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The Hanken School of Economics (Swedish: Svenska handelshögskolan, "Hanken") is a business school...

The Hanken School of Economics (Swedish: Svenska handelshögskolan, "Hanken") is a business school of university standing located in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland. The school was founded in 1909 under the name Högre Svenska Handelsläroverket and was given its current name in 1927. Hanken has two campuses, one in Helsinki and one in Vaasa. In 2000 Hanken was awarded the EQUIS-acreditation by EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). The accreditation was renewed in 2005 and 2008. Hanken was awarded the AMBA accreditation in 2008. Hanken has also signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). A person studying at Hanken is known in Swedish as hankeit, which is a registered trademark since 2006. Hanken has six departments: accounting, commercial law, economics, finance and statistics, management and organisation, marketing. The School also has a Centre for Languages and Business Communication. Studies in Swedish on the bachelor and master level at Hanken gives the student the choice of 10 different majors: Hanken currently offers eight master’s degree programmes in English: Hanken offers PhD education within all of its 10 majors. The degree