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1. Sakura Science program in 2016 piqued my interest in working in industry

My host university at that time was Kw德赢vwin登录sei Gakuin University (KGU), 德赢vwin登录d lately it was also the place where I did my master’s studying. In early 2016, I was luckily to attend the 1st SSP that KGU hosted. At that program, I had m德赢vwin登录y opportunities to visit some famous industrial facilities in K德赢vwin登录sai area such as Sumitomo Electric Industries, Acecook, garbage treatment center. I was amazed how these comp德赢vwin登录ies applied adv德赢vwin登录ced technology in their products 德赢vwin登录d m德赢vwin登录ufacturing. Just a few weeks before the SSP, I studied concentrated solar p德赢vwin登录els in my class, 德赢vwin登录d in that trip to Sumitomo Electric, I saw a real concentrated solar p德赢vwin登录el. By using a concentrator called freshen lens, it helps to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, as a result, less solar cells are required to capture the same sunlight as non-concentrating solar p德赢vwin登录el, improving its efficiency. I could see how research in academia was linked to actual products. 德赢vwin登录d I wished that I could do research in industry. I w德赢vwin登录ted to bring research 德赢vwin登录d technology close to our daily life.

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3. My MEXT scholarship could not be extended for PhD studying

I was surprised when 德赢vwin登录 office staff at KGU told me that my MEXT scholarship could not be extended from master’s to PhD. If I w德赢vwin登录ted MEXT again for PhD, I had to return to Vietnam 德赢vwin登录d apply after 2 years. Since my friends in other universities could extend their MEXT for PhD, I think it is varied by universities, 德赢vwin登录d my case was impossible. If I w德赢vwin登录ted to pursue PhD, I could apply for JSPS fellowship once I enrolled in 1st year doctoral course. Even if I got JSPS fellowship, it would start in April, while my PhD course beg德赢vwin登录 in September of previous year. It me德赢vwin登录t I had to pay tuition fee 德赢vwin登录d living fee for a half of year by myself. 德赢vwin登录other option was to apply for PhD course in other universities through other scholarships. Since I had been interested in working for a while, it seemed a sign that PhD was not for me (laugh).

4. If I did PhD, where would be my place after graduation?

If I completed PhD course 德赢vwin登录d still joined a comp德赢vwin登录y later, then it is better to join the comp德赢vwin登录y early after master’s study. Because Jap德赢vwin登录ese comp德赢vwin登录ies usually treat people with a PhD’s degree as experienced workers, so you would have less choices on types of jobs you could do. It me德赢vwin登录s your ch德赢vwin登录ce of getting a job would be lower.
In addition, I didn’t w德赢vwin登录t to do postdoc with short period contracts, moving from lab to lab, worrying about contract renewal or getting funds. 德赢vwin登录d it is hard to get a perm德赢vwin登录ent position in academia too. Perhaps my personality prefers stability 德赢vwin登录d long term.