Hanken Executive MBA (EMBA)
The Hanken Executive MBA is a part-time two-year executive programme in English, focusing on developing strategic decision-making and leadership skills. The 90 ECTS programme is internationally recognised with a triple-crown (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS) accreditation.
Future-prepared leadership starts here
The Hanken Executive MBA provides you and your organisation with new perspectives, improved understanding and what it takes to tackle strategic business challenges head-on, today and tomorrow. The Hanken EMBA 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.
Triple Crown accredited — globally benchmarked quality
The Hanken Executive MBA is backed by Hanken School of Economics’ Triple Crown accreditation: AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. Together, these are the three most respected international accreditations for business schools, awarded only after rigorous external review of quality, relevance and continuous development.
Fewer than one per cent of business schools worldwide hold all three accreditations. For you as an EMBA participant, this means joining a programme that is internationally benchmarked, academically strong and designed to create insight, renewal and measurable impact.
Hanken EMBA programme overview
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. The Hanken EMBA is grounded in Nordic values of equity, openness, and integrity, with a commitment to high standards, continuous improvement, and sustainability.
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 18 modules, including 56 in-class days of which 40 during weekdays. Join the modules in our newly renovated classroom at Hanken School of Economics downtown Helsinki. International modules are held in Iceland and Boston, USA.
Key themes of the EMBA programme
Individual coaching
As part of the leadership and personal development sessions, you will receive individual coaching from experienced business coaches to maximise your personal growth and support your leadership development.
We live in a world where things are changing very fast, and you need to adapt your leadership style to the continuous change. The different modules of the programme have been really helpful in my daily life. I would recommend doing an EMBA at Hanken to actually anyone who would like to excel in their profession.
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!
I think that the practical side of the programme is really suitable for people who are rather experienced already and want to expand their horizons. I feel more open-minded about what I want or can do in the future, and I also see more opportunities now.
How you benefit from an EMBA
- 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
- An intimate programme with a warm atmosphere, fostering a trusting and psychologically safe learning environment
- 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 competencies 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.
How your organisation benefits from an EMBA
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
Who the EMBA programme is for
The programme is for managers and top talents who are highly motivated to challenge themselves and dedicate time to develop. Working is highly recommended, as the module assignments deal with analysing your own organisational landscape by applying the theories in practice.
Your current position could be CEO, VP, Director, Head of (function), manager, expert or specialist, entrepreneur, to name a few.
We firmly believe in the value of diversity, as our experience has shown that a diverse group enhances in-group learning. A greater diversity level widens the foundation for discussions and expands the range of perspectives.
Typical EMBA participant profile
You expect the top-notch quality of the know-how of the learning, but I didn’t expect that excellent and amazing co- hort which I was with and I could call them friends now after those couple of years. It gave me the feeling that now after time has passed, to be able to make a change in this world.
Too often in Finland, we aim to look only from our own box and from our own industry perspective. So definitely the value comes from learning from others. I would definitely encourage companies to always send two to three people to this programme. It’s much more likely that the organisations will actually take the change journey when they have more people bringing the message and taking the change and starting the journey together.
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.
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What are the EMBA admission requirements?
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.
How to apply to the Hanken EMBA
Frequently asked questions
It means developing the ability to lead strategy, people and organisations responsibly and effectively, while creating long‑term value for both business and society.
The programme consists of integrated modules covering core business disciplines and leadership, combined with applied assignments and a Development Project linked directly to the participant’s own organisation.
Yes. The programme is specifically designed for executives working full‑time, with a part‑time structure, concentrated module days, and predictable scheduling.
Upon successful completion of the programme, participants are awarded the Hanken Executive MBA (EMBA) diploma.
The Hanken EMBA is a postgraduate executive education programme designed for experienced professionals and leaders. While it is academically rigorous and internationally accredited, it is an executive education qualification and not an academic Master's degree.
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EMBA programme fee
The fee for the Hanken Executive MBA programme is 46 000 € (+ VAT). The fee includes material costs and modules abroad, except for travel and accommodation costs. The programme fee is valid for everybody, regardless of nationality and nature of residence permit in Finland or in EU.
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