Programme overview
The Hanken Executive MBA is a part-time two-year executive programme
in English offered in Helsinki, Finland. The programme is
internationally accredited with a triple-crown (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS)
accreditation.
With a Hanken Executive MBA, you will gain
insights and tools to make an impact in any business setting. The
programme enables you to strengthen your strategic decision-making and
leadership skills, equipping you to create value for yourself,
your organisation and your customers, as well as other stakeholders. We
believe in the strength of dialogue, face-to-face interaction and
relationships. We recognise the individual in a group, our groups are
small and our faculty and experienced lecturers are strongly dedicated
to our programme.
Content & structure
The EMBA programme has optional entries and you can choose to start
in October or March. For a tailor-made programme start, please contact
the EMBA team. The programme includes part-time studies for 18-30 months
in 15 modules, including 47 in-class days of which 33 during weekdays.
It is possible to join the modules at Hanken & SSE Executive
Education office downtown Helsinki or virtually via Zoom. International
modules are held in Berlin + Boston or Shanghai. The Hanken Executive
MBA programme is structured around a few key topics:
Strategy and leadership
With
the help of the modules in strategy and leadership, you will improve
your ability to identify ideas of strategic importance and act on
them. The leadership development sessions will support participants’
personal development process
throughout the entire Executive MBA programme. By continuously
challenging participants to uncover new insights, the sessions aim at
preparing participant’s for demanding leadership situations and
enhancing their critical leadership skills and capabilities. You will
also gain an increased understanding of change and how to manage
and drive change in complex and competitive business environments.
Programme modules include strategic thinking, strategic leadership,
strategic HRM, change leader, leadership development sessions:
throughout the programme, industrial and corporate change, global
perspectives and innovation management, work and leadership in the
global economy, communication skills and individual development project.
Service business and innovation
Hanken school of economics is a forerunner in services management.
The modules in service and solutions will provide you with the insight
of transforming your business from a product-oriented to a
solutions-oriented business – always keeping the customer at the centre
of your business model.
Programme modules include service business approach,
customer-oriented business models, service innovation and service and
relationship-oriented sales.
Finance and controlling
Any person with aspirations for a position in top management needs to
understand the numbers behind operations and to put them into a bigger
context. In the modules on strategic finance and controlling you will
gain insight of key figures and how to interpret them, pricing
strategies, how to
apply sound and sustainable financial solutions to your business, as
well as systems to control you business.
Programme modules include financial management, wealth management,
corporate finance, value-based management, financial intermediation
& risk management, macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial
accounting & acquisitions, management accounting, management control
systems and incentive systems.
Sustainable business in a global context
Learning how to merge individual business activities into a larger
context, where international competition, sustainability and corporate
social
responsibility influence your organisation is vital.
Programme
modules corporate social responsibility, business analytics, strategic
foresight & scenario planning, digitalisation of business, supply
chain management, strategic corporate branding, intellectual property
rights and micro- and macroeconomics.
Who the programme is for
The programme is for managers and top talents who are highly motivated to challenge themselves and dedicate time to develop. The programme criteria are minimum a bachelor’s degree, at least 5 years of relevant professional experience and a high level of proficiency in English.
Your current position could be manager, executive, senior expert, entrepreneur or top talent.
A diverse group is our aim as experience has
shown that a more diverse group increases in-group learning. A higher
level of diversity broadens the bases for discussions and increases the
variety of perspectives.
Hanken EMBA participant quick facts
- Average participant age 40 years
- Average years of working experience 15 years
- 60 % male and 40 % female
- 8 nationalities
Industry sectors: Biochemicals, creative agency, energy, financial services, food industry, geological services, IT, marine solutions, media, metal industry, personnel lifting services, software, technology, transportation
Job functions: CEO, EVP, Vice President, Director, Manager, Senior Specialist, Entrepreneur
Educational backgrounds: Bachelor’s or master’s degrees in Engineering, Economics and Business Administration, Geology and Mineralogy, Healthcare, History, Food Sciences, Languages and Tourism, Laws, Music Business, Technology, and Visual Arts.
Benefits & value
The Hanken
Executive MBA provides you and your organisation with new perspectives, improved understanding and the means to
develop the ability to tackle key challenges in business both today and
tomorrow. The Hanken Executive MBA programme is designed to help you create value for yourself, your organisation and your customers, as well as other stakeholders by becoming a better strategic decision-maker and leader. We provide you an opportunity to develop new insights of your business context, to enlarge your influence in your organisation and business network, and to improve your capacity to achieve results and to make an impact of strategic relevance.
Benefits for you as an Individual
- Continuously developed programme content with world-class faculty and experienced lecturers
- A journey of learning and sharing with ambitious EMBA peers resulting in a valuable personal and professional network
- Engaging dialogue where you and your peer students play an important role
- A flexible part-time programme with daytime classes allowing time for work and family commitments
- A potentially life-changing experience
You will gain a globally accredited diploma, knowledge about key business areas and processes and the capacity to make strategic business decisions. You will also improve your skills and competences to analyse challenges and find solutions to them, to lead, develop and engage others. You will increase your capability to share insight and drive change and gain a business network for life.
Benefits for Your Organisation
Managers and top talents that excel and gain new motivation through an internationally accredited programme become a colleague
- with improved strategic decision-making skills
- who can introduce fresh ideas, concepts and tools to the workplace
- who has become a better leader and professional
- who can connect you to a broader and deeper variety of influential business contacts
- who can apply team/consultancy projects to your company
How to apply
Application and selection process
Step 1: Application
To apply to the programme, you must submit a
complete application to the Hanken Executive MBA office before the
deadline. You will receive an acknowledgement that your
application and the references have been received.
Step 2: Interview
If
you are short-listed, you will be invited for an interview held in English. You are
required to bring your original degree certificates and transcripts to
the interview. Please note that being selected for an interview does not
guarantee admission to the programme.
Step 3: Admission decision
A
careful selection of candidates is conducted and the
final admission decision is taken by the Dean of Executive Education at
Hanken where after all applicants will be informed.
Step 4: Confirmation of participation
The selected applicants
receive a notice of the
admission decision
and the enrolment is
signified by a study
contract. The selected
applicant confirms his/
her participation in the
programme by signing
and returning the study
contract.
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Fee
Programme fee 40 000 Euro + vat
The fee includes material costs and modules abroad, except for travel and accommodation costs for the modules in Boston/Shanghai and except for travel costs for the module in Berlin
Admission requirements
To be eligible for the Hanken Executive MBA programme, you must fulfil the following requirements:
Bachelor's degree or higher in any field
A
Bachelor's degree, in any field, is required for admission to the
programme. However, if you do not hold a Bachelor's degree, but you
fulfil all other requirements and have a strong professional background,
please contact the EMBA office for further information.
A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience
The
Hanken Executive MBA programme is designed for experienced
professionals. The participants in our programme have an average of 13
years of professional experience. The professional experience will be
judged from case to case.
High level of English proficiency
A
high level of spoken and written English proficiency is required as the
programme is conducted in English. The level of written English
proficiency will be evaluated based on the application form and the oral
proficiency demonstrated during the interview.
In addition, we expect you to meet at least one of the following criteria:
- You are in a managerial position; in charge of leading people, complex projects or entities
- You are an experienced senior expert, with responsibility for large entities, and want to broaden your expertise
- You are an entrepreneur with an established business
- You are a top talent with a solid track record of exceptionally high performance (in career development, studies, etc.) and strong recommendations
Meeting
these minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to
the programme, but allows you to be invited for a personal interview and
be considered in the further selection process.
Selection criteria
We
select a maximum of 30 experienced and talented professionals, who wish
to become better strategic leaders and decision-makers.
Selection is based on a combination of the applicant's professional experience, educational background, leadership potential, interpersonal and cultural skills as well as motivation.
We
highly value a willingness to learn from others in the Executive MBA
group and the ability to share your own knowledge and experience.
Employer and family support is also of significance. Fluency in spoken
and written English is essential as the programme is conducted in
English.
Each new group of Executive MBA participants is carefully
selected by the EMBA staff. We try to select a heterogeneous group of
people. A more diverse group increases in-group learning as the
diversity broadens the bases for discussions and include different
perspectives.
Info meeting
Get your questions answered and find out more about the Hanken
Executive MBA, the learning process and methods. We schedule the meeting
according to your preferences of timing and place. The meeting can be
done either face-to-face or online.
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Faculty
The
Hanken Executive MBA modules are facilitated by dedicated
Hanken faculty and experienced and renowned lecturers at the forefront of their respective fields, along with
visiting top-level corporate and academic experts. By combining insights
from both academic experts, company representatives and participants,
we ensure a natural dialogue between academia and business.
Below you will find a selection of our experts in the Executive MBA programme.
Strategy and Leadership
Janne Tienari, Mergers and Aquisitions
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Mats Ehrnrooth, Stategic HRM
Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Patrick Furu, Strategic Leadership
Adjunct Professor
Peter Zashev, Leadership Development
Adjunct Professor & Program Director at Hanken & SSE Executive Education
Liisa Välikangas, Global Perspectives on Innovating Management
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Service and Solutions
Christian Grönroos, Service Business Approach
Professor Emeritus, Hanken School of Economics
Paul Viio, Evli Assistant Professor in Selling and Sales Management, Hanken School of Economics
Pekka Helle, Co-Creating for Value
Founder, Growth Cliniq
Kaj Storbacka, Market Innovation
Professor, University of Auckland Business School, Graduate School of Management
Tore Strandvik, Sense Making of Market Disruptions
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Strategic Finance and Accounting
Gonul Colak, Corporate Finance
Professor of Finance, Hanken School of Economics
Henrik Palmén, Finance
Senior Lecturer, Hanken School of Economics
Anders Tallberg, Management Accounting and Digitalisation of Business
Senior Fellow at Hanken & SSE Executive Education
Pontus Troberg, Financial Accounting
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Processes and Enablers
Johanna Gummerus, Branding
Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Roger Wessman, Macroeconomics
Economist
Topi Miettinen, Microeconomics
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Martin Fougere, Corporate Social Responsibility
Associate Professor, Hanken School of Economics
Nari Lee, Intellectual Property Rights
Professor, Hanken School of Economics
My Hanken EMBA experience
Meet some of our alumni and hear what they have to say about the Hanken Executive MBA programme.
Outi Waltari
Senior Transformation Consultant at Telia
"I'm more open-minded on what I can do or what I want to do in the future, so I see more opportunities now"
Stefan Wiik
Vice President at Wärtsilä
"It was very rewarding, I would do it again! Just do it, go for it! You´re gonna enjoy it"
Jussi Roine
CEO and Partner at North Advisors
“I would definitely recommend the EMBA. It´s fun, don´t stress too much. Begin with small steps and it happens almost by magic"
Juha-Pekka Ojala
CFO at Luhta Sportswear Company
“I would definitely recommend an EMBA for everyone who has the courage to question their own beliefs, understandings and biases; and learn new things about business, acquire a comprehensive understanding of their own company and it´s business and are personally in a position in their careers where they want to go forward”
Harry Sjögren
Sales Director at DNA Business
“I think that Hanken brings a wide perspective on how to create value in long term. My employer could get more value from me as a sales leader.”
Mari Haavisto
Director of Communications and Responsibility at EK Confederation of Finnish Industries
“I would definitely recommend this programme to basically anyone who is interested in learning new things about business, finance, strategy.”
Inka Uusitalo
CEO at Långvik Congress Wellness Hotel
“My leadership skills have been strengthened by the Hanken EMBA programme, especially through the strategic and conceptual thinking. Every module gave food for thought and also an inspiration to go an implement it in practice.”
Andrei Novitsky
Partner at Essedel
"The Hanken EMBA takes a lot of effort but it also gives a lot. It gives you a very broad, good look at many aspects of business life. You will not become an expert in one topic, but you will see a lot of different things. You will also understand which parts of business you need to concentrate more on or learn more about."
John Ekholm
CEO at Mekalasi
“I chose to do the EMBA because I wanted to deepen my knowledge in strategy and finance. Networking is of course one good part of the programme and the programme itself also brings quite a lot of substance and confidence to your work.”
Aki Temmes
Senior Vice President at UPM Timber at UPM Ltd
“Hanken EMBA gave me very valuable overview of business management as such. It covers all important aspects of being a successful leader. Based on that knowledge I gained in EMBA, I feel that I am much more prepared also to take the next steps in my career development.“
Monika Liikamaa
Co-Founder and Chair at Enfuce Financial Services
“The Hanken EMBA has supported my career development in many ways. I got the clarity of what I want to become. I wanted to become a Managing Director and/or entrepreneur. Now I am both! Anyone who has the possibility to do an EMBA should do it. It takes a lot of work, but it gives a lot. I highly recommend it.“
Natalia Goldberg
CEO at Forenom Russia
“Completing the Hanken EMBA programme was a valuable investment in my career development. My expectations for the programme were not only met, but greatly exceeded. I can strongly recommend the programme and have already done so to many of my colleagues. Joining Hanken EMBA was one of the smartest decisions I have ever made.”
Pertti Saarela
Executive Director at Finnish Red Cross, Oulu District
“I have worked in management positions during my whole career. The Hanken EMBA programme is a perfect fit for persons in managerial positions wishing to gain more self-confidence and leadership skills. The programme gives you insights about processes and tools needed in any business settings ensuring the next step in your career.”
Rashmi Kasat-Majakorpi
Vice President, Head of Digital Business Development at Metso
“When I joined Hanken EMBA programme, I came here with an aspiration that I’m going to become a better business leader. I never for a moment thought that it is going to have such a powerful impact on my entire life. It has been a life- changing EMBA programme, I fully recommend it!”
Rasmus Roiha
Managing Director at Finnish Software Entrepreneurs Association
“The programme was a great boost to my self-confidence and career development. I warmly recommend the Hanken EMBA programme for highly motivated individuals with managerial experience looking to develop themselves.”
Osmo Lahtinen
CEO at OV Lahtinen Oy
"I hade the opportunity to step out form my comfort zone both personally and professionally by proving myself that I can study and work with very different people, backgrounds and industries that I was used to"