Japanese Program Alumni Placement

There’s more than one way to start your career path!

Recent job titles of UMD Japanese program graduates:

Research Analyst, Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare
Researcher, Honda Research Institute, Japan
Front-End Engineer, Rakuten Japan
Software Engineer, Google
Software Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Founder & Lead Project Manager, Translation & Localization Services, Mei Language Services
Japanese Document Reviewer, Vinson & Elkins (law firm)
Procurement & Logistics Specialist, Prime Projects International, Ltd., Okinawa, Japan
Executive Assistant for the CEO and Program Assistant, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Executive Assistant to the Consul General, San Francisco Consulate of Japan
Coordinator, Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme, UN Development Program
Regulatory Analyst, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Washington D.C.
Vice President, Libera Partners, Washington, D.C.
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Business Development Executive, IBM Watson
Assistant Language Teacher/Coordinator in International Relations, JET program
Analyst, TD International
Senior Associate, Ernst & Young
Library Technician, McKeldin Library, UMD

Sample graduate school/post-collegiate institution placements:

George Washington University Law School
Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies, Yokohama, Japan
The Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (M.A., International Relations and International Economics)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (M.S./ Ph.D., Engineering)
Parsons School of Design
University of California, Berkeley (M.S./Ph.D., Electrical Engineering)
University of Cambridge (M.Phil., Micro-/Nanotechnology Enterprise)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D., Japanese literature)
Yale University (M.A., East Asian Studies)
Sample Postgraduate Scholarships and Fellowships:
American Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Scholarship for study abroad
Banneker-Key Scholarship (UMD)
Boren Scholarship for study abroad
Critical Language Scholarship, U.S. Department of State
Freeman in Asia Scholarship for study abroad
Goldwater Scholarship for study in math, science and engineering
JASSO (Japanese government) scholarships for study abroad in Japan
Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Research Student Scholarship for study/research abroad
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, U.S. Department of Defense
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Sample Post-graduate Internships (undergraduate and postgraduate):