I'll apply mext scholarship for this year. But I think I wont get it. So I'm planning to attend also eju. I've studied Japanese for 2 years. I can do daily conversation very well but I'm not sure if I can understand academical Japanese. And it seems there's no preparatory year option in Eju. I would like to study in Japanese instead of English. So, English based universities are my second option. Long story short, I've a basement on Japanese but I can't understand academical Japanese. What do you think about it? Can I deal with it?

Thanks and regards.

Edit: I'm planning to major in IT or computer engineering

The best way I know to learn more academic Japanese(or any specialized Japanese, really) is to read more academic stuff in Japanese.^-^ The tons of new vocabulary in them will be hard at first, but after a while you will get used to it. If you can, read some intro books on what you'll be studying (usually the books with titles like ___入門 or よくわかる___).

Thank you so much for the fast and useful reply, Bokusenou. Are universities' own entrance exams in Japanese? And what do they ask? If exams are in Japanese, that would be the hardest part. Eju exams are really easy to me since my country's education system is really hard. But I'm scaring about universities' entrance exams. And, If I can get fail in a year, will i be kicked out of university? or can i take the same year again?

I don't really know much about the exams themselves (though I'm sure someone else here will), but I've heard of some universities having easier exams for gaijin to pass, and and if they do really well they need to take the regular exam. That might just be for the major private ones though. The public ones seem to rely on センター試験. Find a practice test for the university you're aiming for if you can.

If you are not at least N2 I would caution heavily against approaching any Japanese entrance exams. The EJU would also be pretty rough to take with anything less than N2, but I believe it is actually a bit easier and more practical compared to the N2; however, it tests a large range of stuff and not just your working knowledge of Japanese like the JLPT does.

Daily conversation is one thing, but you need to be able to READ Japanese as well. If you can't open up http://www.asahi.com or http://www.mainichi.jp and read with minimal lookup, I'd say you should focus on vocab more.

Many universities in Japan have English program tracks that people can apply through. Catch is that unless your mother language was English, you'll have to take the TOEFL as well and pass with high marks (you may still have to take it if you weren't coming from an English speaking country).