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Education / Pedagogy / Ｈｉｇｈｅｒ Ｅｄｕｃａｔｉｏｎ Ａｄｍｉｎ | | Japanese term or phrase: 編入学 転入学 転学 | These are university admissions terms and I know what they mean in Japanese, but I am not sure if there are English equivalent. Let me explain:
編入学
This is transfer to a university from a technical school or other type of school. This transfer is codified in detail by MEXT (i.e. how many hours of study have been completed before transfer; what kidns of foreign institutions are applicable etc.)
転入学
This is a transfer to a university in the Sarah Palin sense: went here for a year, quit, transferred to another school (and so on). There is actually no legally defined basis for tennyugaku, but most universities will accept students and approve a certain number of credits for transfer
転学
The is the verb "to transfer to another school" . Hence no 入.
So the question is, how would you explain/differentiate these three (or at least the first 2) in a word or 2. |
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| | English translation:advanced entry / transfer entry / transfer | Explanation:
A more general way of looking at the difference between the two is that the concept of 転学/転入学 is dependent on current enrollment in another school/university/department etc. whereas 編入学 is not - the student may have already graduated or terminated their prior enrollment and be doing something else. In other words, you must have somewhere to transfer *from* for 転学・転入学.
With this in mind, I totally agree with Catherine that "advanced entry" is the best umbrella term for 編入学 if no year level is specified. 転入学 would be "transfer entry" and 転学 simply "transfer" - the general act as opposed to the actual process of gaining entry.
I don't agree with Catherine, however, that 転入学 refers to the school/university to which the student is transferring - that would be 転入先.
As regards changing department/faculty within the same university, the more usual term is 転籍 or sometimes 転部. You could translate this as "internal transfer".
Apologies for the lack of references: as you probably know, most Japanese universities translate all these terms as "transfer", which is not very helpful. Good on you for trying to set them straight! |
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50 mins confidence:   Advanced entry ;transfer university / receiving university ; transfer
Explanation:
For the first we would usually refer to it more specifically in English, ie. "direct seond year entry" or "direct third year entry". However you can use "advanced entry" as an umbrella term.
I am under the impression that 転入学 refers to the actual school that is receiving the student rather than the act of transfer 転学.
I think that Kudoz rules dictate that you should post these terms separately and you'll probably receive more helpful answers if you do so, but I hope that this is of use to start with!
Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BB%A2%E5%AD%A6
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| Reference: 転学＝学(部)を転ずる
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The last one can also mean that the student stays in the same university but changes the departments ("schools") because he/she changed his/her mind to study something else as a major study.
just adding a bit more clarification, that's all. good luck
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