Japan: the option most Indian engineering students never hear about.
A Master’s degree in engineering, taught in English, at a Japanese national university. The standard national rate is 535,800 yen a year. Most national universities charge it; a few charge more, and one has announced a higher rate for international students from 2027. Guidance from someone who runs a software company in Japan.
Free. Intakes, costs, funding routes and English-taught programmes.
What Japan Offers That Isn't Widely Known
Four things worth knowing
- The standard national rate is ¥535,800 a year. Most national universities charge it; a few charge more, and one has announced a higher rate for international students from 2027.
- You do not need Japanese for English-taught Master's programmes in STEM. JLPT is not required for these tracks.
- Funding exists at several levels — the MEXT government scholarship, the JASSO monthly stipend, and university tuition waivers. Most Indian students only ever hear about MEXT.
- Japan's working-age population is shrinking while its technology sector continues to hire. That is the reason the opportunity exists at all.
Why Us
Fifteen years placing Indian students abroad
Around 175 students a year into universities in Australia, Canada, the UK, the United States, Germany and France. Japan is where we are focusing next.
A founder who works in Japan
Sachin Gupta is co-founder of WebMob Software Solutions, a 150-engineer software firm approved under JETRO’s “Invest in Japan” initiative, which has operated in Japan for three years across health tech, pharma tech, biotech, fintech, AI and blockchain.
On the ground, repeatedly
Sachin has travelled to Japan nine times
since 2023, on trips ranging from five days to three weeks. In March 2026 he travelled through Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto specifically to visit universities and sit down with Indian students already studying there.
Guidance from someone who works in Japan
Sachin Gupta is co-founder of WebMob Software Solutions, a 150-engineer software company that has built and delivered products for Japanese health tech, pharma tech, biotech, fintech, AI and blockchain businesses for the past three years. The company is approved under JETRO’s “Invest in Japan” initiative.
That means the advice you get here is not assembled from brochures. It comes from someone who has hired, worked and negotiated inside the market you are planning to enter.
What the WebMob connection actually means
Most students arrive in a new country knowing no one in their industry. Our students arrive understanding it.
You will know how Japanese hiring works
How graduate recruitment runs, what employers look for in an international engineer, when the hiring cycle starts, and how the visa transition from student to employee works.
You will be prepared for it before you land
CV format, interview norms, and the level of Japanese that actually matters for different roles.
You will be advised by someone in the market
Not by someone who read about it.
We do not promise internships or jobs. We prepare you for a market we work in.
What Living in Japan Looks Like
Photographs from our own visits.
Most students arrive in a new country knowing no one in their industry. Our students arrive understanding it.
The 2027 Japan Admission Guide
Funding
How students actually pay for Japan
MEXT, JASSO, and university tuition waivers, with who qualifies for each
and how competitive they are.
Programmes
English-taught Master's programmes in STEM
By university and by field, with entry requirements.
Careers
How graduate hiring works in Japan
Which sectors hire international engineers, and how the student-to-
work visa transition happens.
Timeline
Application windows for the 2027 intakes
And what to do in each month leading up to them.
From the Blog
What we learn from working in Japan and placing students there — funding,
English-taught programmes, and how graduate hiring actually works.
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Get the 2027 Japan Admission Guide
Everything we know about intakes, costs, scholarships and English-taught programmes, in one document.