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Higher education in Japan is provided at universities (大学 daigaku), junior colleges (短期大学 tanki daigaku), colleges of technology (高等専門学校 kōtō senmon gakkō) and special training schools and community colleges (専修学校 senshū gakkō).
The higher education in Japan begins after the completion of 12 years of education comprising, 6 years of elementary education and 6 years of secondary education (lower and upper secondary schooling). The students graduating from High school are eligible to go for higher education in Japan.
Japan developed a combination of public (national and local) higher education that focuses on quality education catering to social needs and private higher education that mainly absorbs the demand for higher learning that cannot be met by the public provision of higher education.
In Japan, higher education starts upon completion of a total of 12 years of primary education (6 years in elementary school) and secondary education (three years respectively in both lower and upper secondary schools). Japanese higher education institutions include universities awarding bachelor’s, master’s, doctor’s
The Japanese higher education system can be distinguished as an example of diversified mass higher education in a highly industrialized country. Higher education system consists of various categories and types of institutions that are different in their missions, functions, academic standards, prestige, status, and financing methods.
The current Japanese higher education system consists of four types of institutions: universities awarding bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees; junior colleges awarding associate degrees; colleges of technology, which offer 5-year courses of practical education; and specialized training colleges, which offer courses to ...
Japan has one of the largest higher education systems in the world. Today, about 80% of Japanese 18-year-olds proceed to various types of higher education institutions after they graduate from high school. About 60% of them enter four-year and two-year colleges and...