Higher education in Japan began after completing 12 years of primary education (6 years in primary school) and secondary education (3 years in junior high school and 3 years in senior high school). There are five kinds of higher education institutions that foreign students can attend: ① junior college, ② junior college (specialized course of junior college), ③ short-term university, ④ university (undergraduate course) and ⑤ graduate school (big college). According to the different setters, it is divided into state, public and private.