Studying in Japan

[Kyumika]

I'm actually planning on going to Japan to study abroad when I'm a soph in college. My parents are unsure because I'm apparently not mature to go to another country on my own (I kinda agree with them for now, I'm only 15). I think you should just look for an exchange program and talk to them about it.

[Kyumika]

Originally Posted by anrakushi

americans call universit college, they like to think their different by using different words for things.

anyway many schools charge around 500,000円 per year as a base and it can go up quite a bit from there. I have a feeling my friends (japanese) told me that the university i did exchange at they had to pay 1,000,000円 per semester.

although you are not going to have much luck studying in japan unless you are pretty fluent in japanese. you would need to take a language program first. quite a few universities offer a language program you can study which you can then, if passing entry exam, you can enter the universities.

you know just for shits and giggles i did a search for japanese university fees and guess what? there were results. so you should try searching and doing some research yourself.

you can get scholarships to help with your study, i had the JASSO scholarship. but there is no government funding, support system, as far as im aware

"College" is a term we use to describe both the years we spend there and the place itself. However we use the word "university" which only refers to the actual place. For example, it wouldn't make much sense if I said something like, "When I was in university, I remember..."

[anrakushi]

Originally Posted by Kyumika

"College" is a term we use to describe both the years we spend there and the place itself. However we use the word "university" which only refers to the actual place. For example, it wouldn't make much sense if I said something like, "When I was in university, I remember..."

well for the rest of the world that speaks english as their first language that would be perfectly normal to say it that way. generally the term college is used here to refer to high schools (years 7-12) especially those that are private and of a religious denomination.

for the record, i don't particularly like the education methods used in Japan, having studied with japanese students not just in 'gaijin' classes the method of teaching is very different from that used in australia and i found myself hitting a wall with many of the teachers who refused to accept opinions outside of their own thoughts, especially my teacher for the UN relations classes i took.. my god, she actually told us NOT to research for our end of semester paper and refused to accept anyone's paper that had researched.

[Shanis]

for the record, i don't particularly like the education methods used in Japan, having studied with japanese students not just in 'gaijin' classes the method of teaching is very different from that used in australia and i found myself hitting a wall with many of the teachers who refused to accept opinions outside of their own thoughts, especially my teacher for the UN relations classes i took.. my god, she actually told us NOT to research for our end of semester paper and refused to accept anyone's paper that had researched.[/quote]

I don´t know about the methods in japan, but I think it depends on the teacher, cause I had one teacher which said everything which wasn´t in her history book (the book was about 20years old) is wrong and i only got bad grades from her I like to see how it´s in japan, a friend from japan said i could come for a few weeks to him and watch some days in school Maybe it´s funny to watch lessons^^

[Kanzeon]

i have the same question, the only problem is i don't know how to get started... i want to study music there because i believe the culture there can help me to develop my skills... but can someone tell me what do i do first? i've just finished school, waiting for my O-level equivalent results to come out in March... please help, cuz i'm lost