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Your Ad Here	Higher Education in Japan Higher education in Japan begins after 12 years of elementary and secondary education. International students can take admission in any one of the five types of institutions of higher education as detailed below: Universities, Graduate Schools, Junior colleges, Special training colleges and Colleges of technology. One should be clear about one's objectives before selecting a school.
Universities Undergraduate Courses: There are about 700 universities in Japan, including national, public and private ones. The length of study at universities is four years for most undergraduate departments, but six years for medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science.
Auditors (non-degree part-time students): Auditors can take certain courses, but universities differ on qualifications and which courses are open. Graduate schools Graduate Courses: Graduate schools have master's and doctoral courses, and some universities also accept postgraduate research students and auditors. International Students must have completed 16 years of school education (I8 years for those enrolling in doctor's programs in medicine, dentistry or veterinary science) for admission to a Japanese graduate school. Those who are recognized as having academic ability equal to or above that of a college graduate and are at least 22 years in age (24 years in the case of doctor's programs in medicine, dentistry or veterinary science) also qualify for admission to a graduate school. Master's Course lasts for two years.	Your Ad Here
Doctor's Course: Generally Lasts for five years. The course is divided into a first period of two years which includes the above-mentioned master's course, and a final period of three years. However, the length of study for the doctor's course in medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science (entered upon completion of the six-year undergraduate course) is four years. Some graduate schools offer doctor's courses covering the full five years or only the final three years.
Your Ad Here	Research: Permitted on the basis of the school regulations for each university. Unlike regular students in graduate schools, research students (Kenkya-sei) are allowed to engage in research in special fields for one semester or one year without the aim of acquiring credits. For information regarding specific Graduate schools you may log on to www.jpss.jp/eng/index.html (website of Asian Students Cultural Association ). Junior colleges Usually courses at junior colleges are for two years, but some departments, such as nursing, require three years. About 60% of Japan's junior colleges are for women only, offering such courses as home economics, literature, languages, education, and health and welfare. In recent years social sciences have become increasingly popular. Graduates are given 'Associate degree' after completion of the course. The student must acquire at least 167 credits to get the associate's degree.

Special training colleges
Special training schools offer vocational-technical education. Among special training schools, those offering specialized courses are called special training colleges and are positioned as higher educational institutions. Students attend these schools for one to three years, usually two years, to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for their chosen vocation and future life. For admission to a Special Training College, excepting Japanese language institutes, you must meet one of the following three criteria and have the Japanese language ability needed to study in the special training college:

Studied 6 months or more at a Japanese-language institute accredited by the Association for the promotion of Japanese language Education and notified by the Minister of Justice.

Certified at Level I or 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test given by the Association of International Education Japan and the Japan Foundation.

Received at least one year of education at a Japanese elementary, junior or senior high school.

For further ,information you may log on to www.tsk.or.jp/tebiki/english/ home/html (website of Metropolitan Tokyo Professional Institution Association).

Graduates of post secondary courses of special training colleges must complete at least 1,700 hours of instruction, to call themselves 'qualified specialists'.

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