Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
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Hanken is a Swedish-language
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
business school of university standing located in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
and Vasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Hanken is one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries. Hanken is a leading, internationally accredited university in the field of economics and business administration. The school was founded in 1909 under the name Högre Svenska Handelsläroverket and was given its current name in 1927. Hanken has two campuses, one in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
and one in Vaasa
Vaasa
Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
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In 2000 Hanken was awarded the EQUIS
Equis
Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
-accreditation by EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). The accreditation was renewed in 2005 and 2008. Hanken was awarded the AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
accreditation in 2008. A person studying at Hanken is known in Swedish as hankeit, which is a registered trademark since 2006.
Departments
Hanken has five departments: Accounting and Commercial Law, Economics, Finance and Statistics, Management and Organisation, Marketing. The School also has a Centre for Languages and Business Communication.Studies in Swedish on the bachelor and master level at Hanken gives the student the choice of 10 different majors:
Hanken currently offers eight master’s degree programmes in English.
Hanken offers PhD education within all of its 10 majors. The degree corresponds to four years of full-time study. Approximately one year consists of course work while the remaining part is focused on thesis work.
Executive Education
Hanken MBA is an accredited executive MBA programme. There are different streams within the programme; Finance, International Management and Service and Relationship Marketing. 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 IFL at Stockholm School of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics
The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is one of Northern Europe's leading business schools. Its Masters in Management program is ranked no. 2 in Northern Europe and no. 13 in Europe by the Financial Times...
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Student Exchange
Hanken has approximately 70 partner universities for student exchange around the globe. Every year some 100 students from Hanken spend one semester or a full academic year abroad. Hanken also receives approximately 100 exchange students yearly.Research
Hanken researchers are engaged in basic, applied as well as commissioned research. Hanken excels in four main areas:- Finance and Statistics
- Intellectual Property Law
- Management and Organisation
- Service and Relationship Marketing
Research and Knowledge Centres at Hanken
The research and competence centres at Hanken co-ordinate education, promote research and offer a wide range of services in information and executive education.- CEFIR – Centre for Financial Research
- CERSCERSCERS is a research- and competence centre at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. The centre operates in conjunction with the department of marketing, and specialises in research on service management and relationship marketing...
– Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management - CIEL – The Centre of International Economic Law
- CREF – The Centre for Real Estate Investment and Finance
- HECER – Helsinki Centre of Economic Research
- HUMLOG Institute – Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute
- IPR University Centre
- Lingua Hanken
Notable alumni
- Björn WahlroosBjörn WahlroosBjörn Arne Christer Wahlroos is the Chairman of the Board in Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene. Wahlroos’s nickname is "Nalle", which means "teddy bear" in Finnish and Swedish.- Career :...
– Professor & Banker - Carl HaglundCarl HaglundCarl Christoffer ”Calle” Haglund is a Finnish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Swedish People's Party.See also: European Parliament election, 2009 - External links :*...
– Member of the European Parliament - Elisabeth RehnElisabeth RehnMärta Elisabeth Rehn is a former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first female Minister of Defence in Finland. In the 1994 presidential elections she was narrowly defeated by Martti Ahtisaari.Elisabeth Rehn spent her childhood in Mäntsälä, where her father worked as a community medical...
– former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first woman as the Minister of Defence in Finland - Hans WindHans WindHans Henrik "Hasse" Wind was a Swedish-speaking Finnish fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II with 75 confirmed air combat victories....
– Businessman and famous fighter pilot in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Harry HarkimoHarry HarkimoHarry "Hjallis" Harkimo is a Finnish businessman and sportsperson. He is the chairman of the board of the Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit,. He is also the developer of the team's home arena, Hartwall Areena, and as an investor in sports...
- Businessman - Henrik LaxHenrik LaxHenrik Lax is a Finnish politician and formerMember of the European Parliament with the Swedish People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Lax was a substitute...
– Former member of the European Parliament - Jan VapaavuoriJan VapaavuoriJan Pellervo Vapaavuori is a Finnish politician, Minister of Housing and Minister of Nordic Cooperation in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet.Vapaavuori has been Helsinki City Council member since 1997...
– Minister and MP - Mikael LiliusMikael LiliusPercy Henrik Mikael Lilius is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the energy company Fortum. He currently serves as the chairman of the packaging firm Huhtamäki.-References:...
– CEO of FortumFortumFortum Oyj is a Finnish publicly listed energy company, which focuses on the Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland and the north-west of Russia. After acquisition of Russian energy company TGC-10 in year 2008, Western Siberia has become an important operating area for Fortum. The head of the company... - Niklas SavanderNiklas SavanderNiklas Savander is a Finnish businessman and the Executive Vice President of the Markets unit of Nokia Corporation. He is a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board, a position held since 2006...
– Member of the NokiaNokiaNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
Group Executive Board - Lenita AiristoLenita AiristoHymmi Lenita Aulikki Airisto is a Finnish business leader, promoter of Finnish industrial and cultural exports, TV journalist and author.-Maiden of Finland:...
– Author, former Miss Finland and fashion model - Petri Kokko – Former figure scater, current country manager for GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
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EQUIS
EQUISEquis
Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
(European Quality Improvement System) is an international programme for the assessment of European education in economic and business sciences. Hanken was awarded the EQUIS accreditation in 2000. The accreditation was renewed in 2005. The accreditation proves that Hanken meets the highest requirements of quality in teaching, research, internationalisation and co-operation with the business community. Moreover, it indicates that Hanken creates and disseminates knowledge of the highest standard and that Hanken actively collaborates with its surrounding society.