Campus and city
NTU's campus sits in the Gongguan area of Taipei's Daan District, a leafy 114-hectare expanse threaded by the iconic Royal Palm Boulevard and centered on Drunken Moon Lake (醉月湖), the romantic, pavilion-and-bridge lake that is the university's emblem. Daily life unfolds in one of Asia's safest, most affordable and best-connected capitals — night markets, world-class street food, the MRT at the door and the mountains a short ride away. The defining feature is intellectual freedom: NTU students enjoy one of the most open academic and civic environments in the Chinese-speaking world, with an active tradition of debate, student activism and a dense club and society scene. Workloads in the competitive STEM and medical colleges are heavy, but the combination of a storied campus, a vibrant city and genuine academic liberty makes for a student experience unmatched elsewhere on the island.