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No registration fee will be charged for those with NTU student IDs. Students with National Health Insurance cards (NHI cards) would be charged with partial extra self-payment of TWD 50. As for students with no NHI cards, they will have to pay a full payment of TWD 350. Fees for medicine and other special exams are not included in the general payments. General Number: 3366-2155 Appointment Number: 3366-2175 NTU Student Health Center Emergency: 3366-9595 Communication When making calls, keep in mind time zone differences (www.timeanddate.com/worldclock). To make an international call to the United States, dial the access code for the country from which you are calling plus the United States country code (always “1”) followed by the appropriate U.S. area code and local number. To call internationally from the United States, dial “011”, the country code, city access code (if necessary) and the phone number . Country and city codes can be found online (www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/dialing.html). Some of above steps can vary if you are using a calling card. Public phones in Taiwan are divided primarily into two types, coin and card. Coin phones accept coins in denominations of NT$1, NT$5, and NT10. For local calls, NT$1 buys one minute of phone time. Phone cards are divided into magnetic strip stored value cards and IC stored value cards, and can be used all over Taiwan. Magnetic strip cards sell for NT$100 each, and IC cards are available in NT$200 and NT$300 versions. The cards are sold in railway stations, bus stations, scenic spots, and convenience stores. When making local calls it is not necessary to dial the area code; when making long-distance calls, however, the area code of the party being called must be dialed in first (see explanation on the public telephone) and then the number itself dialed. International calls can be made from private cell phones, public IDD phones, or hotel IDD phones. International calls are charged in units of six seconds. Skype: Skype is a free, downloadable software application that allows users to make live video and voice calls over the internet. Skype users can also add money to their account and can then use the service to call land lines and cell phones internationally at very low rates. Additionally, Skype also provides an instant messaging function as well as file sharing. To create a Skype account, users must download the application from www.skype.com and create a user name and password. Once the application is installed onto their computer, they can search for friends either by first and last name or using their friends' Skype usernames. Once a friend is added to a users contact list, they will be able to see whether that person is available to chat. If two users both have web-enabled video cameras for their computers, they will be able to chat face to face. For users without a web cam, a microphone is all that’s required for calls to another computer. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION/WEBSITES OF INTEREST U.S. State Department Students Abroad site: 8
http://www.studentsabroad.state.gov/ UW-Madison International Academic Programs http://www.studyabroad.wisc.edu U.S. State Department: http://travel.state.gov U.S. State Department Students Abroad site: http://www.studentsabroad.state.gov/ Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/travel/ Current exchange rates http://www.oanda.com Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com Taiwan Tourism http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/ Study in Taiwan http://www.studyintaiwan.org/index.php?id=ge 9
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