The university libraries on the Medford/Somerville campus include the Tisch Library, the Music Library, and the Edwin Ginn Library of the Fletcher School. Tisch Library contains over 750,000 books and 3,000 periodical titles, in addition to media, microforms, government publications, archival sources, and other types of material. In addition, the Tisch Library has a growing collection of over 500 electronic databases and 3,000 e-journals accessible via the Internet. It also houses special collections, audiovisual rooms and equipment, and the university archives. The Music Library located in Aidekman Arts Center has 35,000 books on music, musical scores, and recordings. The Edwin Ginn Library contains collections in international studies, international law, and diplomacy, with supporting collections of documents from the United Nations and other international organizations. The biology, geology, chemistry, and physics reading rooms on campus house current issues of research-level periodicals in their respective disciplines. Students also have borrowing privileges at the libraries on the Tufts' Health Sciences campuses. Graduate students can also take advantage of borrowing privileges at 16 nearby university and research libraries through Tufts' membership in the Boston Library Consortium.

Tufts Computing and Communications Services provides students with a wide range of facilities. Students may use the ITS Computing Center Eaton Hall for general use computing. This facility offers high speed access to the Tufts network and Internet and consists of over 100 PCs, 50 Apple iMacs, and 10 multimedia workstations—all connected to laser printers and scanners, and loaded with a wide variety of software applications. Visit the ITS website for more information. Wireless internet access is available at many locations on the Tufts Medford campus. New access points are constantly being added, so check out this map to find out if it's available where you are. Finally, there is a computer available in the Brown House student lounge for students to check email and use for quick research. While it has word processing software, it is not connected to a printer, and often has a line of students waiting to use it between classes.

The Mayer Campus Center (map) serves as the hub for the student, faculty, and staff community. The Commons offers a full menu of hot meals and stir fry wraps, sandwiches-to-go on international breads, salad bar, grab-and-go items, sushi. Hotung Cafe features antipasto, pizza and calzones, as well as specialty coffee drinks. And for your personal needs, the Jumbo Express Convenience Store stocks health and beauty aids, laundry supplies, convenience foods and bulk candy. The Center also boasts lounges with TV and pool table, study areas, ATMs, and a bookstore for purchase of textbooks and best sellers, school supplies and candy bars, among other necessities. Other dining options include the Mugar Hall Cafe (map) (a favorite for students of Tufts' Fletcher School) and Brown and Brew (map), the campus coffeehouse with its selection of international coffees and teas, sandwiches, pastry, and desserts - plus entertainment in the evening. Finally, coffee, tea, and light snacks are also served at the Tower Cafe in Tisch Library, which is open late during the week and offers plenty of cozy seating (perfect for small group meetings). Meals are served on a cash basis at all of these facilities. Graduate students may also choose to take advantage of the meal plan offered by Tufts Dining Services.

Tufts has a long-standing tradition of supporting lifelong health and fitness. Graduate students have free access to an incredible array of recreational and fitness resources scattered across the campus. The 70,000-square-foot Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center, completed in 1999, houses an indoor track; a six-lane championship swimming pool; sports medicine and rowing rooms; basketball, volleyball, tennis, and squash courts; and modern locker rooms and sauna. The Lunder Fitness Center offers two circuits of Cybex selectorized strength equipment; 30 aerobic machines, such as steppers, rowers, upright and recumbent bikes, elliptical trainers, treadmills, and a climber; free weights and strength machines. You can also take advantage of group exercise classes or develop a personal fitness program with a Tufts athletic trainer. Elsewhere on campus, outdoor basketball and tennis courts, lit for evening use, are also available. The Medford campus also includes a Counseling Center that provides professional personal counseling to graduate students, and Tufts Health Service, providing comprehensive outpatient and laboratory services.