Textbooks may be borrowed for 21 days, all other books for 28 days. If you need a book for a few months you can still use the textbooks by renewing the loan every month unless somebody else has reserved them. The Computer Centre is an independent institute within the University. It provides computer and support services to students, University personnel and departments. The Computer Centre offers more than 20 computer classrooms with approximately 400 PCs available to all students.
Every student gets an individual e-mail address, and has access to the Internet.
The Hypermedia Laboratory will be part of the new Faculty of Information Sciences beginning 1 August 2001. For the basic level courses students are expected to have a basic knowledge in the use of PC and Windows 95. For more advanced courses a knowledge of hypermedia, hypermedia structure and authoring tools is required. The payment can be made at any Finnish bank. On payment of this fee, students receive an official student ID card and are enrolled in the Finnish students' health care system, which entitles them to medical treatment at Finnish Student Health Service centres .