A graduate in pharmacology from Taiwan National University, she originally planned to find a job and get married. At her roommate's insistence, Chou entered the Public Health and Sanitation Department's examinations and was readily admitted.
周碧瑟大學就讀於台大藥學系，而後考上「公共衛生研究所」。當時周碧瑟是抱著姑且一試的心情考上的，其實對公共衛生並沒有什麼興趣，只想「混」畢業就算了。