Getting Started for New Students
- Campus-wide Wired and Wireless Connection
NTU has high-speed campus-wide wired and wireless computer networks. There are over 25,000 network points and over 20,000 networked personal computers for use by students and staff throughout the campus. Students may remotely connect to the campus network via about 150 dial-up lines or via subscribed services from external Internet Service Providers. Every student hostel room is also equipped with network points. Find out from the Set Up My Computer section on the recommended computer specifications and how to configure your computer to use it on campus or from home. These include the settings of network card, web broswer, Outlook client, VPN and network printer.
- Life-long NTU Mailbox and Personalised Email Address
Every student is given a NTU email box with 100MB storage which can be retained even after graduation. A student's default email address is his network account username appended by @ntu.edu.sg. Students may personalise their email addresses, however, the personalised email address will end with @pmail.ntu.edu.sg. The email box can be accessed via Outlook Client (part of Microsoft Office suite of programs) or Outlook Web Access through a regular web browser like Internet Explorer. Find out more from the Email & Messaging section.
- Free e-Newsletter and Mailing Lists Subscription
Students can access the Public Folders, subscribe to free NTU e-newsletters or Mailing Lists to get up-to-date information and announcements on the subjects of interest. You will receive new issues of the subscribed e-newsletters in your mailbox. Notifications will also be sent to your email account whenever a new posting or announcement is posted to the mailing lists you subscribed. To keep students updated on the important announcements and latest events on campus, all undergraduates are automatically subscribed to the followings:
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e-Newsletter / Mailing List |
Description |
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Campus Buzz |
a weekly email newsletter on student events or activities of interest to students |
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Students' Union Updates |
announcements from the NTU Students' Union |
You may unsubscribe yourself or subscribe to other mailing lists, please refer to Email & Messaging for more details. Students are strongly encouraged to subscribe to iTzone (http://www2.ntu.edu.sg/itzone), a monthly electronic newsletter published by CITS, to keep abreast with the latest information on IT and new e-services available on campus.
- Personal Webpages and mySite Storage
Each student is allocated 10MB on the NTU web server for storage of personal webpages. Access to the web server is by network account username and password. Please refer to Web Publishing section for the assigned web address. Each student is also allocated 200MB of storage space in mySite, a personal file storage which provides users with the flexibility to upload, download and share documents via a web browser. To start using mySite, go to http://mysites.ntu.edu.sg/mysite. Webpage storage and mySite storage are provided only during the course of study in NTU.
- e-Services
Course registration, change of particulars, billings, and matters relating to curriculum and examination, as well as requests and booking of Library resources, seminar facilities, hall facilities and recreational facilities are available online via a convenient one-stop services portal called StudentLink (for undergraduates) and GSLink (for graduate students). Each student is also provided with a convenient online personal portal myNTU or 'information gateway' for easy access and subscription to information and services which are of interest to the individual students. The personal portal is accessible the University portal.
- e-Learning and Online Resources
Students' learning is facilitated by rich online learning materials, discussion groups and quizzes via NTU's e-learning system called edveNTUre. Livecasts of interesting seminars and events are regularly made available to students via NTU campus-wide networks. Ease of learning in NTU is further augmented by NTU's abundant online digital Library resources such as CD-ROM based databases, video-on-demand systems, past examination questions, jounal extracts, scholarly publications, etc. Self-paced standalone CD titles on IT courses are available at the Media Resource Library. These off-the-shelf courses allow users to learn at their own pace and comfort level. You may contact the Media Resource Library at 67904622 or 67904692 for more information. Library website is at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library
- Computer Ownership Scheme and Special Deals
(a) NTU has arranged with some vendors to allow students to purchase personal computers and software at preferential prices. Please refer to Latest Deals section for the computers and configurations available for the current academic year. A new contract with new computer models and configuration will be finalized for purchase by the start of each new academic year. Students are advised to check out the offers under the scheme before making their computer purchase.
(b) Eligible full-time undergraduates may purchase a computer via the interest-free "NTU Student Personal Computer Loan" scheme administered by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. Please check the loan details from http://admissions.ntu.edu.sg/undergraduate/financialassist/Pages/StudentPCLoan.aspx.