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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:36 pm

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It seems University of Tokyo has decided to change to a Fall - Summer academic term to bring it inline with Europe and the US. They say that at the earliest the change will happen in 5 years. I wonder how that will affect job hunting for their students.

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Postby matsuki » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:12 pm

5 years? dayam...but I guess this is still some progress (albeit delayed) in the right direction.
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Postby IparryU » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:28 pm

chokonen888 wrote:5 years? dayam...but I guess this is still some progress (albeit delayed) in the right direction.

you figure that they would have done this when they had a lot of students studying abroad... but now they do it when everyone just studies in Japan...

in the right direction, timing a bit off, but nonetheless... almost getting there.
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Postby matsuki » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:38 pm

IparryU wrote:you figure that they would have done this when they had a lot of students studying abroad... but now they do it when everyone just studies in Japan...

in the right direction, timing a bit off, but nonetheless... almost getting there.


Maybe...but I think the need for students is the driving force behind this. Uni's seem to be hurting for students now and it will definitely get worse if they don't open their doors to more foreign students.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:39 pm

chokonen888 wrote:Maybe...but I think the need for students is the driving force behind this. Uni's seem to be hurting for students now and it will definitely get worse if they don't open their doors to more foreign students.


Depending on where those students come from this may or may not a be a plus for them.
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Postby Greji » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:01 pm

IparryU wrote:you figure that they would have done this when they had a lot of students studying abroad... but now they do it when everyone just studies in Japan...

in the right direction, timing a bit off, but nonetheless... almost getting there.

They couldn't allow students coming back from abroad to enter at the same level until they ascertained that those countries had four seasons.....
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