A Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program is designed to provide students with the skills to be an effective teacher. TESOL subjects may include linguistics for teachers, grammar, methods and assessment and language acquisition.

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.