More and more students will choose to study in Japan for postgraduate studies, so what is the cost of postgraduate study in Japan? Now follow the editor to learn about the cost of postgraduate study in Japan!
Cost of studying abroad for graduate students in Japan
1. Tuition fees
Graduate School (Graduate School): Japan National Graduate School, about 755,000 yen;
Public universities in Japan (average) are about 820,000 yen;
Japanese private universities:
Humanities, approximately 1.01 million yen;
Social Sciences, about 1.03 million yen;
Medicine and dentistry, about 1.09 million yen;
Agriculture and Pharmacy, about 1.15 million yen.
2. Tuition and fees
Under normal circumstances, the registration fee is 9,800 yen, the admission fee is 84,600 yen, and the research materials (tuition fees) are 350,000 yen per year, totaling about 440,000 yen.
3. Medical expenses
Students studying in Japan for more than one year must enroll in the National Health Insurance, and the payment amount is based on their income level.
International students are generally regarded as a no-income group and pay the minimum insurance premium (about 2,000 yen). When seeing a doctor, they only need to bear 30% of the medical expenses themselves.
4. Accommodation fee
Japanese national universities generally have international exchange halls, and the rent is low, usually between 5,900 and 10,000 yen. Due to the large number of applicants, it is not guaranteed to move in immediately after arriving in Japan; however, you can apply for private international student dormitories, and the rent is usually between 20,000 and 50,000 yen.
This is a general situation and may vary depending on exchange rates and types of dormitories.
5. Transportation expenses
(1) Tokyo Metro:
Adult one-way fare types are: 160 yen (starting price within 1-6 kilometers), 190 yen, 230 yen, 270 yen and 300 yen;
Children's one-way fare types are: 80 yen, 100 yen, 120 yen, 140 yen, 150 yen
Purchase based on ride distance.
Basic requirements for studying in Japan as a graduate student
1. Only undergraduate graduates with a 4-year or above program are eligible to apply for the graduate school.
Undergraduate graduates are required to hold valid graduation certificates and degree certificates. It is very unlikely for individual junior college students, self-study students, and students without degree certificates to directly apply to Japanese national and public universities in China. Therefore, experts from YiStudy.com suggest that these students can apply through language schools. Note: Generally, graduate schools require students to have a bachelor's degree, but some schools do not require this. Some students have dual college degrees. Although their cumulative years of study have reached four years, they are still not eligible to apply for Japanese graduate schools.
2. Japanese level 2 or above.
This is a minimum threshold. For students majoring in liberal arts and Japanese, their Japanese proficiency level needs to reach Level 1. Although in theory graduate students do not need language proficiency, experience shows that students who do not have Japanese skills and apply directly from home have almost no success rate.
3. Before officially applying for graduate school, you can study as a graduate student for one year.
It is worth noting that only undergraduate graduates of 4 years or above are eligible to obtain the status of visiting students. One of the qualifications for applying to a graduate school in Japan is to have an academic degree of more than 16 years. Please note that the number of academic years for non-regular students will not be counted.
4. Mentors are very important
The application for graduate students in Japan is based on a tutoring system, which means you are dealing with people, not a school or a system, so there will be a lot of uncertainty. Some students jokingly say that studying in Japan is like a blind date. If you like it, it is OK. It is not unreasonable. You may not have all of these conditions, but as long as you have two or three of them, you still have the possibility of applying to a prestigious school.
5. Qualifying average score
Nowadays, the average requirements of Japanese universities are not too high, but they must ensure that there are no failing subjects. The Japanese take passing points very seriously. However, due to competition issues, some prestigious schools still have to ensure that the average score is above 75 points. And it better not get lower and lower. It's better to have a trend that is getting higher and higher.
Admission pathways for studying in Japan
There are two main ways for self-financed international students to apply for Japanese universities. One is to participate in the direct admissions of Japanese universities in China. The other is to first apply for Japanese language schools or Japanese language courses affiliated with Japanese universities (the Immigration Bureau stipulates that applying for Japanese language schools and Japanese language courses requires equivalent to Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4). After staying in Japan, after about a year of Japanese language education, they can take the exam of Japanese universities. The former method is mainly used by Japanese private universities, and the number has increased in recent years.
The undergraduate examinations for international students at national universities in Japan almost all use the "Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students" administered by the "Japan International Students Support Organization", while most private universities use their own university's independent examinations. In addition to Japan, the "Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students" is mainly implemented in South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Mongolia, Taiwan and other Asian countries and regions, but it has not yet been implemented in mainland China.
The independent entrance examinations for private or public universities in Japan are determined independently by each university, with various forms. It is best to confirm the specific content through the website of each university. Most university exams include a written test and an interview. The content of the written test is mostly short essays, so the interview and short essays sometimes become the key links in whether you can enter the university you apply for. Private universities usually start registration in September, take the exam in November and release the results in December; national universities generally start registration in December, take the exam in February and release the results in March. Some universities also have an autumn admissions system, with summer examinations and autumn (mid-to-late September) admissions.
In addition, according to the website of the Japanese Embassy in China, if you have a guarantor in Japan, you can apply for a short-term "examination visa", but you need to have an examination notice from a Japanese university and other corresponding certificates.
