Student representation

The duties of the Education Council are to:
– develop and evaluate education and pedagogy at Hanken
– decide on admission criteria for Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes and other programmes with admissions
– decide on the approval of curricula and course offerings
– decide on the assessment and approval of Master’s theses

The Education Council consists of a Vice Rector as chair, the subject head or another representative for each major subject at the Master’s level, one representative from the Language Centre, and three student representatives. Each member has a personal deputy.

The duties of the Academic Council are to:
– coordinate quality work related to education and research
– issue statements to the Board on matters concerning education and research
– address strategic initiatives related to education and research
– coordinate pedagogical and scientific development work and improve
– communication between units regarding education and research
– be responsible for the quality assurance process for learning (the Assurance of Learning process)

The Academic Council consists of the Research Council and the Education Council jointly and is chaired by the Rector.

The duties of the University Collegium are to:
– decide on the number of members of Hanken’s Board and on the term of office of the Board and its members
– appoint external members to Hanken’s Board
– confirm the election of professors, other teachers, researchers, other staff, and students as members of Hanken’s Board
– dismiss a Board member from their position upon proposal by the Board
– appoint auditors for Hanken
– confirm Hanken’s financial statements and annual report and decide on granting discharge from liability to the members of the Board and the Rector
– decide on initiating claims for damages against members of Hanken’s Board, the Rector, and the auditor
– decide on the dismissal of members of Hanken’s Board from their position

The University Collegium has 18 members: 6 professors, 6 representatives of other teachers and researchers as well as other staff, and 6 representatives of the students. Each member has a personal deputy.

The term of office of the University Collegium is three years.

Department Councils
To organise research and education, Hanken has four departments operating at both campuses. A department is led by a Head of Department and a Department Council, and the Head serves as Chair of the Council. The Department Councils, also known as DCs, can be seen as somewhat equivalent to a general meeting of shareholders for the department.

The duties of the Department Councils are to:
– develop, monitor results, and evaluate the department’s activities
– make proposals for the curriculum
– make proposals for the department’s budget
make proposals for the department’s staffing plan and provide recommendations regarding the recruitment of teaching and research staff included in it
– issue statements on matters concerning education and research upon request
ensure that Hanken’s quality assurance processes are followed, review systematic student feedback, and monitor how students achieve the programmes’ intended learning outcomes, and based on this follow-up propose or implement necessary changes

A Department Council has nine members in addition to the Head of Department. Three members represent the professors, three represent other teachers and researchers, and three represent the students of the department. Deputies are appointed for the members by group.

All subjects within the department must be represented on the Department Council.

To organise language teaching, Hanken has a Centre for Languages and Business Communication. The Language Centre has a Board whose task is to prepare proposals for the curriculum, budget, performance agreement, and staffing plan for the Centre.

The Board of the Language Centre consists of the Programme Director as Chair, one representative from the Study and Admissions Services unit, one student representative, and three teacher representatives.