academic year 2025; the Japanese school year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
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*"Other" includes subjects such as liberal arts, integrated science, and international studies.
Figures include the number of students attending master's programs and those attending the first term of doctor's programs. The first term of doctor's programs refers to the first two years of full-term (five years) doctoral programs, excluding studies of medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical, and veterinary medicine, that are considered equivalent to the master's programs.
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Number of postgraduate students Japan AY 2025, by major and gender
In the academic year 2025, * postgraduate students in Japan had a major in engineering, of which roughly ** percent were female students. The field of engineering attracted the highest number of both male and female graduate students.
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