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At the learning centre you will receive help. Here you will find guidance, study rooms, computers with Internet connections. There are also various tools for communication with teachers and fellow-students who may be somewhere else in the country, video conference and copying facilities and a lot more. At a learning centre you may also access library service and possibilities for data searches in various databases. You can also book rooms for group work or for individual studies. At some courses the teacher will come to the learning centre on some occasions.

Flexible opportunities are the prerequisites for education to be available, irrespective of when, where and how you are going to study. The technical equipment may vary among learning centres, but according to the quality criteria, issued by Nitus (the national network for municipal learning centres) you will always get access to::

• Suitable premises: classrooms, lecture halls, group rooms, a place for individual studies, resting areas with a kitchenette.
• Well-equipped computer with printers: word processing, calculation and presentation programs, e.g. MS Office, scanner, Internet connection and software for World Wide Web and some kind of e-mail system.
• Video conference equipment: video conference equipment with a transmission speed of 384 kbits/s via ISDN should be available, and also IP communication possibilities. The video conference should be adapted for at least 5-10 persons and be equipped with a telephone and a fax.
• Telephone, fax, copier, TV och video.
• Staff that can give administrative and technincal support as well as being a support for your learning.
• Guidance and validation: your local learning centre can offer study and vocational guidance as well as validation, or be able to direct you further to guidance and validation resources.
• Access to library/reference library: In connection to your learning centre, or via cooperation with a local library, there should be access to literature for reference and supplementary reading, electronic information sources and other library services, like distance loan facilities.
• Examination facilities: your learning centre can provide invigilators for examinations.

Learning centres can offer access to their premises practically around the clock for seven days a week. This is often solved by means of pass cards or similar.