Orientation Days programme for new Bachelor's degree students 2025

On this page you can find the programme for the Orientation Days for new Bachelor in Business students 2025.
  • OBS! Detta program gäller endast för antagna till Hankens engelskspråkiga kandidatprogram Bachelor in Business. Om du blivit antagen till Hankens svenskspråkiga kandidatprogram i Vasa eller Helsingfors, ska du delta programmet i Helsingfors eller programmet i Vasa. Du kan endast delta på den ort du blivit antagen till.

  • Students arriving from abroad: please make your travel arrangements such that you will arrive well in advance before the Orientation Days.

 

What to bring:

  • Required only of students who delivered PHYSICAL officially certified copies of their educational documents upon admission:
    • ORIGINAL Degree Certificate
    • ORIGINAL Transcript of Records
    • Possible official translations of the documents listed above
    • The documents will be collected for verification purposes and returned during the lunch break the same day.
      • The students this applies to will receive an 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 exempted from bringing their documents.
  • Official ID
  • Hanken User ID (if you have collected it)
  • Your own laptop
  • Your own water bottle

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Location: The Foyer, ground floor

8:30 Registration
  • Hand in of educational documents in original
  • Obtain Hanken User ID (if you have not obtained them yet)
  • HSL Public transport student forms (for students new to Finland)

Location: Assembly Hall, ground floor

9:00 Opening of the Orientation Days - Programme Director's Welcome Speech
9:20

Bachelor in Business Degree Structure

  BREAK
9:55 Your studies in a nutshell
10:40 Hanken building ABC
10:50 Restaurant info
11:00 LUNCH BREAK & Return of educational documents at the Student Service desk (1st floor)

Location: Auditorium Maximum, 2nd floor

12:00 Information about language requirements
12:30- 14:15 Sisu: Study plan and course registration - bring your own laptop to this session!

What to bring:

  • Hanken User ID
  • Your own water bottle

Location: Auditorium Maximum, 2nd floor

9:00 Opening of Day 2
9:15 Code of Conduct and Discrimination Free Zone
9:30 Studying at Hanken - Students' Perspective
9:40 Rector's Welcome Speech
9:55 Welcome to the SHS Student Union
10:15 Suomen Ekonomit/Finlands ekonomer: The central organisation for graduates and students in Economics and Business Administration in Finland
  BREAK
10:40 Meet the Freshers Committee
10:55 Meet the Tutors and get to know your tutor group
11:25 LUNCH BREAK - Lunch with your tutor group
12:30- 14:00 Tour of Hanken with your tutor group

What to bring:

  • Your own laptop
  • Your own water bottle

FOR STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION IN FINNISH OR SWEDISH IN FINLAND AND HAVE CHOSEN GERMAN AS THEIR SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

 Location: Room A210, 2nd floor

8:45-10:15 Language test in German

 

FOR STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION IN FINNISH IN FINLAND

 Location: Room A210, 2nd floor

10:25-11:10 Language test in Swedish

 

FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Location: Room A309, 3rd floor

9:00 Welcome and introductions
9:30 Finland in a Nutshell
9:50 Hanken International Talent
10:10 Tuition Fees and Scholarships
  BREAK
10:40 How to Feel at Home in Finland - An Alumna's Perspective
11:10 BREAK

 

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Location: Assembly Hall, ground floor

11:20 Student Support Services
12:05 Library Services
12:25 Navigator Path
12:45 Feedback and information for next week

 

Only for students who still need support with their study plan and course registration.

Location: Room A210, 2nd floor

12:00-13:30

Drop-in session with the study counsellors, ask us anything!

Location: Assembly Hall, ground floor

14:00-15:00 Opening of the Academic Year in Helsinki