The educational system in Japan is 6 years for elementary school, 3 years for junior high school, 3 years for senior high school, 4 years for university, 2 years for monks and 3 years for doctors. Japan has 12 compulsory education, from primary school to high school. It's different from China.

Department of Japanese universities

The academic system of Japanese universities is four years, but some medical majors need six years. It is very similar to the situation of domestic undergraduate courses. University departments generally implement the credit system, and those who have completed 124 credits or more can graduate and obtain a bachelor's degree. Japanese medicine is quite special. After completing the six-year university course, you can directly apply for the doctoral program.

Japan University College

Japanese universities are called graduate schools in China. Japanese university students are called monks after graduation, and correspondingly, they are called masters in China.

Generally speaking, the course of a monk is two years, and that of a doctor is three years. The courses for monks and doctors are also fully arranged for five years. Generally, monks and doctors also implement the credit system, and only after completing the credits can they obtain the monk's or doctor's degree through thesis defense. It is also very similar to the situation in China.

In addition to formal students, departments of Japanese universities also have audit objects and subjects. The audited entity has no credits, and the subjects have no graduation certificate and degree certificate.

There is a class of students in Japanese universities called graduate students, who can neither get credit nor get a degree certificate. It's different from China. Domestic graduate students passed the defense and obtained a master's degree after graduation.

Japanese specialized schools (China does not recognize academic qualifications)

The educational system of special schools is usually two years, and it is an educational institution with the purpose of imparting knowledge, technology, learning skills and improving education necessary for vocational education and learning real life.

Japanese short-term universities (China does not recognize academic qualifications)

The study time of short-term universities is two or three years, and Japanese short-term universities are recognized as junior colleges in China's education system.

Japanese language school

Japanese schools are schools that educate people whose mother tongue is not Japanese. Entering a language school is to further study Japanese and Japanese culture. The study time in a language school is divided into three months, six months, nine months and one year. According to the language level of international students studying in Japan, the longest period is two years.

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