anken School of Economics is a university-level business school located in Helsinki and Vaasa. Hanken was established as a community college in 1909 and originally offered a two-year vocational education.
Hanken programmes include master’s, doctoral, and MBA programmes in English, as well a bachelor’s and a master’s programme in Swedish. Hanken has two locations, one in Helsinki and one in Vaasa.
Departments
Hanken’s research and teaching is organized into four departments and one centre for Languages and Business Communication. Students of the subjects are represented in each Department Council by student-elected student representatives.
- Accounting and Commercial Law
- Finance and Economics
- Management and Organisation
- Marketing
- Centre for Languages and Business Communication
Education
Currently, Hanken has master’s degree programmes in both Swedish and English, while the bachelor’s degree programme are in Swedish. Additionally there are PhD and MBA programmes in English.
The bachelor’s degree programmes are three year courses that include a minimum 3-month stay abroad. Those who complete a bachelor’s degree at Hanken have the automatic right to continue with master’s studies.
The MSc in Economics and Business Administration programme is a two-year programme with 120 ECTS. Students studying in English choose between four different specialisations, while students studying in Swedish have a choice of seven majors. The English degrees specialisations are Business and Management, Economics, Financial Analysis and Business Development, and Intellectual Property Law. In some of the specialisations, students can choose between tracks, e.g. International Strategy and Sustainability, Marketing, Humanitarian Logistics, or Marketing and Management in the Business and Management specialisation.
The Hanken PhD Programme corresponds to four years of full-time studies, during which students produce a doctoral thesis and complete 60 ECTS of coursework. The courses consist of 44 credits in the major and related subjects, and 16 credits in general methodology, philosophy of science, or other similar courses of a methodological nature.
The Hanken Executive MBA is an accredited executive MBA programme.[8] The Hanken Executive MBA programme is structured around a few key topics: Strategy and leadership, Service business and innovation, Finance and controlling, and Sustainable business in a global context. The programme was awarded the AMBA accreditation in 2008. Hanken offers tailor-made courses to companies within the framework of Hanken & SSE Executive Education. Hanken & SSE Executive Education was founded in 2005 by Hanken and an at the time active IFL at Stockholm School of Economics., that has since 2015 been named SSE Executive Education.