The University of Lapland offers high level training in its faculties of education, law, art and design, and the social sciences.
Studies can continue to doctorate level.
The university offers the possibility to complete specialised Master of Arts programmes. In the Russian Competence masters' programme, students learn Russian expertise, and the media and design technology masters' programme prepares professionals in three-dimensional computer modelling and industrial program applications. To complete a doctorate, the university has special Researcher Schools. These schools make concentration on the research for a dissertation possible. Besides education, every faculty practices diversified research.