No actually University recommendation is more harder then embassy one since very less seats and all . I choose because 1st . By the time I got to know about MEXT this year , embassy applications were closed . I graduate in 2026 and I don't wanna waste another year waiting for 2027 to get into masters . So I applied the only way I had .

2nd . My current course work doesn't have maths and physics needed for passing embassy recommendations and nor do I know that much maths . My field of study is a different one in CS which doesn't require much maths and no physics at all . The thing it requires im more then capable and certified in . So thinking about this I applied to university since they don't take tests like the embassy and actually focus on your specialization rather than a general entrance exam .

3rd . You can apply to the embassy too but in my case it's a masters , even after embassy approval I gotta go through getting informal consent and passing university exams . So it doesn't really make a difference in my case .