Upon graduating from Stockholm, Mika Pohjola studied at Berklee College of Music under the following professors: Herb Pomeroy, an American jazz trumpeter, Gary Burton and Hal Crook.
After graduating from Stockholm, Pohjola moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study under a scholarship at Berklee College of Music. His Berklee professors included Herb Pomeroy, Gary Burton, Phil Wilson, Ed Bedner, and Hal Crook. Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (April 15, 1930  August 11, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, teacher, and the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. 
