Campus LifeMaster CourseMr. Katalo Ronald (Uganda)

Life in Nagasaki University
Joining Nagasaki University for my graduate studies, came with amixture of excitement and fear. The feeling of fear for the unknowns
ranging from diverse cultures, norms, climate, weather, language
barrier to lecturing and evaluation methods, created tension andanxiety within myself. However, such feelings are common to foreign
students though these become sweet memories with time. I mustmention that there shouldn’t be any worries about adapting to new lifein Nagasaki. The University is mindful of such overwhelming situations
and provides services that are dedicated to making life very
comfortable. For example, tutors are allocated to each of the newforeign students to help with settling in. Orientation programmes arealso provided to help new students understand the various areas forresearch. It is during this programme that all teaching staff makepresentations on their specific areas of research interest. Information
provided gives students insights in the feasible areas to be researchedupon during study. Interesting to note is wide coverage of the topics,
with different engineering specialities, but all tailored towards
improvement of the water environment. Unforgettable to mention is
the use of English as the language for communication which eases thelanguage barrier fear. Students are also offered with an opportunity to
study Japanese language for the first six months of their enrolment,
another chance to learn on how to transact daily with Japanese
speaking communities. I find much pride in being part of the water andenvironmental engineering course. The lecturers are quite polite,
helpful but very efficient and diligent. Turning the various experiences
which, I am learning in this course, I want to immensely contribute to
the advancement of the water sector.

Doctoral CourseMr. Prattakorn Sittisom (Thailand)

Japan, where the traditional culture meets modern civilization. Japan is
one of the best place in the world where you can come to study and open
your educational vision with Japanese learning system. Here you will learn
modern and developed technology.
Nagasaki, the most western prefecture in Kyushu island, where thereputation has been established nationally and world-wide from thehistorical issue. Nagasaki University as prefectural university is also wellknown by the qualitative education and research.
I am a PhD. Student in an International Water and Environmental Scienceprogram. It is a course in Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki
University with an innovative educational model and international
collaboration. We are taught to approach problems from different
perspectives. In our program, there is appropriate experimental
equipment available for us to follow our research interest. Our programaims to produce thinkers and leaders for science, technology andengineering.
I graduated from Chiang Mai University, Bachelor of Environmental
Engineering and Chulalongkorn University, Master of Environmental
Management (International), Thailand. Since I graduated, I had been
looking for study abroad to increase my vision of knowledge and otheraspects. Japan is the one and only country where I aimed to continue myacademic field.
It was my pleasure to success entrance International Water andEnvironmental Engineering course (Master course program), Nagasaki
University. After the graduation, I entered to International Water andEnvironmental Science course (Ph.D. course program). Therefore, I havebeen living in Nagasaki for 3 years. Living in Asian culture makes me feelfamiliar and no need to change my life style. People in Japan are reallykind to foreigners. I have got many Japanese and foreign friends. There
are free Japanese classes available for foreign students depend on theirlanguage skill. And the most important thing in Nagasaki University isLiaison Center, it is an office for supporting foreign student in everything.