Jyväskylä is a municipality and a city in Central Finland and the largest city within that region with over 100,000 inhabitants. The city has several universities whose student population account to 30% of the overall populace of the Jyväskylä city.

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.

An MA is a master’s degree awarded to students that have completed a program studying humanities or fine arts subjects such as history, communications, philosophy, theology or English. A Master of Arts degree typically requires coursework, research and written examinations.