact the study counselling (studycounsellor-hki@hanken.fi).

Timetable for 2021

*Information about the application for degree certificate

Students who have finished all studies required for the doctoral degree (incl. the public defense of the dissertation) should apply for their degree certificate. The doctoral dissertation doesn't need to appear on the transcript yet.

**Information about the official graduation date 31 July

• In order to graduate during the academic year 2020-2021, you need to apply for the degree certificate before 31 July. Your official graduation date will be 31 July, but you’ll receive your degree certificate 24 September. If you have completed your thesis and courses already earlier in spring you should apply for your degree certificate by 27 May (see timetable above).
• You don’t have to be registered as present for autumn term if you’ve completed everything before 31.7. Possible course competition left to august will move your graduation date to the next official graduation date in October. If so, you must be registered as present for autumn term. 
• It’s possible to receive a preliminary degree certificate only in certain cases before 24 September. Example of approved reasons are if you’ve been conditionally accepted to a University program starting autumn 2021 or you’re a Hanken scholarship student that requires you to hand in a preliminary degree certificate 31 July or 31 August. Be ready to verify your situation with documents. NB! In this case, you can receive a preliminary degree certificate only after the doctoral dissertation has been formally approved by the Research Council. If you need a preliminary degree certificate we kindly ask you to well in advance contact the study counselling (studycounsellor-hki@hanken.fi).

If there is no official degree ceremony on your graduation day, you can collect your degree certificate from the Student Service if you’re a Helsinki student and from the Study Office in Vaasa.  However, if you wish to participate in the next official degree ceremony. In this case please register your attendance (invitation and instructions will be sent to your e-mail) and hand in your degree certificate by the latest a week before to the Student Sevice (Helsinki)/Study Office (Vaasa). The degree ceremonies are currently organised as virtual events due to covid 19.

The Solemn Conferment of Master’s Degrees is arranged in November each year in Helsinki. All students from both campuses that have been awarded the Master’s Degree during the year are invited. Read more about the festivities. NB! The 2020 event is postponed to a later time due to covid 19.

Please address questions about the graduation dates or the degree ceremonies to studycounsellor-hki@hanken.fi or studycounsellor-vaasa@hanken.fi.