Swedish Business School
| Swedish Business School ("Hanken School of Economics") | |
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| founding | 1909 |
| Sponsorship | State / Foundation |
| place | Helsinki , Vaasa |
| country | Finland |
| Rector | Karen Spens |
| Students | approx. 2,300 |
| Employee | approx. 230 |
| Networks | IAU |
| Website | www.hanken.fi |
The Swedish Business School (Swedish: Svenska handelshögskolan, "Hanken School of Economics" ) is a triple accredited Finnish business university located in Helsinki and Vasa , Finland . The university was founded as a Swedish-speaking university in 1909 under the name Högre Svenska Handelsläroverket and renamed in 1927. Hanken operates two university facilities, one in Helsinki and one in Vaasa.
Facilities
Hanken serves five different areas in research and teaching: accounting and commercial law, economics, finance and statistics, corporate management and organization, and marketing. The university also operates a language and business communication center.
Teaching
The university currently offers ten different courses in the Swedish-speaking branch.
In the English-language branch, six different two-year master’s programs are currently offered (Business and Management, Corporate Governance, Economics, Finance and Accounting, Intellectual Property Law, General Management).
Hanken offers PhD courses for all major subjects. A PhD program typically lasts between three and four years. About a year is spent on teaching.
The Hanken MBA program is an accredited executive MBA program. The program has four main areas: "Strategy & Leadership", "Service & Solutions", "Strategic Finance & Controlling" and "Processes & Enablers". The program has been AMBA certified since 2008.
As part of the “Hanken & SSE Executive Education” program, Hanken offers tailor-made solutions for corporate and management training. The initiative was founded in 2005 in collaboration with the Stockholm School of Economics.
Student exchange
Hanken has relationships with 105 partner universities. In addition, Hanken is the only Finnish business university that has an obligatory semester abroad in the curriculum in the Swedish-speaking branch. Every year around 100 students go abroad, while Hanken takes in around 150 students. In the German-speaking area of the following partner universities, u. a .: EBS University of Economics and Law, Free University Berlin, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Humboldt University Berlin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, LMU Munich, University of Mannheim, University of Münster, RWTH Aachen University.
research
Hanken is active in basic and applied research as well as taking on research assignments. This takes place for the period between August 2013 and July 2018 in the following priority areas:
- Economics
- Finance
- Corporate management and organization
- marketing
Research and competence centers
The research and competence centers at the university promote teaching, coordinate research and offer various advanced training programs.
- CEFIR - Center for Financial Research
- CERS - Center for Relationship Marketing and Service Management
- CIEL - Center for International Business Law
- HCCG - Hanken Center for Corporate Governance
- HECER - Center for Economic Research Helsinki
- HUMLOG Institute - Institute for Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- IPR University Center - Center for Intellectual Property Rights
- Lingua Hanken - language center
Famous Graduates
- Björn Wahlroos - professor and banker
- Carl Haglund - Minister
- Elisabeth Rehn - Former Member of Parliament
- Hans Wind - businessman and pilot in World War II
- Harry Harkimo - businessman
- Henrik Lax - Former MP
- Jan Vapaavuori - Minister and Member of Parliament
- Mikael Lilius - CEO of the utility company Fortum
- Niklas Savander - Member of the Board of Directors, Nokia
- Petri Kokko - Former winter sports enthusiast and Google manager
- Christian Grönroos - Relationship Marketing Professor
Accreditations
EQUIS
EQUIS The European Quality Improvement System is an international program for the accreditation of European business schools. Hanken received the accreditation in 2000. The accreditation has been renewed several times since then. The accreditation process ensures that Hanken meets the highest standards, both in research and in teaching, in relation to the local economy and as an institution promoting internationalization.
AMBA
Hanken received the AMBA accreditation in 2008 for the Hanken MBA program. The accreditation ensures that Hanken meets the highest standards for MBA programs.
AACSB
Hanken received AACSB accreditation in November 2015 and has since been one of the "Triple Crown" business universities.
Student union
The student association is called “Svenska Handelshögskolans Studentkår” (“SHS”; in English: Student Corps of the Swedish Business School) and was founded in 1909 under the name Kamratföreningen Niord . As a public body, it represents the interests of students vis-à-vis the university. Today the student union consists of about 2000 members.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.hanken.fi/en/about-hanken/organisation/decision-making-and-advisory-bodies/rector-and-deans
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Study towards both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics ( Memento of the original dated July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hanken MBA ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hanken & SSE homepage
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Competence Centers at Hanken ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EQUIS-accredited Business Schools ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Associations of MBAs, list of accredited schools ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hanken confirms its position as an international top business school. In: Hanken School of Economics. Retrieved March 28, 2016 (UK English).
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