Helsinki University of Commerce

Helsinki University of Commerce
founding	1911
Sponsorship	state
place	Helsinki , Finland
President	Mikko Kosonen
Students	approx. 4,000
Employee	about 500
Website	https://www.aalto.fi/en/school-of-business

Chydenia , outbuilding of the School of Economics

The Helsinki School of Economics ( Finnish : Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu HKKK ; Swedish: Helsingfors handelshögskola ; English: Helsinki School of Economics ) - in short HSE - is a public business school in the Finnish capital Helsinki . It is home to over 4,000 students and around 500 academic staff. It is now also known as the Aalto University School of Business .

history

The college was founded in 1904 and received on January 16, 1911 under the name Handelshochschule ( Finnish : kauppakorkeakoulu ) college status . 117 students were enrolled in the first year.

A doctoral program was established in 1931, but the first doctorate was not awarded until 6 years later, on October 27, 1937.

Only in 1974 the hitherto valid name was School of Economics in Helsinki School changed. The renaming was preceded by a lively debate on nationalization: Opponents feared a loss of autonomy and the traditional ties to the business world. Because of this, part of the university property was transferred to the Helsinki University of Commerce Foundation.

On January 1, 2010, it merged with the Helsinki University of Technology and the Helsinki University of Art and Design to form the new Aalto University . At the same time, Helsinki School of Economics was renamed Aalto University School of Economics . On August 1, 2012, it renamed itself Aalto University School of Business .

organization

There are five faculties. Ingmar Björkman is the dean of the university.

In addition to the location in Helsinki, HSE also offers a bachelor's degree on the sister campus in Mikkeli, 250 km northeast . Events are offered there every three weeks and supervised by professors.

Well-known graduates

• Martti Ahtisaari (* 1937), politician and diplomat
• Sari Baldauf (* 1955), manager
• Tuomo Hatakka (* 1956), manager
• Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (born 1946), diplomat
• Johanna Paasikangas-Tella (* 1974), chess player
• Sirpa Pietikäinen (* 1959), politician
• Pekka Rauhala (* 1960), wrestler
• Olli Tahvonen (* 1958), economist
• Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit (* 1940), translation scholar
• Eero Vaara (* 1968), Professor of Management and Organization

Web links

Commons : Aalto University School of Economics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official websites

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university/board
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Helsinki School of Economics. December 17, 2013, accessed December 19, 2012 . 

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