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Is it difficult to get Ph.D. in Japan?
July 10, 2008
Research facilities in Japan are very advanced. You can have almost all devices you need for your research.
Most of the Japanese professors are very friendly nice people. The only problem for foreigners is language. If your professor can speak English fluently then basically no problem. However, most of the Japanese professors can not speak English fluently. They can communicate at the minimum level, but this is not usually enough for guiding a Ph.D. student.
If you are very good at research and dont need any guidance, then a basic level of communication is enough. Otherwise you should learn Japanese. This is what I did when I came to Japan about 15 years ago.
Most of the professors think that they are good at english and try to communicate in English. If you feel that that is not actually the case, then start to study Japanese as soon as possible. If you cant speak Japanese, life is really difficult in Japan, not only in the laboratory.
If you are not ready to study Japanese, than either choose another country for your research, or try to find a professor who can communicate in English. They can usually write e-mails in English almost perfect and it may mislead students who apply from abroad. It may be very useful if you can confirm the english level of your professor from another resource.
Anybody who has average skills can get Ph.D. from Japan. Conditions are much easier compared to top US universities. Many foreigners around me got Ph.D. in Japan just going to the school a few days a week.
I myself satisfied Ph.D. requirements in 2 years, and started to work full time in the 3rd year.
Even if you satisfy all the
requirements in the first year, it may be difficult
to graduate earlier than 2 years. Japan is very strict in these kind of things. Most of the time they will require you to go to the university for 3 years even if you just go there and sleep on your desk (which is what I did in the second year).
Here is top 10 universities in Japan (overall rating).
1 University of Tokyo
2 Kyoto University
3 Osaka University
4 Tokyo Institute of Technology
5 Tohoku University
6 Keio University
7 Kyushu University
8 Nagoya University
9 Hokkaido University
10 Tsukuba University
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