Orientation Days Programme in Vaasa for new MSc students

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Degree structure & studies in a nutshell
Alex Thilman, Study Coordinator

NOTE! only for students who completed their school education in Swedish or Finnish in Finland!

What to bring:

• Required only of students who delivered PHYSICAL (or in som cases also electronically if deviating from the set list of electronic verification services) officially certified copies of their educational documents upon admission:
  • Degree certificate in ORIGINAL
  • Transcript of records in ORIGINAL
  • Possible official translations of the documents listed above if not in Swedish, Finnish or English
  • The documents will be collected for verification purposes and returned on Thursday
  • 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 an accepted Electronic Transcript verification Service are extempted from bringing their documents.
• If you completed your school education in Swedish or English in Finland and are unsure what requirements apply to you concering the requirement of language proficiency in Swedish and Finnish of Personnel in Public bodies within your degree, the study councellors can personally check your educational documents during registraton. If you wish to receive this service, please bring:
  • your complete higher education educational documents in digital form e.g pdf (NOT only as OmaOpintopolku link!) - degree certificate, transcript and Diploma Supplement (if available)
• Official ID, if you still have not collected your Hanken User ID
• Your own laptop
• Your own water bottle

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Registration

• Hand in of educational documents in original
• Study counsellors check previous degree certificates & transcripts for students who completed their school education in Finland in Swedish or Finnish (if needed)

Welcome to the SSHV Student Union of Hanken School of Economics

Julia Therman, SSHV President

Hanken Building ABC​

Kristina Wallin, Head of Administration in Vaasa

BREAK

Programme/Major specific sessions

Meet in Auditorium 142, then split into groups

Room 142: Marketing and Management, Företagsledning och Organisation, Marknadsföring 

Room 305: Redovisning 

Room 306: Handelsrätt

Room 312: Finansiell Ekonomi

Tutors will take their own group to different rooms

What to bring:

• Offical ID, if you handed in your original educational documents on Wednesday in order to be able to collect the documents
• Hanken User ID
• Your own laptop (if you attend the Swedish language level test)
• Your own water bottle

Swedish language level test in the study tool Moodle

Note! Info regarding th Swedish and Finnish language requirement within your degree for students with secondary education in Finland was given on 27.8, just attend the test if you have not fulfilled the requirement in your previous degree.

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Library Services

Susanne Holmlund, Information Specialist

International opportunities

Emilia Hattula, International Coordinator (via Teams)

Code of Conduct

Henna Konsti, DEI Representative

Career Services

Ann-Chrsitine Hemming, Career Planning Officer

Drop in sessions with the study counsellors, if you still have questions on

• Study plans and course registration
• Transfer of credits

In addition to the actual Orientation Days 27-39.8, there is an additional session on Monday 2.9 aimed for international master's degree students. Whether you are totally new in Finland or have lived here for some years already, you are more than welcome to join the session. Please note that also teaching starts on Monday 2.9, so you may also have classes this day.

11:00