To get the best out of your education, schools and institutions work hard to make sure you are comfortable in your learning milieu.  

Tertiary institutions provide most or all of the following services:

• Doctors, counsellors, and a chemist
• Fitness centres and sports clubs
• Child welfare
• Career advice
• Budgeting advice
• A cafeteria
• A Students' Association, which supports a wide range of social, cultural, and sporting activities.
• A student radio station and newspaper
• A Student Learning Centre: for one-to-one and group tutorials on study skills, essay writing, statistics, word processing, planning a thesis, using the library, exam techniques, etc
• An International Office to assist with the student's native language, if required, for matters concerning illness, visa, accommodation, etc.
• A text book and stationery shop
• A Xerox shop that does black-and-white and colour copying, printing, transparencies, lamination and binding
• Computer laboratories with Internet access and personal email accounts
• A well-stocked library with specialised staff
• Career guidance
• ATM machines
• Dispute mediators
• A student travel office
• Sexual harassment officers
• Games
• A chapel
• Reader/writers and note takers for physically disabled students, sign language interpreters for deaf students