With around 70,000 residents, Lappeenranta city is located on the shores of Lake Saimmaa in the Southeast of Finland. It has 2 universities namely the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences and Lappeenranta University of Technology.

International marketing involves using marketing techniques and principles on a worldwide scale. Students in this field often have the opportunity to study topics such as international promotion, strategies, global finance, government regulation, targeting and resource allocation.

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.

The MSc, or Master of Science, is an internationally recognized academic degree that indicates proficiency and knowledge of a given topic or field. Most MSc programs take about four years to finish, after which some join the workforce while others continue on in the classroom.

Online learning refers to use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. With online learning one has the flexibility to access their studies at any time and from anywhere they can log on.