Orientation Days Programme in Vaasa

Here you find the programme for the Orientation Days in Vaasa.

If you were admitted to a track/major in Vaasa, you should attend the Orientation Days programme below.
If you were admitted to study in Helsinki, check out the Orientation Days programme in Helsinki.
Please note that changes in the programme might still occur.

Vaasa Programme Wednesday 24.8

What to bring:

Required only of students who delivered PHYSICAL officially certified copies of their educational documents upon admission:
- Degree certificate in ORIGINAL
- Transcript of records in ORIGINAL
- Possible translations of the documents listed above.
- The documents will be collected for verification purposes
- The students this applies to have received and e-mail during August requesting them to bring their educational documents.
- Note! Students whose educational documents already have been verified through a Electronic Transcript verification Service are extempted from bringing their documents.
Official ID, if you still have not collected your Hanken User ID.

FOR ALL STUDENTS

LOCATION:

The Foyer, Hanken Building in Vaasa

8:30-9:30 Breakfast & Mingle

LOCATION:

Aud. 142, 1st Floor, Hanken Main Building, Vaasa

Educational documents in original will be collected at the door from students who have to been requested to bring their documents.

9:30 Opening of the Orientation Days & Practicalities
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs

10:00 Welcome to Hanken
Sören Kock, Dean of Education and Rector's representative in
Vaasa

10:30 BREAK

10:40 Your studies & Tools in a Nutshell
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs

12:15 LUNCH

13:15 Studying at Hanken - A Teacher's Perspective
Peter Björk, Professor in Marketing

13:45 Studying at Hanken - A Student's Perspective
Aina Rodriquez Angelet, International Student Ambassador and
Student in Marketing & Management

14:00 BREAK

14:15 SHS - Student Union of Hanken School of Economics
Emilia Sparf, President of SSHV - Student Association of Hanken
School of Economics in Vaasa

14:45 Meet the tutors

15:25 Tour of Hanken (with tutors)

Vaasa Programme Thursday 25.8

What to bring:

Hanken User ID
Your own laptop
Official ID, if you handed in your original educational documents on Wednesday in order to be able to collect the documents

FOR FINNISH NATIONALS WHO RECEIVED THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION IN FINLAND

I.e. comprehensive school and/or upper secondary education in Finnish or Swedish in Finland.
If you have already completed the "Virkamiesruotsi/Tjänstemannafinska" requirement in your previous degree for sure, you do not need to attend neither this session nor the language level test. If you are unsure, please attend these sessions.

LOCATION:

Aud. 142, 1st Floor, Hanken building, Vaasa

10:00 Info on the requirement of language proficiency in Swedish and
Finnish of Personnel in Public bodies within your degree
(Virkamiesruotsi/Tjänstemannafinska)
Study Councellors & Language Teachers at Hanken

10:20 BREAK & POSSIBLITY TO ASK QUESTIONS INDIVIUALLY

10:45 Swedish language level test in the study tool Moodle
Marit Nilsson-Väre, Lecturer in Finnish

11:15 BREAK

FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR STUDIES IN SWEDISH

LOCATION:

Aud. 142, 1st Floor, Hanken Building, Vaasa

11:30 Magistersstudier på svenska
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs

FOR ALL STUDENTS

12:00 LUNCH
& RETURN OF EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS AT THE OFFICE OF STUDY AFFAIRS
(only for those who handed in their documents on Wednesday)

LOCATION:

Redovisning	Room 235
Finansiell Ekonomi	Room 305
Marketing and Managment, Marknafsföring & Företagets Ledning och Organisation	Room 308
Handelsrätt	Room 312

13:00 Specialisation/Major specific sessions
Academic Staff from the specialisation/majors + Tutors

14:30 BREAK

LOCATION:

Room 307

14:40 Study plans and course registration
- 16:00 Alex Thilman & Tutors

Vaasa Programme Friday 26.8

LOCATION:

Aud. 142

9:00 IT Services
Tommy Nilsson, Planning Officer

9:30 IT Security
Mikael Albrecht, Head of Information Security

10:30 BREAK

10:40 Library Services
Susanne Holmlund, Information Specialist

11:20 LUNCH

12:20 Career Services
Ann-Christine Hemming, Career Planning Officer

12:40 Suomen Ekonomit/Finland Ekonomer: The central organisation
for graduates and students in economics and business
administration in Finland

13:00 Study Support Services
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs
Hanna Jern, University Chaplain in Vaasa

13:15 BREAK

13:25 Workshop: Study Efficiency and Motivation
Alexandra Ohls, Study Coach

14:25 International Opportunities
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs

14:45 BREAK

15:00 Presentation of the City of Vaasa
Susanna Slotte-Kock
& Guided Walking Tour in Vaasa

For international students: Monday 29.8

In addition to the actual Orientation Days 24-26.8, there is an additional session on Monday 29.8 aimed for new international master's degree students. Whether you are totally new in Finland or have lived here for some years already, you are more than welcome to join the session. Please note that also teaching starts on Monday 29.8, so you may also have classes this day.

10:15 Welcome to Finland
Henna Konsti, Integration Coordinator

10:30 Language studies in Swedish and Finnish

10:45 Hanken International Talent & Vaasa International Talents
Henna Konsti, Integration Coordinator

11:15 Practicalities for international students
Alex Thilman, Office of Study Affairs

If you don’t have classes on afternoon, you are welcome to join also the following sessions together with Hanken’s new exchange students:

14.00 Why Swedish in Finland?

14:15 Finnish Culture
-15:00 Dino Cascarino, Lecturer in English

Social Events

The tutors will also arrange social events in connection to the Orientation Days so please keep your evening plans open. Exact dates and times will be confirmed.