QUOTE(firagax @ Jul 26 2016, 12:11 PM)
Hi guys!
So I just completed my bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering and I would love to continue pursuing my postgraduate studies in Japan. However, I got a few questions:
1. I'm thinking of taking something like software engineering as I would love to indulge myself on programming software/programs/games etc. but is it recommended to shift to software since I just completed electrical engineering degree?
2. The reason I chose Japan is cause of a probably shallow reason which is to learn their culture and wanted to try and live there (its been a dream for me since secondary school). However, what are the recommended universities that I should take note off for software engineering?
3. If I'm keen and decided on going, who should I look for or what steps should I take to register for it?
Sorry guys, I really need help as I'm very lost right now. There are almost zero information given by my university regarding on studying postgraduate overseas and my lecturer seems to stop responding to my enquries. I've been stuck for more than a month now with no progress so I will deeply appreciate any help on my doubts and information that I can get from the community here.
Thanks a lot guys! Cheers!
i'm currently interning at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and i'm also from E&E engineering.
if you can tahan almost 365 days research without entertainment,JAIST is the perfect place
for information science,there's a lot of toys to play with especially if you are interested with parallel computing or any huge ass emulation (they have 4 super computer here,one of them is right next to the lab i'm in..btw,hokuriku starbed is also right next to the uni)
for your first Q,i'm also a little inclined to the software part,but not stuff with graphic la
i'm more interested in data stuff,scalability of the communication/infrastructure.
living here's just too peaceful and sometimes it might be depressing for some people
it's a total different culture if compared back to Malaysia,and from my experience,japan>>korea
and of course,there's japanese postgrad student who spent more than 15 years in the same lab,currently PhD 3rd year,no idea whether the sensei is crazy or he's just too nice
some of them split up foreign student and japanese student to different labs,some place them together
idk how the other works,but for JAIST,there's an entrance exam,and basically you have to go to classes,spend some time in a few labs in different area
and when the time comes,you would choose which lab/supervisor you want to do your research with + normal classes every other day