Timetable for graduation

On this page you will find the timetable for the graduation process.

In the timetable below, you can see by when you need to submit your Master's thesis in order to graduate on a certain graduation date. You should apply for degree certificate according to the timetable further down this page. The graduation dates are the same for master's and doctoral degrees. Please note that the deadlines for submitting your master's thesis and applying for the degree certificate online are absolute and you are not allowed to differ from these dates. Your thesis supervisor does not have the power to alter these deadlines. If your thesis is submitted later than the deadline then your thesis will not be handled nor discussed until the next upcoming Education Council's meeting. Please read the information below the timetable about the graduation ceremonies.

Timetable for 2024

Submit
Master's
Thesis
Apply for 
Degree
Certificate online
The Education Council's meeting Finalise your application in Sisu Official 
Graduation
Date
Graduation
Ceremony
The Degree Certificate
can be picked
up according to
instructions by the
study services
starting from

Sun 31.12.2023

Thu 18.1.2024

24-26.1.2024

Thu 8.2.2024

Fri 26.1.2024*

Thu 7.3.2024

Tue 12.3 (unless you are participating in the graduation ceremony)

Weds 31.1

Thu 22.2

26-28.2 Thu 7.3 Thu 28.3

 

Thu 28.3
Weds 28.2 Thu 21.3 26-28.3 Thu 4.4 Thu 25.4

 

Thu 25.4
Sun 31.3 Thu 18.4 24-26.4 Thu 2.5 Thu 16.5

 

Thu 16.5
Tue 30.4 Thu 16.5 22-24.5 Thu 30.5 Weds 19.6 Weds 19.6 Thu 20.6 (unless you are participating in the graduation ceremony)
Fri 31.5 Weds 31.7 28-30.8 Sat 31.8 Weds 31.7** Fri 11.10

Tue 15.10

Weds 31.7*

Weds 31.7

28-30.8

Sat 31.8

Weds 31.7**

Fri 11.10

Tue 15.10

Sat 31.8

Tue 24.9

25-27.9 Thu 3.10

Thu 17.10

 

Thu 17.10

Mon 30.9

Thu 17.10

23-25.10 Thu 31.10 Thu 14.11

 

Thu 14.11
Thu 31.10 Tue 19.11 20-22.11 Thu 28.11 Weds 18.12

 

Weds 18.12

Tue 31.12

 

...2025

TBC

TBC

 

 

 

* Information about the official graduation date 26.1.2024

If you have applied for graduation for the date 26.1.2024, please note that your degree certificate will not be issued until 7.3.2024. Your official graduation date will be 26.1 but your degree will not be visible in Sisu until the end of February.

 

**Information about the official graduation date 31.7.2024

In order to graduate within the academic year 2023-2024, you must fill out the electronic application for your degree certificate no later than 31.7.2024. Your master’s thesis does not need to be registered in Sisu by this date, but you must have completed all studies, submitted the thesis and written the maturity test no later than 31.7.2024. In this case, your official graduation date will be 31.7.2024, but you will receive the degree certificate retroactively in September 2024. 

 

Only in certain cases can temporary degree certificates for the graduation date 31.7.2024 be issued before the graduation ceremony in September 2024. One such example is if you have received a conditional offer for university studies for the autumn of 2024. Between 31.7.2024 and the graduation ceremony in September, we can issue you a temporary degree certificate, provided that all completed studies are available on your transcript and your study plan in Sisu is correct for graduation. This means that those submitting their master’s theses by the 31.7.2024 deadline can receive a temporary degree certificate no sooner than 31.8.2023. If you need a temporary degree certificate, please contact the study counsellors well in advance, preferably in June, to go through all the details (studycounsellor-hki@hanken.fi / studycounsellor-vaasa@hanken.fi).

 

Timetable 2024

 

Apply for 
Degree
Certificate online*
Official 
Graduation
Date
The Degree certificate
can be picked
up according to
instructions by the
study administration
starting from

Thu 18.1.2024

Fri 26.1.2024

Tue 12.3 (unless you are participating in the graduation ceremony)

Thu 22.2

Thu 28.3

Thu 28.3

Thu 21.3

Thu 25.4

Thu 25.4
Thu 18.4 Thu 16.5 Thu 16.5
Thu 16.5

Weds 19.6

Thu 20.6
Weds 31.7 Weds 31.7 September 2024 (TBC)
Tue 24.9 Thu 17.10 Thu 17.10
Thu 17.10 Thu 14.11 Thu 14.11
Tue 19.11 Weds 18.12 Weds 18.12

Week 44

28.10 Mon
09:00
-
18:00
29.10 Tue
09:00
-
18:00
30.10 Wed
09:00
-
18:00
31.10 Thu
09:00
-
18:00
01.11 Fri
09:00
-
16:00
02.11 Sat
Closed
03.11 Sun
Closed