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Welcome to Hanken!

Info for new students

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.

Hankens styrkeområden
Research
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Study programmes
Academic Excellence
Accreditations

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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Events

22
May

Doctoral defence – Inkeri Tanhua

12:00
Helsinki,
Online
26
May

Online Session: Internship tips across ENGAGE.EU countries

11:00
Online
26
May

International Alumni Day in Stockholm

15:00
Other
29
May

Doctoral defence – Rakshya Bhattarai

12:00
Helsinki,
Online
03
Jun

Trees for Development project symposium

10:00
Helsinki
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News

Hanken student Ayesha Ahmed at the Wärtsilä office
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Hanken JobShadow gives international students an inside look at Finnish working life

As part of the Hanken JobShadow initiative, companies open their doors to international students for a day, offering a unique glimpse into everyday working life in Finland. For students Ayesha Ahmed and Luozhi Chen, this meant spending a day inside Wärtsilä and Rights & Brands.
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Five higher education institutions intensify cooperation in Finland – expanding the range of programmes and specialisation opportunities in Swedish

A new, comprehensive agreement between five Swedish-language higher education institutions in Finland aims to ensure both a wide offering and opportunities for specialisation in education. Through this cooperation, the institutions seek to strengthen Swedish-language higher education by increasing synergies, choice, and academic diversity.
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Doctoral thesis: Persistent stereotypes still shape who does which jobs in Finland

Occupational segregation, the systematic concentration of different demographic groups in different fields and occupations, is strong in Finland. New research shows that gendered and racialised stereotypical assumptions reproduce segregation in vocational education.
Hankens associate professors Dennis Sundvik and Jesper Haga.
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A unique one-year master’s programme in collaboration between Hanken and Umeå University

In autumn 2025, a new master’s programme in sustainability reporting and financial analysis was launched as a collaboration between Hanken in Vaasa and Umeå University. It is Finland’s first one-year master’s level programme at university level.
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