Accommodation:

As Hanken has no campus accommodation, HOAS - the Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region, is the main housing provider for Hanken Univeristy. The main housing providers for Hanken University students are HOAS – the Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region (Link here!).

The typical types of apartments available for exchange students would be:

• Room in shared apartment
• Shared room in shared apartment
• Private studio
• Shared studio

To apply, students have to submit an online application directly to the housing office. As housing in Helsinki is scarce, students are recommended to find accommodation privately as accommodation in HOAS cannot be guaranteed. Only a third of Hanken’s exchange students will receive HOAS rooms.

Private Sector

Hanken students can look for private accommodation at (Link here!), where landlords interested in providing accommodation to Hanken students can place their offers.
Housing Anywhere (Link here!) is an alternative platform for student-to-student housing where outgoing exchange students can offer their apartments or room for rent to incoming students.
VUOKRAOVI: Link here!

Common neighborhoods popular with overseas students:

Kamppi
In Kamppi, private studio apartments and shared studio apartments are offered. Prices may be slightly steeper for the amount of space. From there, you can easily get access to supermarkets in the Kamppi shopping mall.

Kannelmaki
In Kannelmaki, a room in shared apartments is typically offered. Room is spacious and neighborhood is quiet. 15 minutes train ride to the central railway station and 30 minutes bus ride to school. A 2 minutes’ walk to Alepha and 10-15 minutes’ walk away from Prisma one of the biggest supermarkets.

Pohjois-Haaga (Ida Aalbergin)
In Ida, a room in shared apartments is typically offered. Room and common area is slightly smaller but sufficient, offered at the lowest price out of all the student accommodations. 10 minutes train ride to central railway station and 20 minutes bus ride to school. 5 minutes’ walk to Alepha, 10 minutes’ walk away from Prisma supermarket and 10 minutes away from K-supermarket.

Vuosaari
In Vuosaari, a room in shared apartments is typically offered. Room is spacious with big common areas including a private sauna in each apartment. It will be a 20 minutes metro ride to the Kamppi metro stop followed by a 5 minutes’ walk to school. K-supermarket is located at the Vuosaari metro stop, which is a 10 minutes’ walk away from the hostel.

Flying Chalks’ recommendations: For convenience, Kamppi area would be the most ideal as it is just 5 minutes’ walk away from school while Ida Aalbergin apartments would be highly recommended for the value for money aspect!