What are the requirements for graduation?

Requirements in terms of course-works, number of publications, submission of thesis and appearing for examinations such as mid-defense, pre-defense and final defense are decided by your university or your graduate school. Every university and each graduate school have different set of graduation rule. Therefore, it is advised that you talk to your professor in this matter and have a crystal clear and concrete information.

If my graduation is lagging behind, will JICA allow the extension?

Extensions are generally not granted except when deemed unavoidable due to to a natural disaster or other widespread social circumstances. If you think your case is applicable to the reasons stated above, please discuss with your supervisor and contact the scholarship organizer through your supervisor/university. If you wish to apply for a new scholarshipfor the extended period of study in Japan, consult your supervisor/university. Please note, however, that if you switch to a new scholarship, JICA will not reimburse you for any further expenses, including travel expenses back to your country.

Do University cafeteria have vegeterian or halal menu?

University cafeterias do have vegetarian and halal certified menu. However, choices are very limited. In the case of vegetarian, cooking will be most intelligent thing to do. As for as the Indian spices are concern, there are so many Indian shop in Tokyo, Please locate the nearest one and get all the ingredients from that shops. Sometime, you may feel that everything is very expansive over here but it is matter of selection of appropriate shop.

Are there any cheap and great places to purchase Indian spices and other ingredients close to the campus.

There are many such online shopping web-portal from where you can purchase the raw materials for cooking as well as the Ready to Eat items, frozen items, and many mores. They have "Cash on Delivery", Service and free home delivery after exceeding the certain amount shopping. List is as below

• Baticrom Online Store
• Indojin Online Store
• Maya Bazar Indian Grocery Store
• Gyomu Supa

Do Japanese universities have Training & Placement Cell as we have in Indian institutes?

The recruitment system in japan is quite different as in our country. Here companies does have their recruitment drive through campus selection. But the companies use to put their opening notification in the office, these offices are knows as the Career Support Office in Japanese universities. You can get the information from these office but there is no such office, which is known as "Placement cell or office". I will say that recruitment is kind of “Self-service” here in Japan.

Would like to know about recruitment services in and outside Japanese universities after graduation

In japan, Shuushoku katsudo 就職活動 [しゅうしょく-かつど], aka "shuukatsu" for short, is referred to the job-hunting process of fresh high-school and college graduates, which is comprises of several unique rules and regulations, thanks to several decade old recruitment practice. The peculiar and biggest difference is that all companies prefer the bulk-recruiting simultaneously, which is known as shinsotsu ikkatsu saiyou 新卒一括採用[しんそついっかつさいよう], in Japanese. We would like you to refer to our Job-hunting guidebook for more details.