Hanken School of Economics

Infobox_University
name = Hanken School of Economics
native_name = Svenska handelshögskolan


type = Public
established = 1909
rector = Marianne Stenius
students = 2,300
city = Helsinki
country = Finland
campus = Urban
affiliations = EQUIS, AMBA, [http://www.unprme.org/ PRME] , [http://www.edamba.eu/ EDAMBA] , [http://www.eiasm.org/ EIASM]
website = [http://www.hanken.fi www.hanken.fi]

The Hanken School of Economics (Swedish: "Svenska handelshögskolan") is a business school of university standing located in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland. 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 and one in Vaasa.

In 2000 Hanken was awarded the EQUIS-acreditation by EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). The accreditation was renewed in 2005. Hanken was awarded the AMBA accreditation in 2008 [ [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/News/Item/item/835 Press Release: "Hanken granted international AMBA accreditation"] ] . Hanken has also signed the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education ( [http://www.unprme.org/ PRME] ).

A person studying at Hanken is known in Swedish as Hankeit, which is a registered trademark since 2006. [ [http://media.shsweb.fi/files/shs_patent.pdf "Hankeit" registered trademark since 2006] ]

Departments

Hanken has six departments: accounting, commercial law, economics, finance and statistics, management and organisation, marketing. The School also has a Centre for Languages and Business Communication.

Academic Degrees

*Bachelor of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
*Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
*PhD

Majors

Studies in Swedish on the bachelor and master level at Hanken gives the student the chose of 10 different majors [ [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/integrerade Study towards both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics] ] :

* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/redovisning Accounting]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/handelsratt Commercial Law]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/economics Economics]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/foretagande Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/finansiellekonomiekonomiskstatistik Finance]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/informationsbehandling Information Systems Science]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/foretagsledning Management and Organisation]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/marknadsforing Marketing]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/finansiellekonomiekonomiskstatistik Statistics]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/logistik Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography]

Master’s Degree Programmes in English

Hanken currently offers eight master’s degree programmes in English [ [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/masters Eight two-year Master's Degree Programmes in English at Hanken] ] :
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/pafis Advanced Financial Information Systems]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/compfin Computational Finance]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/corpgov Corporate Governance]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/ipl Intellectual Property Law]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/mim International Management]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/marketing Marketing]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/reif Real Estate Investment and Finance]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/student/en/strategic_entrepreneurship Strategic Entrepreneurship and Marketing]

PhD Education

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. [ [http://www.hanken.fi/mba Hanken MBA] ] Hanken offers tailor-made courses to companies within the framework of Hanken & IFL Corporate Development. Hanken & IFL Corporate Development was founded in 2005 by Hanken and IFL at Stockholm School of Economics. [ [http://www.hankenifl.fi/ Hanken & IFL homepage] ]

tudent 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. [ [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/kompetenscentra Competence Centres at Hanken] ]
*CEFIR - Centre for Financial Research
*CERS - 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

Careers Service

The careers service at Hanken, Ekonomforum, supports and offer guidance to students regarding internships and job search. They also arrange company visits, career fairs and the Hanken mentorship programme. In addition to this Ekonomforum also functions as link to companies interested in recruiting Hanken students. [ [http://www.hanken.fi/public/en/rekryteringstjanst Career Services Ekonomforum] ]

Administration and organisation

Hanken is a public university.

Board

The Board is the highest decision making body at Hanken. The Rector functions as President of the board. All personnel groups and the students have their own representatives on the Board.

Rector and Vice Rectors

The Rector is elected for 5 years at a time and the Vice Rectors for a period of 2,5 years. Dr. Marianne Stenius is elected Rector for the period 2005-2009. Vice Rectors are Dr. Veronica Liljander and Dr. Sören Kock.

Teaching and Research Council

The Teaching and Research Council (TRC) is responsible for leading, developing and evaluating the education and research at Hanken. The first Vice Rector is president of the TRC.

Notable Professors

* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/ibjorkma/ Ingmar Bjorkman]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/bruun/ Niklas Bruun]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/gronroos/ Christian Grönroos]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/hearn/ Jeff Hearn]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/liljeblo/ Eva Liljeblom]
* [http://www.hanken.fi/staff/strandvk/ Tore Strandvik]

Departments and Department Councils

Hanken has six departments. Each department is lead by a Head of Department together with a Department Council.
*The Departments are:
*Accounting
*Corporate Law
*Economics
*Finance and Statistics
*Management and Organisation
*Marketing

Hanken Alumni

All Hanken graduates are a part of the Hanken alumni network. Today Hanken has some 10,000 alumni working in over 40 countries worldwide. Hanken’s alumni activities consist of alumni seminars and alumni days both in Finland and abroad. Hanken also administers an electronic alumni network, which works as a forum for dialogue between the alumni and the school.

Famous Alumni

*Björn Wahlroos - Professor & Banker
*Elisabeth Rehn - former MP of the Swedish People's Party and the first woman as the Minister of Defence in Finland.
*Henrik Lax - Member of the European Parliament

Accreditations

EQUIS

EQUIS (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.

AMBA

Hanken was awarded the AMBA-accreditation in 2008. The accreditation demonstrates that Hanken MBA holds the highest international standard.

PRME

Hanken has as the first university in Finland been accepted as a member to and signed the principles of responsible management education - PRME. The initiative is a part of a call for business schools and academic institutions to keep up with a worldwide corporate responsibility (Corporate Social Responsibility). The principles were presented by a group of researchers and academic organisations in connection to the UN conference UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in July 2007.

tudent Union

The Student union at Hanken was founded in 1909 under the name Kamratföreingen Niord. Today the Student union has some 2000 members. [http://www.shsweb.fi Homepage] ]

External links

* [http://www.hanken.fi Official site]
* [http://www.shsweb.fi ShsWeb - The Student Union's portal]
* [http://www.hankenalumni.fi Hanken alumnnätverk]

References