Where to Find Campus Service Portals on the Sichuan University Website

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The campus service portals are grouped in the top navigation bar of scu.edu.cn, above the main menu. Look for the row containing 学生 (Students), 教职工 (Faculty & Staff), 校友 (Alumni), 访客 (Visitors), 云上川大·服务大厅 (Yunshang SCU Service Hall), WebVPN, 人才招聘 (Talent Recruitment), 邮件系统 (Mail System), and EN (English). These are direct links, not dropdown categories, so one click takes you to the relevant service.

The Main Service Entries

Entry Chinese label Who it serves What it leads to
Service Hall 云上川大·服务大厅 All authenticated users The consolidated campus services portal
WebVPN WebVPN Students, faculty, staff Off-campus access to internal resources
Mail System 邮件系统 Students, faculty, staff University email login
Talent Recruitment 人才招聘 Job applicants Recruitment information
Language switch EN International visitors English-language version of the site

云上川大·服务大厅 (Yunshang SCU Service Hall)

This is the central gateway for day-to-day campus services. It appears in the top utility bar on every page of the homepage, so you do not need to navigate through 组织机构 (Organization) or 教育教学 (Education) to reach it. Expect to authenticate with your university account before the individual services become available; the site itself does not publish a public list of what sits behind the login.

WebVPN

WebVPN is listed next to the Service Hall and is intended for off-campus access to resources normally restricted to the campus network. If you are a student or staff member working remotely and a library database or internal system refuses to load, WebVPN is the entry to try first. The homepage does not document setup steps, so follow whatever instructions appear after you click through.

邮件系统 (Mail System)

The mail link is a direct login entry for university email. It sits in the same utility row, making it one of the fastest routes from the homepage to your inbox.

Audience-Specific Navigation

The four audience labels at the start of the row — 学生, 教职工, 校友, 访客 — act as role-based shortcuts. They let each group jump to pages assembled for them rather than browsing the general menus. Prospective students should note that admissions is handled separately: the main menu's 招生就业 (Admissions & Employment) section contains 本科招生网 (Undergraduate Admissions), 研究生招生信息在线 (Graduate Admissions), 来华留学生招生信息 (International Student Admissions), 毕业生就业网 (Graduate Employment), and 继续教育招生 (Continuing Education Admissions).

Language Switch

The EN link at the end of the utility row opens the English version of the site. The excerpt provided is largely Chinese, so treat EN as the way to reach English content rather than assuming every service portal is fully translated. Service systems such as the Service Hall and WebVPN are typically Chinese-interface tools regardless of which language version you are browsing.

Practical Notes

  • The utility row repeats across the homepage, so the entries stay reachable no matter how far you scroll.
  • No pricing or access-fee information appears on the page; do not assume any portal is open without login.
  • If a link does not respond, check whether you are on the Chinese or English version first, then retry from the homepage rather than from a deep page.