A study in sustainable design can involve individuals in the creative and innovate path for long-term resource conservation across a range of industries and products. Students may be encouraged to improve existing methods to promote sustainability or to engineer and design new approaches that utilize natural resources more efficiently.

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 given to students who fulfill the necessary requirements given by the college or university they are attending. The requirements include three to seven years of focus on a subject, typically referred to as a major or concentration.