At Pop and Jazz Conservatory Lappia you can qualify as a musician or a music technologist by accomplishing the Vocational Qualification in Music (120 credits). The applicants should indicate prior engagement in music, as well as basic skills in music theory and playing an instrument. Applying through the annual joint application system in the spring. The students are selected according to an entrance examination.

Depending on the specialization field, those who have completed the Vocational Qualification in Music shall know how to work in different assignments related to music, such as a performing artist, sound mixer, sound recordist, as well as in music service and production assignments. They can also be employed by municipalities and societies to teach and instruct in such activities which require versatile musical skills and command of specialist tasks of the field. Students can specialize into pop, rock and jazz music.

There are approximately eighty students and fifteen teachers at the Conservatory. Administratively the Conservatory constitutes a part of Vocational College Lappia. Teaching takes place in the Musiikkitalo (Music House), built in 2003. The facilites are specifically designed for studying music with auditorium, several studios and rehearsal studios. Collaboration with other departments of the Vocational College Lappia and the Culture Department of Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences enable carrying out all-encompassing projects with lights, sets, costumes, make-ups, telecastings and broadcastings.