WHY STUDY IN JAPAN?
High educational standards
Japan has the highest number of Nobel prize winners of any Asian country, and the second highest of any country since 2000.. 49% of Japanese High School graduates enter university. Japan has over 700 universities, with 10 ranked in the top 200 worldwide.
See the world, develop as a person
Studying abroad gives you an unparalleled opportunity to live, work and explore a different culture. You will be able to learn about the people, the culture, the history and language of one of thew world's most unique cultures. Living overseas will help you develop as a person, becoming independent and taking responsibility
Japan is a safe, peaceful place to study
Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. Violent crime is rare, with Japan ranking last in the number of victims of crime per capita (nationmaster.com). Japan regularly turns up on lists of the safest places to visit in the world. Japan also has one of the world's most advanced healthcare systems, reflected in this high life expectancy. Members of the National Health Insurance scheme pay only 30% of their healthcare costs, with a trip to the doctor or dentist often costing only a few hundred yen (few dollars).
Improving your employability
Study abroad is an impressive part of any resume. Employers value the skills you learn as an international student. As well as the personal growth you will undergo studying in Tsukuba, interacting with your professors, classmates, tutors and friends, will help improve your international awareness and employment opportunities.
Low tuition fees and generous scholarships
Tuition fees are comparatively cheap in Japan. While an "in state" student in the US may spend $10,000 a year or more on tuition, with "out of state" and international fees being several times higher, tuition fees at Japanese public universities are a mere 535,800 yen (approx $5,500) a year.
REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISA IN UK
LANGUAGE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
ACADEMICS
2.2 CGPA in +2
50 % (2.5) in Bachelors
DOCUMENTS
10th, 12th, Bachelors Documents
Citizenship, Passport
Bank Details
SOP
TOTAL COST TO STUDY IN JAPAN
TENTATIVE COST ESTIMATION
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE (BACHELORS)
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
600000 - 1000000 yen per year
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE (MASTERS)
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
800000 - 150000 yen per year
DOCTORAL DEGREE (PhD)
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
1000000 - 2000000 yen per year
*(ONLY FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS)
DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY
partial/full fundings
SCHOLARSHIPS IN JAPAN
UNIVERSITY OF KYOTO
upto full 100 percent
KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
upto 100 percent
OTANI UNIVERSITY
upto 100 percent
TOP JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERISTY OF TOKYO
The University of Tokyo currently ranks 23rd in the world, and was the first imperial university. It was established in 1887 and is globally renowned for its prestigious level of academia, having proudly educated an array of successful and notable alumni, including 15 of Japan’s 62 prime ministers and five astronauts.
As the number-one ranked university in Japan, it achieves impressively high scores across most of the 10 indicators, scoring the highest in the whole ranking for academic reputation, employer reputation, and international research network. (source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)
Famed for having educated world-class researchers and 13 Nobel Prize laureates, Kyoto University is one of the world’s leading institutes overall, currently ranking 35th in the world university rankings.
As the second-best university in Japan this year, the institution’s array of notable alumni is highly reflected through its near-perfect score for employer reputation, as well as its perfect scores – and the highest in the top 10 – for its academic reputation and for the indicator used to measure international research network (both joint with the University of Tokyo).(source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)
KYOTO UNIVERSITY
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
OSAKA UNIVERSITY
Ranked as the third top university in Japan is Osaka University, which also currently holds 67th place in the global ranking. Having originated in 1724, the university is the country’s sixth oldest university and according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018, ranks amid the top 50 universities in the world for dentistry, chemical engineering, physics and astronomy, and natural sciences.
In this year’s Japan university ranking, Osaka University receives excellent scores across most of the indicators, and thanks to its top-notch reputation for research, achieves the second-highest score in the top 10 for both its international research network and academic reputation. (source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)
With two of its campuses located in Japan’s clean and vibrant capital, and the third situated in Yokohama just 30 minutes away by train, the Tokyo Institute of Technology is one of the world’s leading research universities for practical science and engineering education, currently ranking 58th in the world.
It comes fourth in this year’s Japan rankings, achieving near-perfect scores for six of the 10 indicators, and scoring the highest in the top 10 for the papers per faculty indicator, a measure of research productivity, and the staff with PhD indicator, (joint with Kyoto University).(source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)
NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
TOHUKU UNIVERSITY
As the nation’s third Imperial University and one of the National Seven Universities, Tohoku University is currently ranked 77th in the world university rankings, and was Japan’s first university to admit females and international students.
Ranked fifth in Japan, the university receives excellent scores across most of the 10 indicators, with near perfect scores for those used to assess faculty/student ratio and international research network – the latter reflecting its innovative achievements in technological inventions, including fiber optics and the perpendicular magnetic recording, to name a couple.
As the nation’s third Imperial University and one of the National Seven Universities, Tohoku University is currently ranked 77th in the world university rankings, and was Japan’s first university to admit females and international students.
Ranked fifth in Japan, the university receives excellent scores across most of the 10 indicators, with near perfect scores for those used to assess faculty/student ratio and international research network – the latter reflecting its innovative achievements in technological inventions, including fiber optics and the perpendicular magnetic recording, to name a couple.(source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)(source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)
Nagoya University is one of the leading seven Imperial Universities, and was first established in 1939. Over the decades, the university has achieved some of the highest standards in research and accounts for almost one third of Japan’s Nobel Laureates in science.
Ranked 111th in the world and as the nation’s sixth most prestigious institution for higher education, Nagoya University receives the second-highest score in the top 10 for the faculty/student ratio indicator, and a near-perfect score for the indicator used to assess international research network – which is no surprise, given the university’s enduring excellence in research.(source:https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/asian-university-rankings/top-universities-japan-2019)