Currently the University has four dormitory buildings on and a new one off its campuses. In the academic year 2004-2005, 1,433 students lived on campus, and 3,333 students lived in rented rooms or apartments off campus. These students amount to 28.6% of all students. In the academic year 1997-1998, the University set up the Student Housing Division, responsible for the housing affairs of students living either on or off campus. .....

　　Financial aid is given by the school in the form of scholarships for outstanding new students, scholarships for outstanding students, for the pay of those students who do part-time work in the school, tuition waivers, student loans, and emergency financial aids available for students from low-income families or those who have had family accidents to help them complete their studies. There are more than 600 various kinds of financial aid offers or scholarships donated by various institutions or groups from outside the school. .....

　　Professional counselors help students have a better understanding of themselves and assist them in solving family, interpersonal, academic and emotional troubles. Various kinds of personal growth meetings and workshops are conducted, including self-discovery, interpersonal communication, and relations between the two sexes, stress release, family rehabilitation, musical therapy and empathy groups. It is hoped that participants experience mutual sharing, feedback, support and growth in a safe and trusting environment. .....

　　Medical clinics are established on both campuses, offering free medical treatment of minor diseases and injuries. The clinics will transfer more severe cases to hospitals. New students and staff undergo physical check-up on a yearly basis, along with regular checkups for others. First aid, health care counseling and emergency reSUe training programs and lectures are offered periodically. .....

　　To assist the students in identifying their career goals and directions in their studies, the school provides career counseling and advice. In the first semester of every academic year,a Career Prospects Week is organized to provide information on post-graduate studies, on junior and senior level civil servants examinations, and on studying abroad. .....

　　Currently the University has 181student clubs and associations, which can be divided into six types: general, arts, academic, athletic, social service and socializing. Extracurricular activities focus on the ethical awareness, interpersonal skills and citizens’ duties. The activities are colorful and diversified. .....

　　The Music Department of the school has at present six student performing groups, a symphony orchestra, a wind orchestra, a strings orchestra, a choir, a modern chamber music ensemble and a jazz band. These groups perform regularly every year in the National Concert Hall and Recital Hall, as well as go on island-wide performance tours to county and city cultural centers and those of civic or business organizations. The purpose is to raise the students’ performing experience and at the same time promote musical education in the communities. .....