Hanken School of Economics, one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries, was established more than one hundred years ago. Today, Hanken is the only stand-alone business school in Finland. The strategy of Hanken includes profiling the School as a genuinely international and research-oriented business school with close ties to the corporate world. Hanken offers academic programmes on all levels (BSc, MSc and PhD) at two locations, in Helsinki and Vaasa.
The domestically popular undergraduate programme requires fluency in the Swedish language. The postgraduate programmes are offered with English as the medium of instruction. The university offers several specializations as a part of the master’s programme, including International Strategy and Sustainability, Marketing, Humanitarian Logistics, Finance, Accounting and Governance and Commercial Law.
Marketing and Management Hanken has close ties with the business community and an active alumni network with over 14,000 alumni working in more than 70 countries. The study environment at Hanken is truly inclusive and rigorous and global. Hanken School of Economics was ranked as the 70th best in 2020 in the Masters in Management ranking by the Financial Times and included in the world’s top 35 universities and higher education institutions in the global U-Multirank university ranking on research and research linkages.
With a growing network of over 70 leading business schools on six continents, Global Business School Network or GBSN fosters cross-border networking, knowledge-sharing and collaboration both within the network membership and with the broader business education and development communities. To check GBSN members in your country, click here.
Applications are invited for GBSN Scholarship 2022 for Students from Developing Countries by Hanken. Hanken School of Economics is offering two premium scholarships to students currently studying at or alumni of GBSN member schools from developing countries for its 2-year Master’s Degree programme in 2021.
Eligibility
Candidates from GBSN member schools in the following countries are eligible to apply: Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, South Africa, Tunisia and Turkey.
Furthermore, to be considered as a GBSN student/alumni for the Premium Scholarship, the candidate must be a student at or alumni with a university degree from a GBSN member school by November 2, 2020.
Funding Details
Full tuition fee for two years (equivalent to 12,500 EUR/year)
8,000 EUR per year for living expenses
For further information regarding the scholarship programme, click here.
