No, I graduated in 2005 and pretty much studying Japanese only after that... Ofcourse I did do a 1 year diploma course in a technical school but I don't know if that can qualify as a 4th year. Finished JLPT2 last year. I know Level 1 is a requirement to even think of studying in any university in Japan.

I know noone has heard of a 3 year undergraduate program and I guess India is the only country that has it. >_<

Everything in Japan is case-by-case. If 3 year bachelor degrees are common in India, then they'll probably allow it, as long as your university is accredited and it's a real bachelor degree (not bachelor degree-like).

I know people (native English speakers in a technical field) who have gotten into graduate schools in Japan with only JLPT2 (or less). So it's not a "requirement".

The rules are different at each school, and they treat each student case by case, so I wouldn't say you're doomed forever, or anything like that.

Jarvik7 Wrote:Everything in Japan is case-by-case. If 3 year bachelor degrees are common in India, then they'll probably allow it, as long as your university is accredited and it's a real bachelor degree (not bachelor degree-like).

I see. 3 year bachelor degrees are quite common and basically deal with arts courses like Literature, Social Sciences etc and pure science courses like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics etc. Just like the Japan equivalent of bunkei and rikei but only 3 years in duration.4 year bachelor degrees are basically engineering degrees.Ofcourse my degree is a real bachelor's degree from an accredited university.

Grinkers Wrote:I know people (native English speakers in a technical field) who have gotten into graduate schools in Japan with only JLPT2 (or less). So it's not a "requirement".

The rules are different at each school, and they treat each student case by case, so I wouldn't say you're doomed forever, or anything like that.

So I guess I will have to mail individual universities one by one and find out whether a 3 year degree is acceptable ?

atreya Wrote:I know noone has heard of a 3 year undergraduate program and I guess India is the only country that has it. >_<

FWIW, the standard undergraduate program in English universities is three years (engineering being a common exception)...

Quote:everyone is asking for 16 years of education

...but this is still 16 years, because it's 11 years up to GCSE (the compulsory-education part), then 2 years for A/AS levels, then 3 years in university. Wikipedia suggests that we start earlier (UK primary school starting age is 5, 小学校 is 6).

I imagine that countries where the standard undergraduate degree programme is four years have just shuffled the boundaries about a bit so that the first year includes material that would be taught in the UK at sixth form.