doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7156-7_P048

ABSTRACT

Present engineers in Japan are required to have higher educational background. A few decades ago, a lot of good graduates of technical high schools were employed by the industry in Japan, and indeed they played an important role in production. However, with the progress of technology, demand for engineers with higher education has been increasing. A problem of Japan’s engineering education in universities and colleges is that the technical high school is not an advantageous approach to pass the entrance examination of universities and colleges; those who graduated the ordinary high schools are believed to be advantageous to pass the examination. Though the graduates of technical high schools often have more basic skill of engineering as well as clearer intention to be engineers, it is not so easy for them to pass the examination. From another viewpoint, some of the ordinary high schools graduates who have less intention to study engineering, choose the university and engineering department based on only examination score. Such mismatch is often found in Japan’s entrance examination systems.

Keywords: International cooperation, Engineering education, German and japanese universities, Student exchange.

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