Receiving engineering doctorates in Japanese universities plays an important role in career passes of international students. In this paper, career passes of 1373 foreign recipients of engineering doctorates in seven Japanese universities were investigated. Compared with graduate students from China and Korea, a higher proportion of graduate students from other Asian countries, Africa, Central, and South America tends to get jobs in their home countries after getting engineering doctorates. About ten percent of international students moved to countries other than their home countries before or after getting engineering doctorates in Japan. Besides movement to U.S., Europe, and Australia, movement within Asia and Africa is also active.
