Students interested in engineering and working with high-tech equipment may want to study automation. Through a variety of classes, students can learn how to operate, fix and maintain automated equipment of electromechanical systems and industrial electronics.

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.