Located in the Province of Lapland, Rovaniemi city is a commercial center of the region. The city has over 60,000 inhabitants. Rovaniemi is home to the Roveniemi University of Applied Sciences and the University of Lapland.

The formal higher education system of Finland is the 7-3-2-2 pattern. The university takes two years in vocational or technical education and finally two-year pre-tertiary education. Finland also has several public as well as private universities that have enabled accessibility of higher education to students.

A bachelor’s degree is a three- or four-year undergraduate degree and is the standard for higher education throughout most of the world. Bachelor’s degrees can be earned at state universities, private universities, community colleges, and online universities.