I think you all know the graduate program in Japan. What kind of program is it?
And here’s a look at what graduate programs are like in Japan and how to apply.
1. What is a Japanese graduate student?
In Japan, a regular master’s degree, called a scholastic or friar, is issued after graduation from a university.
At the same time, most universities set up a kind of “graduate student”, although with the Chinese word, but the essence of the meaning is very different.
The graduate students in Japan are not masters in the domestic sense, but actually auditing students or research students in universities and colleges. In many cases, we also define the graduate students in Japan as pre-master students.
Domestic postgraduate students are called monks in Japan.
The minimum duration of postgraduate study is half a year and the maximum duration is two years.
Usually, one can be promoted to a monk within six months if he or she has some basic knowledge of Japanese and is well prepared in all aspects.
Graduate students are uniformly issued by the university admission notice, have special professors to guide and teach, can enjoy all the educational resources of the university.
The only difference from monks is that they cannot take elective credits and have no degree, so they are officially regarded as “irregular students”.
In addition, Japanese graduate students hold a formal study visa. During the visa period, they can take the entrance examination for monks of Japanese universities. After passing the examination, they can become official monks and continue to study for a monk’s degree.
One of the most important learning tasks at the graduate level is to prepare for the friar exam under the guidance of the professor.
At the same time, the professor will assign you to certain courses based on your deficiencies.
1, apply for the qualification of Japan graduate school must be more than four years of undergraduate graduates to have the qualification of graduate school, undergraduate graduates are required to hold a valid diploma and degree certificate.
It is very unlikely that individual junior college students, self-examinees and students without a degree certificate can directly apply for good national and public universities in Japan.
However, these students can first go to a language school in Japan and then apply for graduate school, which has a high chance of success.
Note: Most graduate schools require a bachelor’s degree, but some do not.
Some students have double junior college degrees, in this case, the cumulative number of years of study has reached four years, but still do not have the Japanese graduate school examination qualification.
2. The minimum requirement for students to apply for a master’s degree in Japan is Japanese Level 2 or above.
But for liberal arts majors, Japanese is required to reach Level 1.
For students majoring in science, the requirements are slightly lower, but they also need to achieve level 2 or above.
Although theoretically graduate students can not do language scores, but experience, can not speak Japanese students in the domestic direct success of almost no case.
1. Study on Campus After successfully applying for graduate school, you will be able to study on the campus of your university of choice.
For example, a student who has successfully applied for a graduate degree in DongU can do research around professors in DongU and be surrounded by classmates and predecessors in DongU. He can also use the library and take courses in Dongu.
Key points: Such an ideal and suitable environment for monks to prepare for the examination is really impossible in other ways.
2. The professors who participate in the proposition and interview are your teachers, and the seniors who have passed the entrance examination of this school, this college, this major and even this branch are your classmates.
According to a bacterial understanding: entering the research room will also be assigned to students to help review the senior monk exam.
Graduate school is a great opportunity for you to get up close and personal with the first-hand learning resources of various universities.
3. High admission rate Indeed, the admission rate for postgraduates is not 100%.
But this is a few ways to Japan in the relatively high success rate.
The admission rate is about 80% for our school, 75% for postgraduates, and 35% for outside schools.
The extra 40 percent is what it means to choose a graduate student.
Some Japanese universities also advise overseas students to go to graduate school first, in order to better adapt to the monastic level of study.
4. Low cost Tuition is an important factor that must be paid attention to in the life of studying abroad. Generally speaking, it takes 1~2 years to study graduate school, and the tuition is also relatively low.
For example, in the case of the main university (undergraduate), the annual cost of the national government is around 535,800 yen;
The annual private cost is about 650,000 to 1.5 million yen.
The annual cost of a national graduate (pre-friar) is about 356,400 yen.
In addition, the national and private annual fees for graduate school friars (master’s program) are also different. The former is about 535,800 yen, while the latter is about 650,000 to 1.5 million yen.
