"NTU students" are actually this useful!
Graduation Review: Sharing the various free resources I used during my four years at National Taiwan University, including language learning, psychological counseling, career exploration, and campus services, hoping to help junior students avoid unnecessary detours.
Four years ago, I entered university with great enthusiasm and indeed learned a lot. I wrote this blog as a graduation review and hope to share these practical (and importantly, free) resources with my juniors.
“What have I done during these four years as a student of ‘National Taiwan University’?”
Just Entered University
After joining the NTU family, the first thing I did was open myNTU, log into my account, and see what content was available before enrollment.
When I first entered as a freshman, I had expectations for “dual transfer, exchange,” and so on, but as I got older, I really focused more on “graduation,” which might lead to a lot of anxiety.
(Alright, I’m getting off-topic, back to the point)
Course Learning
Complaining one last time before graduation: this page looks really ugly, but it’s okay, usability is the key.
I guess the first thing most people do is go to the course website to arrange their first semester schedule, and I’m no exception, but this is something everyone knows, so I’ll just skim over it.
What I want to highlight is:
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Online Foreign Language Self-Study Classroom: Here, you can apply for an account as a student and use various self-study resources for free (really suitable for poor students like me, thank you NTU 🙏)
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Foreign Language Center e-Self-Study Space: You can enter by swiping your student ID, and there are tons of language learning books, even Russian books! I most often use Japanese and English. Especially since TOEFL and IELTS books are very expensive, this really saves a lot of money.
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Writing Center’s “Writing Emergency Room”: Provides free advice on document writing and can consult on various needs.
During the summer before it ended, I also took the opportunity to look through information on “Overseas Education (Exchange),” “Mentor Program,” and “Internship Mentor Program,” but unfortunately, I ended up so overwhelmed with just graduating that I didn’t utilize them.
Learning Consultation Services
Being someone who knows the campus like the back of my hand, what I did was learning consultation.
Because there is quite a gap in academics between me and NTU students, I found it a bit difficult to grasp the content starting from calculus. Before I resorted to hiring a tutor, I could first refer to this free learning consultation service (I’ve used it myself, and it’s pretty good).
Student Area: Life Information
Key recommendations:
- Free Counseling Resources: The counseling center can help students who are struggling to adapt or going through a low point in life, but it’s really hard to make an appointment. It’s suggested that if there’s an urgent need, you can directly apply for insurance subsidies (it was 1450 a month back then, but it seems to have risen to 1600 now).
- One-on-One Career Consultation System: Many people use it to revise their resumes, but it’s actually more suitable for those who already have some direction.
- Higher Education Employment Competency Platform: Contains many tests; although the results may not be accurate, the process of taking the tests itself is also a form of exploration.
Campus Platforms and Learning Resources
- NTU Cool: The most commonly used teaching platform at NTU, with more and more functions. Back when I was a freshman, Ceiba was still around.
- Field Expertise System: I originally majored in Atmospheric Sciences but also took courses in Japanese Education.
- Learning Planning Office: I feel the help is limited; it’s better to just chat with a language model XD
Mental Health Resources
Many NTU students are actually as anxious as I am.
Thanks to subsidies, I don’t have to worry about financial issues when seeing a psychiatrist.
- The counseling center on campus has resources, but it’s hard to make appointments and often gets canceled last minute.
- Going outside through subsidies (1600/month) is actually more cost-effective.
- Mental Health Leave (Article written in July 2025): You can now request mental health leave; my approach is to email the teacher and try not to use the leave system.
Other Resources
- NTU Space Cloud Storage: Not only Google G Suite but also Microsoft, though both have limitations; if you exceed the limit, you need to apply to the computing center.
- Tuition Discounts: Courses at the Foreign Language Center and information courses at the Computing Center have student discounts.
- Apple BTS Student Discounts: As long as you have an
@ntu.edu.twemail, you can enjoy them. - Open Course Network: The resources are very rich; I watched quite a few in high school, but there’s still a significant gap compared to university courses.
Campus Activities
The weekly announcements from NTU are quite worth checking out, sometimes featuring interesting activities:
- Weight loss seminars
- Healing workshops (making moss balls)
- Educational training (e.g., website building system usage)
If you’re looking for resources, you can first search online for “XX + student,” and you might find unexpected results!
Conclusion
The above is a sharing of free resources I encountered during my four years of university.
I hope it can help my juniors to some extent (if not, that’s okay too 😂).
Thank you all for reading!