日本の大学院が１年になるかもしれない Graduate programs in Japan might become one year long

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大学院が一年になれば寮費や学費がそれだけ安くなるので進学率が増えるんじゃないかと。

学部時代に院で学ぶことを先取りして１年で終わるカリキュラムにするとか。

私が卒業した学科であれば３、４年生、院の１年生は比較的時間に余裕もあるから不可能ではないかも！

あとは海外だと院は１年のケースが多いからなんとかなるのか。。！？

（逆に海外は１年で終わるのになぜ日本は２年必要なんだろう。。？）

でもこれで院進率は上がるのかな？

最近理系の大学院まで進んでも研究内容と関係ない仕事に就く人も多かったりでどうなるかわからない。

あとは化学とか機械系の人は実験が多いから物理的に時間が足りないんじゃないか？とか疑問は色々。

2025.10.14　れもん

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There was an article like this in today’s newspaper.

If graduate programs become one year long, dormitory and tuition costs would be lower, so the rate of students going on to graduate school might increase.

It said that universities might design curriculums that let students start learning graduate-level material during their undergraduate years and finish the program in just one year.

In the department I graduated from, students in their 3rd and 4th undergraduate years and 1st year of graduate school generally have a bit of free time, so maybe it’s not impossible!

Also, since many graduate programs overseas are one year long, maybe Japan could make it work too…!?

(But on the other hand, if programs abroad can be completed in one year, why does Japan need two…?)

Still, I wonder if this would really increase the number of students continuing on to grad school.

Recently, even among those who go on to science or engineering graduate programs, many end up working in jobs unrelated to their research, so it’s hard to say what will happen.

And for fields like chemistry or mechanical engineering, which require a lot of lab work, I can’t help but wonder if there’d even be enough time physically. There are a lot of questions.

2025.10.14 Lemon