Hi everyone!
I am 26 years old and I finished a UX course a few years ago in my country.
I currently work as an IT at a tech company, but I’m eager to move to Japan and work at a UX/UI role.
Obviously, I will study at a Japanese language school first before studying and applying for a UX/UI job in Japan.
The thing is, I do not feel experienced enough in this field (especially since I have only 2 projects and I haven’t worked at a UX job). So, I want to study UX/UI again in Japan, which I believe the teaching there is far better than in my country.
After a few Google searches, I did not find an instituion that teaches UX/UI in Japan and I don’t know if it results in a Bachelor Degree and what the field is called (graphic design, maybe?)
That is why I’m asking you guys, the experts.
I would also like to know the working conditions and overall salary for UX/UI workers in Japan.
Thank you all!
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This is gonna be a really long road, I fear.
Your UX course and projects won’t help you all that much, what you really need is a degree if you want to work in Japan. I am doubtful that you’ll be able to study for one in English, and you’ll almost certainly need high-level Japanese to work in Japan. I’m assuming your Japanese is non-existent, or at least low enough that you can’t find information about studying UI/UX at university in Japan, which is readily available. So you will for sure need to build that up significantly, which can be a years-long process. And then you’ll need to spend a few years at university.
By this point you will be in your 30s, a foreigner in Japan with no experience looking for graduate work in a pretty competitive field (more so than other tech roles like programming or project/product management). Finding an entry-level/new-graduate job with a company that will be willing to sponsor your visa might be tough.
If you can get a degree at home, I would do that. You can learn Japanese alongside it, which will save you time; you’ll get a better education because there won’t be a language barrier; you’ll be much more likely to find work in your home country to build experience rather than gambling on shinsotsu as a foreigner; and you can apply for jobs in Japan from a position of experience, having spent those years beefing up your Japanese to business level capability.
To directly answer your question: https://designx.tokyo/university-ui-ux/