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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
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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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Three students outside the Hanken building in Vaasa

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

03
Jun

Trees for Development project symposium

10:00
Helsinki
16
Jun

Graduation ceremony for bachelor's degrees

16:00
Helsinki
17
Jun

Graduation ceremony for bachelor's and master's degrees in Vaasa

16:00
Vaasa
17
Jun

Graduation ceremony for master's degrees

16:00
Helsinki
23
Jun

Doctoral defence – Tuomas Nurminen

14:00
Helsinki
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News

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Opening hours during summer 2026

Opening hours of Hanken and different service units in Helsinki and Vaasa during summer 2026.
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The Conversation: Finland is Europe's most digitalised country – but older people are still left behind

Governments have promoted digitalisation of public services to improve efficiency, cut costs and meet modern demands for speedy responses. “This push for the digital has caught some people by surprise. Many older adults now feel they face another hurdle in living an independent life”, Hanken’s Professor Emeritus Jeff Hearn writes in The Conversation.
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Why rethinking work is essential for thriving in longer careers

How can we build working lives that people can actually sustain over increasingly long careers? Hertta Vuorenmaa, university lecturer at Hanken, researches on the future of work and how we can create more human-centred, inclusive and sustainable workplaces in an era shaped by digitalisation and AI.
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Hanken celebrated donors and scholarship recipients

“I would like to extend my warmest thanks to the donors for your continuous support. We at Hanken would not be able to maintain our level of ambition without your support,” stated Rector Ingmar Björkman at Hanken’s Donor Evening and Scholarship Ceremony on 27 May.
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