Long story short, I've just graduated in June with a Bachelor in Business Administration in Spain and I'm brooding over three different alternatives with the goal of moving to Japan (hopefully permanently) 😊 sooo I would be very thankful if someone with any experience regarding these topics could enlighten me a little bit 🫡
A) Japanese Language School. My initial plan was enrolling in a 2/1.5 years-Japanese language course starting in September/October 2025, but given that they don't necessarily support you with job placement and I'm already at N3 level (probably almost N2 by the time I actually set foot in Japan, since these months I won't have much to do apart from studying kanji/grammar points) I started to think that maybe I wouldn't benefit that much from going down that route, so I went on to consider other options.
B) Vocational school "mixed program". I found about Yokohama Design College, which called my attention because their Japanese+Trading+IT 2-year course (https://www.ydc.ac.jp/jpn/pro/cj) seemed to ideally tackle all the areas I was interested in, while also having ties to Japanese companies and claiming to help students get a job and obtain different qualifications (plus I'm interested in illustration so I thought of studying arts there post-graduation). It costs about 10.500 € (a bit expensive but not a big problem, specially if I can get a part-time job), however 🥹when I had almost made up my mind, I started browsing this subreddit and found other people commenting on how business/IT vocational schools in Japan are not really worth the time, and/or are very limiting, etc. Thing is, I do have a university degree, and I regard this course as a complement so I don't know if that still holds true, but if it helps me land a job and stay there, I'm 100% okay with it.
C) Vocational school IT course. So, I started considering pursuing a 2-year IT course in specific. However, again, many vocational schools seem(?) to be scams.
Thanks for reading 🙏🏻 have a great day!
by This_Upstairs_1