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Teaching Licence Preparation: Introductory Teaching Profession

This page explains when Introductory Teaching Profession is treated as a required course and which courses are recommended for teaching-licence preparation.

Is Introductory Teaching Profession required?

The requirement depends on the curriculum and academic year. In the listed 2025 and 2026 curricula for the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, and the Faculty of System Design and Technology, curriculum tables identify Introductory Teaching Profession as a required course for junior-high and high-school teaching licences. In the specified 2026-entry curricula, it is a 2-credit, first-year, first-semester lecture. The course corresponds to the licence category covering the significance of the teaching profession and the roles and duties of teachers. However, some guidance text describes taking this course as recommended rather than stating it as a universal licence requirement. The course is therefore required where the applicable curriculum table marks it as required.

Recommended courses for licence preparation

For students preparing to obtain a teaching licence, the guidance recommends earning at least Introductory Teaching Profession, Introduction to Education, Educational Psychology, and Industrial Subject Teaching Methods instead of relying on a substitution or special provision. These courses are described as recommended preparation and are not stated in the supplied guidance as universal licence requirements. In one curriculum, students who wish to become teachers are additionally advised to complete Career Guidance for 2 credits and Industrial Subject Teaching Methods for 4 credits, followed by Introductory Teaching Profession, Introduction to Education, and Educational Psychology for 2 credits each.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.