According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's National Institute for Science and Technology Policy, students enrolled in doctoral programs in domestic graduate schools mainly consider universities and research institutes for liberal arts courses, and companies for science courses after graduation. I found out.
The survey was conducted from December 2022 to January 12, and survey files were distributed to all students enrolled in the first year of the doctoral program through the administrative offices of universities with doctoral programs in Japan, and 2013 valid responses were received.Responses were divided into ``working students'' excluding working students, ``international students'' including working students, and ``non-company students'' who are neither working students nor international students.The percentage of respondents was 1% each for international students and non-company students, and 1% for working students.
According to the survey, many working students wish to enter a university or research institute in the humanities, reaching 56% in the humanities and 55% in the social sciences, while 47% in the sciences wish to work in the private sector, and 49% in the sciences, and XNUMX% in the social sciences. This accounted for XNUMX% of universities and research institutes.
The trend is very similar for non-corporate residences.Among liberal arts students, 74% of students in humanities and 84% in social studies wanted to work at a university or research institute, but among students in science, 33% wanted to work at a private company, the same percentage as those who wanted to work at a university or research institute, and 41% for engineering. %, which was higher than desired by universities and research institutes.Results show that many international students wish to attend universities and research institutes in both liberal arts and science majors.
In addition, regarding the financial situation, "TA (teaching assistant) income," "RA (research assistant) income," "income from part-time work/side job," "scholarship loan from Japan Student Services Organization," "amount of tuition reduction/exemption," We investigated the amount of other financial support received.For currently working adult students, we asked them about their average monthly income from their employer using an interval format.
As a result, non-company students had higher numbers for each item of ``TA income'', ``RA income'', ``benefits-type financial support'', and ``loan-type financial support'', and ``TA'', ``RA'', and ``part-time job/side job''. While earning an annual income of 62 yen, the expected income/receipt amount is 106 yen in grant-type support and 42 yen in loan-type support.
While working-age students receive less income and support, except in the health field, 89% of these students are enrolled in doctoral (second-term) programs while still employed. The total annualized income in this field is 354 million yen.
The ``real tuition fee'' for international students, excluding exemptions, is 35 yen, the lowest compared to non-company students and working students.In addition, the annual amount of ``financial support in the form of benefits'' is 97 yen, which is close to the annual amount of 106 yen for non-company employees.However, compared to non-company students, the amount of ``TA income'' and ``part-time job/side job'' is less than half the amount, and the amount of ``RA income'' is two-thirds, so the income that involves labor is small.Furthermore, there are very few loan-type financial support systems for international students, including loan-type scholarships provided by the Japan Student Services Organization, and the amount of loan-type financial support is almost zero.
