Hanken School of Economics
About
Hanken School of Economics, one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries, was established more than one hundred years ago. Today, Hanken is the only stand-alone business school in Finland. Our strategy includes profiling the School as a genuinely international and research-oriented business school with close ties to the corporate world.
Hanken School of Economics, one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries, was established more than one hundred years ago. Today, Hanken is the only stand-alone business school in Finland. Our strategy includes profiling the School as a genuinely international and research-oriented business school with close ties to the corporate world. We offer academic programs on all levels (BSc, MSc, and Ph.D.) at two locations, in Helsinki and Vaasa. Hanken School of Economics holds the three most prestigious international accreditations for business schools: EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA. Only one percent of all business schools worldwide have achieved this.
As a business school, Hanken has a solid foundation with international recognition reflected in our international accreditation, a sound financial basis, and valuable national and international networks that support our international top research and competitive education programs. We value our academic and corporate partners and we make sure that researchers and students at Hanken get a first-class education while building meaningful professional and personal networks.
Hanken – an international business school with strong connections to business and society
Welcome! Here you'll find information about Hanken.
Hanken School of Economics, one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries, was established more than one hundred years ago. Today, Hanken is the only stand-alone business school in Finland. Our strategy includes profiling the School as a genuinely international and research-oriented business school with close ties to the corporate world. We offer academic programs on all levels (BSc, MSc, and Ph.D.) at two locations, in Helsinki and Vaasa.
Research at Hanken is carried out within all departments, with a special focus on four selected areas of strength. Many of our researchers are at the absolute forefront of their field. Our cooperation with the corporate world is reflected in joint research projects, in active interaction through our partner programme as well as the generous support we receive in our fundraising.
Hanken is the first university in Finland to introduce a mandatory semester abroad as an integrated part of the curriculum. The students are thus offered a unique opportunity to create their international networks for life through an exchange or internship period abroad. These lifelong networks are created both internationally and at Hanken. They permeate the studies and play an important role in the excellent placement of our alumni in the international job market. Through our alumni network and activities, we also make sure that the network built while at Hanken and the ties to the School are maintained and broadened after graduation.
As a business school, Hanken has a solid foundation with international recognition reflected in our international accreditation, a sound financial basis, and valuable national and international networks that support our international top research and competitive education programs. We value our academic and corporate partners and we make sure that researchers and students at Hanken get a first-class education while building meaningful professional and personal networks.
IT Services at Hanken
You find information on Hanken WLAN, User rights/ID, printing and copying, and information about systems and software used at Hanken on the IT pages.
Hanken provides several IT services for you as a student or as Hanken faculty or staff. Many services are only available for you after login with Hanken user-id and password. As a student registered for the semester, or as an employee, you have the right to a user ID. It opens in a new window
Before your studies start, you will get an e-mail with information about how you can activate your user ID. Once you have the needed information you can proceed to activate your account. Your user ID is available only if you have an active study right in the study register.
Hanken Business Lab
"Our mission is to help start-ups, scale-ups, non-profit organizations, and individuals to achieve significant growth"
Hanken Business Lab is a new form of incubator aiming to help start-ups, scale-ups, non-profit organizations, and individuals achieve significant growth at Hanken. Hanken Business Lab can be found in the so-called Torget (Helsinki) or Stugan (Vaasa). These are co-working spaces, where Hanken students, alumni, faculty, and staff, as well as other collaboration partners can meet up, any time of day.
Quantum
Quantum is a versatile meeting place that offers access to databases of company and financial data allowing for handling of big data. Modern technology allows for streaming of all teaching and events as well as real-time following of financial news.
Accommodation
Exchange students either stay in a flat provided by the Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki/Vaasa Region (HOAS/VOAS) or find a place on the private market.
Hanken’s quota of HOAS rooms in Helsinki does not meet the demand in the autumn semester. In the autumn semester, about 60% of the exchange students coming to Helsinki get accommodation through HOAS. Hanken gives students from outside Europe priority to the HOAS apartments so if you are a student coming from Europe for the autumn semester, be prepared to find accommodation on the private market. However, we urge all students to apply for HOAS, without an application you cannot get an offer from them.
- HOAS in Helsinki
- Helsinki Private Market
- VOAS in Vaasa
- Vaasa private market
Hanken's student apartments in Helsinki
- If you are registered as present as a degree student at Hanken in Helsinki, you can apply for student accommodation.
- Student accommodation means apartments that are built with public loans by non-profit organisations. The rent is approximately 20 % lower than rents for private apartments.
- All student accommodation rental contracts are valid for one academic year at a time. Requirements for getting a new contract for the next academic year are to be registered as present at Hanken in Helsinki and that you have taken care of your commitments by the rental agreement.
- You can cancel the rental contract only in special cases. The students who go abroad to complete exchange studies through the Hanken exchange can sub-rent the apartment for the exchange period.
- The student who applies for an apartment is placed in the apartment queue based on the current distance from their municipality of residence to the study location. You will receive more info on the queue system once you apply.
Hanken's Isabella in Helsinki
Hanken's Isabella (built in 2021) in Jätkäsaari has 78 studios and two one-bedroom apartments. The student who applies for an apartment is placed in the apartment queue based on the current distance from their municipality of residence to the study location. You will receive more info on the queue system once you apply.
Majsporten i Helsinki
Hanken has 40 % of the apartments in Majsporten in Arabianranta, Majstranden. The Majsporten building (with a sports facility on the roof) was built in 2019. The Majsporten student housing project is a cooperation with Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Applications are handled by Arcada Nova.
Applying to Hanken Bachelor's Programme
The application period for the program is from 8 January 2025, 8 a.m. until 22 January 2025, 3 p.m. with admission results published May 2025 at the latest. The studies start in the autumn of 2025.
The admission is based on aptitude tests (SAT or ACT) or certificates. A quota of 60% is reserved for admission based on SAT/ACT and a quota of 40% is reserved for admission based on certificates. The certificates that can be considered for direct admission without an aptitude test are the Finnish matriculation examination, International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, or Reifeprüfung/Deutsches Internationales Abitur certificate completed in Finland.
Applying to Hanken Master's Programme
There are 2 application rounds available:
Main Admission Round
- Open to ALL of Hanken's master's programs
- Open for all applicants holding a Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Admission results published during Spring 2024.
- Application period: 8.1 - 22.1.2025 at 15:00 (GMT+2)
Rolling Admission Round
- Open ONLY to Humanitarian Logistics, International Strategy & Sustainability, Marketing, and Marketing & Management programs
- Open to applicants holding a Bachelor's degree obtained outside Finland (not possible to apply based on a Master's degree)
- Higher admission requirements than in in the main admission round - admission results are published within 4 weeks and acceptance time is 7 days.
- Application period: 23.1.2025 - 16.4.2025 at 15:00 (GMT+2)
Applying to Hanken Ph.D. Program
The application is made electronically. Before applying, please read the instructions carefully and remember to upload all the mandatory enclosures. The next application round is:
- 9 December 2024 - 9 January 2025 (with studies starting in Autumn 2025)
All applications are made online in the Studyinfo portal.
General Information on the Application Rounds
The application form and the mandatory enclosures must be submitted electronically by uploading them to the application form online.
Applicants who have not yet graduated by the closure of the application period can apply without a final degree certificate. For these applicants, the deadline for supplementing their application with a final degree certificate and final transcript of records will be the last weekday in July (at 15:00 Finnish time) in case they get admitted as doctoral students.
Our online information is updated for each application round. Possible corrections or specifications made during the application round will be posted on this page.
Financial Times Masters in Management ranking
Hanken School of Economics' master's programme is ranked 57th in this year's (2024) edition of the Financial Times Masters in Management ranking. The result positions Hanken as one of the three highest ranked business schools in the Nordic region. The Financial Times annually ranks the best master’s programmes world-wide.
Big boost for Hanken in international ranking
Hanken School of Economics rose to twelfth place in this year's prestigious international comparison Shanghai Ranking.
The Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects compares research performance, such as research output, research influence and quality, international collaboration, and international academic awards.
This year, a total of 55 categories were included in the comparison of 1,900 universities. Hanken was ranked twelfth in the category of business administration; last year the ranking was 51-75.
“We can be pleased with the latest international rankings. The results reflect the excellent work carried out by our researchers. High quality in research also translates into further improved education for the students at Hanken”, says Rector Ingmar Björkman.
U-Multirank
Hanken continues to succeed in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages. Hanken ranks particularly high on citation rate and top-cited publications, as well as on international joint publications.
U-Multirank compares universities within several variables, such as research, teaching and learning, and international orientation. In addition to the research variables, Hanken performs very well also in variables such as international student mobility, postdoc positions, share of international faculty, and share of private funding.
U-Multirank is developed and implemented by an independent consortium that consists of European higher education institutions and is supported by the European Commission. The ranking features more than 1,700 universities from some 100 countries.
- Helsinki
Arkadiankatu 22
- Vaasa
Kirjastonkatu, 16
- Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
