Totally agreed with that!!!!

uhm, hi...

i'm currently trying to get into a centre, called the Mikasano Academic Centre. it's stated that after i finish 3 months there, they send me to ABK. but, before i reach ABK, i'll have to spend probly RM26-32k (including ABK fees, flight tix, dorm fees, bedding set, admision and ABK school entrance fee) would that be too much..? ( the fees for Mikasano is already RM8.6k)

And also, in Uni, do we have to pay all the school fees in one go? Or we can pay by installments/sems?

My main concern is the school fees... Living expenses might be able to cover some by myself....

I've just finished A-levels, passed all of them, but they're weren't pretty.
will i be wasting my time for this? Because i'd really like to study in Japan...

This post has been edited by avantgarde94: Aug 21 2013, 12:58 AM

hai tS,

im currently on a business trip at Hiroshima.
u know where i can find tshirt/keychain/fridge magnet for souvenirs?
Kindly advise

.

This post has been edited by MonfereBlogspot: May 9 2014, 05:16 PM

Hi TS, my desires to study engineering in japan is always there. But the financial is a problem for me as I don't come from a well family. I will be graduating this April '14 (hopefully), and I've learned japanese language (4/5 JLPT) for one semester but still not enough for me to sit for Japanese Proficiency test. With my current cgpa 3.10, could you recommend me some universities that offer E&E engineering and Language school (low cost and accredited by both country)? I acknowledged that Japanese Gov did offers some scholarships for Int Student, but do I have to apply while I'm still in Malaysia or when I'm in Japan? or the best possible loan that I could have.

Thank you in advance and would love if you could reply me asap.

PS: Is it compulsory to enroll into language school even if you have passed the Japanese Proficiency test?

Eddited: Currently diploma in electronic engineering, looking forward to pursue degree in engineering in Japan. (UTM)

This post has been edited by codenameIV: Dec 31 2013, 01:26 PM

Hi,

Can anyone tell me more about EJU?
http://www.jasso.go.jp/eju/index_e.html

And Can i study EJU by myeslf? I am staying in Melaka, so Attending EJU course seems impossible to me.

Anybody know how to gain admissions to Tokyo/Osaka University by using STPM results??

Any help is appreciated.

Hi everyone.

Went through the whole thread. I myself have applied for a Japanese Language school starting in Oct 2014 and uh .. maybe you kind people can offer me advice or clarify me on my concerns below? :-

- I don't know if I should ask this here but, I wonder how long does the screening process take? I have submitted necessary documents and etc to the school through a local agent since April but so far there is no reply at all (I have contact the agency and no! Nothing.). Any of you could share personal experiences like how long did it took to get your cert of eligibility or etc?

- EJU. I personally thinks that this is the test that people who wanted to pursue studies in university takes. And I did not actually see anyone who talked about Vocational college or Professional traning college or technical school - " senmon gakkou " in detail here. Is EJU required in order to get admitted? I have go through some several websites, most of 'em mentioned that either you need to complete 12 years of formal studies and pass JLPT N2 or above and you can get in, but they do mentioned about EJU though... any of you attend these schools (senmon gakkou) may share your personal experience?

- Scholarships. Let's say I have completed my University Preparatory Course and obtained very good academic results and attendence is acceptable and I am about to further my studies in some technical school. How does this go about? Like I can request scholarship from the school or Japanese government do have scholarship programmes for foreigner? What kind do they have? How do they distribute?

- Place to stay. Seems that the school that I am going to attend does not have a dorminity so, any recommendation? Independant student dorm? Any problems? Like if you are going to work please come back before 11pm or so taht kinda place or maybe just apartments? Very big problem here coz those websites I looked into is like you need to search based on the prefecture or according to train stations and I have researched the japanese rails. Honestly, the map for the rail is like .... .... Not like LRT in KL. Ampang line or Kelana Jaya line only. mMust have been 10 or 20 kinds of line. Any advice?

Your advice will be greatly appreciated!
Regards,

Hi Ifana !
I'm particularly concerned about part time jobs in japan, you mentioned you're going through 2-3 jobs now?
Why so? isn't 1 job enough? Or are there time limits to working?
Would really appreciate your reply one this matter. I hope to go for Luejec's program next april to ABK
Sankiu

It's almost October and I'm not sure if I'm of much help now but I'll try to answer some of your questions!!



When I applied for the language school I'm attending now they provided me with a lot of guidance and specific instructions via e-mail. I got my visa and COE after about 2 months, I think.



For "senmon gakkou" they normally do NOT need EJU and they will only look at your JLPT level. Most senmon gakkous require a minimum of N2. All my friends who are aiming for senmon gakkou are not taking EJU. Since we started school in April, they took N2 in July and are probably planning to take N1 this December.



I'm staying with my school's dormitory now, which is literally 2 minutes walking distance away from my school and the area is pretty safe. I'm not sure about other schools, but my school's dormitory does not have a curfew. You can find apartments via agencies (I think my friends went through an agency called SUUMO, not sure if that's the right spelling though!) and most apartments/mansions are about 50,000yen a month not including electricity+water if you're staying alone. Note that apartments in Tokyo are pretty squeezy, so don't be surprised by the size.
If you're going to study in Tokyo, there are a gazillion train lines but after a while you'll get used to it. Just have a good map with you and download the train app into your iPhone/android and you should be fine! It should be the same for other prefectures as well. The last trains are normally around 12~1, but there are some last trains that go past that time too. Earliest trains of the day start at around 4~5am.
A good idea when finding a place to live is to make sure of the distance and number of changes you have to make on the train to get from your house to school and back. Another good idea would be to choose an area to live that's on the same train line as your school.



Unfortunately, I can't answer much about scholarships because I have no idea about that either.

Would be glad if anyone could enlighten me on that though!

Hope you have a fun time studying in Japan!

Oh wow. The is extremely helpful! Although it would be nice if you could put up some other options of preparation to study in Japan and list down the scholarships that had been discussed too. (I took quite a long time to browse through the thread and even need to highlight it to paste in Microsoft Word. And I still haven't finished reading it yet. Ouch.

By the way. I am confused with JLPT and EJU. If I want to study in Japan, which test should I take? EJU seems more recognized in Japan universities and most of them prefer EJU. I thought I want to continue my Master in the future in Japan. Or can I take the entrance exam without EJU and only with JLPT?

Yeah. I'm lost here. ^^;

Just gonna help... XD

If you want to continue your Master's in Japan, you'll probably go to a Daigakuin right? You'll need EJU. My friends who are taking the same path as you take EJU but ONLY Japanese, but they also take JLPT for some sort of extra qualification? (my teacher said sometimes they might look at JLPT too)

So you should definitely take EJU. You don't have to take both EJU and JLPT, but it would be best to!

Good luck!:)

Thank you for the reply!

JLPT can be taken in Malaysia, no? EJU need to take at Japan right? Well, spending a year for EJU means you need to provide yourself living cost first and Japan is not cheap... Although using 1 year to adjust yourself in Japan seems okay. So, does this means I need to take EJU then only I can apply for university entrance exam?? Wah, kinda feel like taking risk...


Well, I still need 3 years to complete my Degree.

This post has been edited by sakuraharuh: Sep 28 2014, 09:14 AM

Both JLPT and EJU can be taken in Malaysia. Click here for more information about registering for EJU!

Basically, EJU= university entrance exam for foreigners. So if you're planning to take EJU, your next chance will be next year in June. For JLPT, it would be in next year July. They do things very, VERY early here :/

I hope I was of help XD

This post has been edited by rinrinring: Oct 4 2014, 10:55 AM

*edit* taking the question somewhere else

This post has been edited by redart: Oct 10 2014, 09:30 PM

Hey yall,

Its been over two years since I last visited this thread or even logged into lowyat forum. Apologies for all of the unanswered questions, hope everything worked out for you guys!

Have a good life!

Ifana

woaahhhh, I didn't know this thread exist!!!!

anyway, for Pre-U students, if let's say someone finished A-level/stpm, so what is the requirement of grade to study at 1 particular uni in Japan?? they look at how many A/A-??

thx

Hi Kanan,

Not sure if the answer to this question would still be relevant to u now that its been around two months since you last posted the question but here goes.

Unfortunately, your pre-u cert will not be useful in this case and I'm speaking out of experience. I did my A levels thinking that I would need it to fulfil my requirement to enter Japanese universities but it was completely useless in my case. In the end, I still had to go through the whole process of sitting for EJU and JLPT and all and if the system is still the same then and now, I'm afraid that you would have to spend an extra year at least for this.

No two way about it as far as I know. But maybe things have changed now that I've left Japan for almost two years. So keep asking around, u never know

All the best!!!!

wah, thx God you finally answer lol, I'm still waiting for your reply haha

anyway, i also find out that most (or should i say all) Japanese university will only pick student base on their "entrance exam" which is the EJU i believe?? and also, i check in internet that say that most Japanese tertiary education only requirements is that overseas students should have at least 11 years of education from primary till secondary......and also Japan language proficiency if course.....

btw, after graduation from Japan university, have you decided to continued master at there or find job at there??

thx

Yes most of the Japan Unis just solely look at your EJU results. Your co-curricular activities also play a part in enrolling into National Unis. Because of EJU, most of the unis only need to prove that you have undergone 11-12 years of education in primary and secondary schools.

If not mistaken you are taking STPM right now?

This post has been edited by scgoh123: Nov 11 2015, 01:36 PM

ya lol, btw next week gonna sit 4 1st sem stpm....haizzzzz God bless me

what the fuk?? sorry for my language... I thought money is a problem in studying in Japan, but they also look at koko marks!?!?!?!? shieett!!!!!! now i gonna look after my koko marks & keeping a lot of money also, haizzzzz.....

curse my life