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4. Level to which Intend to Continue Studies
About 65% of elementary school students in Beijing reported that they would continue their studies up to “postgraduate” level indicating they take seriously getting highly educated. On the other hand, relatively many elementary school students in Tokyo responded that they intend to continue their studies up to “high school” and few students indicated a desire to study at “four year universities” or “postgraduate school”.
* Education systems vary among countries and cities, and shown here are only the main educational institutions.
Graph 4-1 How far do you intend to continue your studies?
*: “Specialist university” refers to two-year universities which aim to train professionals.
*1: “College” refers to intermediate specialist schools, technical laborers school, agriculture and vocational middle schools.
*2: “Professional school” refers to short term (two to three year) specialist universities.
*1: “Polytechnic” are three or four year higher education institutes which aim to provide students with specialist knowledge and skills for certain occupations.
*2: “University” follow a five year system (three year bachelor program and two-year masters program) and generally, students graduate having received a masters degree.
*1: In “sixth form” an upper secondary education curriculum is taught in order for students to attain a place at university.
*2: “College” refers to higher education colleges which provide students with a variety of specialist training and “further education colleges” which form a part of adult education and vocational education.
*1: “College / university” includes higher education institutes with various aims and in various forms.
*2: “Postgraduate school” includes graduate schools which aim to train professionals, such as medical, law and business schools.
*3: “Other” includes other types of educational institutions and the “Military”.
Education systems vary among countries and cities and it is difficult to simply compare the levels to which students intend to continue their studies. Consequently this report looked at major trends. Students in Beijing are more appreciative of having a high educational background and the percentage of students (65.2%) who indicated a desire to continue their studies “up to postgraduate school” is extremely high. More than 60% of elementary school students in Seoul are also stated their intention to continue their studies “up to four year university” (32.1%) and “postgraduate school” (30.2%). However students in Tokyo, another Asian city, did not indicate such a keen appreciative of having a high education with only 18.3% of students indicating their intention to continue their studies through to “four year university” and only 14.3% indicating their intention to continue their studies through to “postgraduate school”.
In the three US and European cities approximately 50 to 60% of students indicated their intention to continue their studies at educational institutions equivalent to higher education institutions (Helsinki: polytechnics, university, and university doctoral level; London: college, university, postgraduate school; Washington, D.C.: college / university, postgraduate school).
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