Two final info session will be held for students in the bachelor’s programmes who, according to their study plan, are scheduled to go on exchange during the autumn semester of 2026. Students who are interested in an exchange at the master’s level are also welcome to attend.

Info sessions are held for bachelor’s students in their second year and above who, according to their study plan, will go on exchange during the autumn semester 2026. Separate sessions are also held for students interested in exchange on master’s level.

Hanken offers students the opportunity to participate in the ENGAGE.EU Winter Schools, which are organized in January and February 2026 by NHH, University of Mannheim and WU Vienna. Application deadline is 15 Oct 2025. Students can apply to multiple Winter Schools but can only be offered a spot at one.

Hanken alum Johanna Söderström has built an impressive career as an HR professional in multinational companies such as Dow Chemicals and Tyson Foods. Today, she gives back to Hanken by serving as a strategic advisor to the Rector through the university’s International Advisory Board.

Interested in sustainable development and today’s pressing global issues? Keen to connect with fellow students from universities across Finland and abroad? Searching for flexible courses to complement your studies?

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2026.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2025.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2026 is now open for students. The application deadline is 16.6.2025.

The total annual carbon footprint of 2024 was 14 109 tCO2e market-based and 15 519 tCO2e location based, market based emissions being 15 % higher than base year 2018 and in 2023.

An info session is held via Teams on 28.4. for bachelor’s students in their second year and above who, according to their study plan, will go on exchange during the spring semester 2026. You’re also welcome to join if you’re interested in exchange on master’s level.

Nationally 28 universities are asking their students about Exam, the e-exam system used in the Examinariums, the rooms dedicated to e-exams. What do you think about it, what is good, what is bad? Last year, 4200 e-exams were in the examinariums at Hanken. Therefore we are very interested in knowing your thoughts about Exam. Please, answer before 20.4.

Nationellt utförs en enkät om Exam, e-tentamensprogrammet som används i examinarierna - vad tycker du om det, vad är bra, vad är dåligt? På Hanken hade vi ifjol 4200 tentamen i examinarierna, så vi vill gärna höra vad studerandena tycker. Svara före 20.4

Fair for Exchange Studies, 8 April 2025 at 11.00 – 13.00, in the foyer of Hanken’s main building.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for autumn semester 2025.

Hanken offers BSc students the opportunity to participate in the ENGAGE.EU Summer School, which this year will be hosted by the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) 9.6.2025 online and 16-27.6.2025 on campus in Sofia. Application deadline is 16.3.2025.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2025 and internship grants for May-August 2025 are now open for students. The deadline is 3 February 2025.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with Curtin University in Perth, Australia, Faculty of Business Administration at Université Laval in Québec, Canada, INSPER in Sao Paulo, Brasil and IPADE Business School in Monterrey, Mexico.

The Fulbright Finland Foundation, in collaboration with the Nordic Fulbright Commissions, has launched the application round for the Nordic Youth Grant for the Arctic. This grant offers up to 12 young people aged 18-26 from the Nordic countries a chance to travel to Anchorage, Alaska, in April 2025, to participate in the Arctic Encounter Symposium. Participating in this event allows students to connect with leading experts, network with like-minded peers, and explore innovative solutions for a sustainable future in the Arctic. We believe that this grant is an incredible opportunity for students who are passionate about Arctic issues and sustainability.

Info sessions are held for bachelor’s students in their second year and above who, according to their study plan, will go on exchange during the autumn semester 2025. A separate information session is also held for students interested in exchange on master’s level.

In line with the internationalisation ambitions of Hanken, academic and administrative staff are offered the opportunity to apply for an Erasmus+ teacher/staff mobility grant at a Hanken partner university within the European Union.

I enlighet med Hankens målsättning om internationalisering har Hankens akademiska och administrativa personal möjlighet att ansöka om stipendium för kort mobilitet till ett samarbetsuniversitet inom EU.

Hanken offers the opportunity to participate in one of the ENGAGE.EU Winter School 2025 organised this winter at Tilburg University and University of Mannheim. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge, broaden your network and help shape our future!

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2025.

Universities will develop joint approaches to strengthen the quality and impact of researcher training. The aim of these recommendations is to increase the appeal of researcher training and the number of flexible pathways to training, strengthen its relevance to working life and employment opportunities, and speed up graduation.

Hanken conducted a CO2 calculation development project of its 2023 carbon footprint and recalculated the base year 2018 emissions.

From 2025, universities will have nine national entrance exams, which will allow applicants to apply for a wide range of different subjects and universities. At the same time, the timetable for the entrance exams will be relaxed so that those selected by certificate-based admissions will no longer have to prepare for and take the entrance exams.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2024.

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2025 is now open for students. The application deadline is 17.6.2024.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for autumn semester 2024.

Hanken student Sebastian Mellblom has been awarded the €20,000 Anders Wall Scholarship, which was presented at the Anders Wall Foundation's scholarship ceremony in Stockholm on 8 March in the presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

Hanken offers five BSc students the opportunity to participate in the ENGAGE.EU Summer School, which will this year be hosted at Toulouse Capitole University 10.6.2024 online and 17-28.6.2024 on campus in Toulouse. Application deadline is 17.3.2024.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2024 and internship grants for May-August 2024 are now open for students. The deadline is 31.1.2024.

Have you studied/completed an internship abroad as a freemover in 2023? In other words, have you organized your exchange by yourself (not via Hanken´s exchange programme) and plan to transfer the credits you completed abroad to your MSc degree at Hanken?

Check out Hanken's opening hours in both Vaasa and Helsinki during Christmas and New Year holidays on the Hanken website.

Hanken har signerat avtal om kandidatutbyte med ESSEC Business School i Frankrike och University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business i Kanada. Du kan ansöka om utbytesplats vid de nya samarbetsuniversiteten senast 31.1.2024 för höstterminen 2024. Kort information om de nya samarbetsuniversiteten/handelshögskolorna finns här under.
Mer information fås också av chefen för internationella relationer, Johanna Lilius (johanna.lilius@hanken.fi).

There are upcoming training sessions for the databases Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace and WRDS during the weeks 41-42. Check the times and links in the post!

Det kommer skolningar för databaserna Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace och WRDS under vecka 41-42. Kolla tiderna och länkarna i posten!

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2024.

What motivates luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Balenciaga, and Versace to collaborate with streetwear brands, animated characters, and video games?

The European Commission has announced that ENGAGE.EU is to receive a follow-up grant to the amount of € 14.4 million for further elaborating the collaboration among nine European universities. Hanken School of Economics has been involved in the collaboration since May 2022, and now with the renewed funding will become full member of the ENGAGE.EU alliance.

There is still plenty of untapped tourism potential in Ostrobothnia. Hanken School of Economics is thus partnering with the relevant tourism stakeholders to draw up a road map of the various local players’ shared visions of how tourism could be developed in the province.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2023.

The application round for QTEM exchange in spring semester 2024 is now open. The application deadline is 5.6.2023

The application round for exchange studies in spring semester 2024 is now open for students. The application deadline is 14.6.2023.

Through the transformed Hanken International Talent initiative, all international degree students can now receive support for integrating into Finnish society and working life. We spoke to two students who have experienced the benefits.

“We are still at an early stage in a complex digital world of finance. There are huge opportunities for making finance cheaper, faster and safer”, says Bengt Holmström, Nobel laureate in economics and Hanken Foundation Distinguished Fellow Professor.

– Vi befinner oss fortfarande i ett tidigt skede i en komplex digital finansvärld. Det finns enorma möjligheter att göra finanssektorn billigare, snabbare och säkrare, säger Bengt Holmström, Nobelpristagare i ekonomi och Hanken Foundation Distinguished Fellow Professor.

Hanken School of Economics has been welcomed as a partner of the European University alliance ENGAGE.EU. The alliance consists of leading European universities in business, economics, and the social sciences, which aims to provide European citizens with the set of skills and competences needed to tackle major societal challenges.

Hanken’s master level students now have the opportunity to apply for a two-week summer course "Business and Innovation in China" in Shanghai, organized by the Nordic Centre at Fudan University, one of China's top academic institutions. The course takes place during June 30 – July 14, 2023 and is estimated to equal 5 ECTS.

Social media has become an integral part of today’s social life because it provides a space where people can interact with each other and with technologies such as algorithms across physical distance and other boundaries. These platforms can have a distinctly blurring impact also on contemporary work and organisational contexts in which they are increasingly used.

Sociala medier har blivit en central del av dagens sociala liv, eftersom de skapar ett forum där människor kan interagera med varandra och med teknologier, såsom algoritmer, oberoende av fysiska avstånd och andra gränser. I dagens arbets- och organisationssammanhang är det vanligt att användningen av sociala medier suddar ut många invanda gränser.

The application round for QTEM exchange in autumn semester 2023 is now open. The application deadline is 5.2.2023

The technical issue with the Shibboleth login is now solved and the exchange appliation is open again. The application for exchange studies in autumn semester 2023 closes 31 January 2023 at 23:59.

Applications for exchange studies in autumn semester 2023 and internship grants for May-August 2023 are now open for students. The deadline is 31.1.2023.

Here is a list of Hanken’s opening hours in both Vaasa and Helsinki during Christmas and New Year holidays.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with SKEMA Business School and ESCP Business School in France. Students can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for autumn semester 2023 no later than 31.01.2023.

A CEO should not be tied too tightly to his or her job - a company can actually benefit from the CEO having other job opportunities. According to a new study, CEO mobility increases shareholder value.

CERS was represented in the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference in Montery, AMA SERVSIGS conference in Glasglow and Frontiers in Boston this summer.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2022.

Did you know that Hanken's cutting-edge research is strongly related to sustainability? Hanken Research Day on 24 May presented examples of how the business school works with issues concerning the impact of business and economy on society. The participants got to take part of top research on responsible investments, equity in educational opportunities, sustainable transports, and green hydrogen.

New research shows the many consumption changes that are likely to be required in high-consuming societies to respond to the climate crisis.

Here is a list of Hanken's opening hours in both Vaasa and Helsinki during Christmas and New Year holidays.

Food security is defined as having sufficient access to food in order to maintain a healthy life. The mainstream approach to ensuring sufficient food and nutrition security is focused on production and consumption. New research shows that food security research and action need to emphasise distribution and retail in addition to agricultural production.

The library subscribes to the online library Perlego, which contains over 600,000 academic ebooks in all disciplines.

Biblioteket prenumererar nu på onlinebiblioteket Perlego, som innehåller över 600 000 akademiska e-böcker inom alla discipliner.

Here you will find a summary of the service Hanken offers during the summer months.

Torsten Santavirta, PhD Economics, has been promoted to level two in the career system and appointed as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Helsinki.

This spring Hanken has taken some concrete steps towards making the vision of a carbon neutral Hanken 2030 a reality. These include joining the Climate leadership coalition, adopting responsible investment principles for investments and appointing a sustainability group.

A group of students, who presented a solution to how the indigenous community Wayuu in South America could secure access to safe water for hand washing and hygiene, have won the science competition organised by the HUMLOG Institute at Hanken School of Economics.

En grupp studenter, som presenterat en lösning till hur ursprungsfolket Wayuu i Sydamerika kunde säkras tillgång till tryggt vatten för handtvätt och hygien, har vunnit första pris i en vetenskapstävling arrangerad av Hankens HUMLOG-institut.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan for advancing sustainable development globally. Hanken has developed a MOOC, an online course open for anyone, about the SDGs and how we can work to achieve them. The course starts on the social learning platform FutureLearn on 31 August. This text is a part of the MOOC and gives a sneak peak of some of the questions we will be tackling on the course. As part of learning about how the SDGs address the environmental dimension of sustainability, we reflect on what actions are needed for environmental sustainability:

The Department of Health and Welfare (THL) has launched the Koronavilkku mobile app, which is designed to help break coronavirus infection chains. University rectors, including Hanken's Rector Karen Spens, recommend that both students and staff start to use the app.

Here you'll find the service available at Hanken in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2020.

Hanken ranks at top among Finnish universities in U-Multirank, for research citation rate, top cited publications, and international student mobility.

Two new Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) will be going live this spring on the social learning platform Future Learn, with millions of users around the world. The courses are open for anyone and everyone around the world.

Två nya MOOC-kurser (Massive Open Online Course) lanseras på inlärningsplattformen Future Learn, som har miljoner användare runt om i världen. Kurserna är öppna för alla.

Hanken is launching an 8-week sustainability challenge and competition. The challenge will run from 9 September to 3 November.

Hanken School of Economics has been ranked among the world’s top 35 universities and higher education institutions in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages. The result is the second best in the Nordic countries.

Två bilder av Jyrki Ilva, Nationalbibliotek, visar att Hanken är en av de ledande open access institutionerna i Finland.

Two slides by Jyrki Ilva, the National Library of Finland, indicate that Hanken is one of the leading open access institutions in Finland.

The financial statement for 2018, approved by the Board of Hanken in April, shows that Hanken has maintained its position as an internationally recognised, competitive and research-oriented business school. 

Financial modelling is the art of searching for the best quantitative solution to the problem. Since the stock market crash of October 1987, modelling implied volatility increasingly became a non-trivial issue.

It is not easy to convince managers of a need of a new service innovation. However, students made excellent work in it, on Hanken’s course “Service Design and Innovation”.

People spend a lot of time and money on games; starting from mobile games to console and computer games. This is the case all over the world and in all cultures.

Hanken School of Economics is to launch its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) later this month as the ‘Principles of Service Management’ goes live on online social learning platform, FutureLearn.

Hanken lanserar i höst sin första MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), dvs. en storskalig, öppen och nätbaserad kurs. Pionjären inom tjänstemarknadsföring, professor emeritus Christian Grönroos, inleder med kursen Principles of Service Management.

In August a new self service portal for Hanken network users will provide services to renew passwords, reset forgotten passwords and sign user agreements.

Hanken School of Economics has been ranked among the world’s top 10 universities in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages. The result is the best in the Nordic countries.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2018.

Hanken School of Economics, has renewed its position as world 5th in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages.

The HUMLOG Institute at Hanken School of Economics hosted a seminar on 25 April 2018 on current humanitarian challenges and the state of humanitarian logistics. The seminar was arranged in celebration of the institutes 10th anniversary.

Borrow a powerbank from the library.

Nio powerbanks finns till utlåning i biblioteket.

Hanken staff and students have access to more than 25 000 movies through the streaming service Kanopy.

The Letterstedt association aims at promoting the Nordic community in the fields of industry, science and art.

We want to remind you to fill in the 2017 information about faculty mobility in Haris for visits abroad and hosting academics at Hanken 31.1.2018 at the latest.

Professor Peter Matthews holds a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Hanken during the Academic Year 2017-2018.

The new term has begun and the corridors are filled with eager students again! Considering the amount of people passing through the premises it is essential that you keep your belongings with you at all times.

Det nya läsåret har kört igång och det är liv och rörelse igen på Hanken! I och med att det rör sig mycket folk i huset är det viktigt att hålla koll på sina tillhörigheter.

Qingbo Xu from China and Shekhar Acharya from Nepal are at Hanken for a two-month internship to cap off the integration programme Business Lead.

The Letterstedt association aims at promoting the Nordic community in the fields of industry, science and art. The deadline for applying for grants is 15 September 2017.

We want to remind you to fill in information about faculty mobility in Haris for visits abroad and hosting academics at Hanken during the spring 2017.

The research-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge has now reached its final stage. An international jury has selected six teams to the final. An additional team was selected through an audience vote on the Pitch Nights held on 6-7 June.

The Academy of Finland has decided to grant funding for three research projects at Hanken.

The research-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge hosts a second round of Pitch Nights before the finals. The semi-finalists will present their ideas and solutions on 6-7 June.

The financial statement for 2016, approved by the Board of Hanken in March, shows that Hanken established its position as an internationally recognised, competitive and research-oriented business school.

Hanken School of Economics, has renewed its position as world 5th in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages.

Twenty teams have been chosen to solve the grand challenges of our time in Helsinki Challenge, the science-based idea competition. Hanken is represented by the HUMLOG-institute Professor Gyöngyi Kovács and Doctoral Candidate Minchul Sohn.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2016.

Hanken & SSE Executive Education debuts integration program Business Lead 2016

Hanken & SSE Executive Education startar upp integrationsprogram Business Lead 2016

The financial statement for 2015 was approved by the Board of Hanken School of Economics on 20 April 2016.

Hanken ranks 5th in the global U-Multirank university ranking and outperforms over 1 300 other universities from the US and Europe.

The Annual Report gives an overview of the highlights in 2014 and is also available electronically.

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2015.

Hanken students awarded during the annual donor evening and the Rector’s List awards ceremonies.

Studerande premierades under den årliga stipendiesammankomsten och vid utdelningen av Rector’s List-stipendierna.

According to the financial statement for 2013, approved by the Board of Hanken on 9 April 2014, Hanken's results fulfilled expectations with regard to both the budget and resource allocation. During the year Hanken continued to reinforce its position as a research-oriented business school with a strong international profile, and it was able to do so from a solid financial standing.