This paper addresses the anticipated programme of European Harmony in Conservation Education and the actual diversity still present, in the form of a case analysis of the development of conservation education in Finland. Formal conservation education has developed since the second half of the 20th century and in most countries has become an accepted academic discipline. Since the 1990s, the European Union’s higher education policies have affected conservation education in many ways. The transformation of the structure of study programmes into a three-cycle (BA-MA-PhD) format, known as the Bologna Process, is still underway, with a target deadline of 2010. The adoption of the Bologna resolutions is ongoing and various solutions in our field are being discussed. The activities of European conservation organizations (represented by the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorer’s Organisations, ECCO) and European conservation schools (united in the European Network of Conservation-Restoration Education ENCoRE) also have provided tools and guidelines to propel conservation education to a higher level with a full five-year programme in conservation at the university level.