TDUQL

Is Introduction to Education Required for a Teaching Licence?

Introduction to Education is a required two-credit course for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences, although its course table entry is marked as elective.

Licence requirement

Introduction to Education is worth 2 credits and corresponds to the legal category covering the principles, history, and ideas of education. It is marked as required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences. In the 2026-entry curriculum, it is included in the institution's 11-credit subtotal for the basic understanding of education category; the statutory minimum for the relevant legal category is 10 credits. The course is normally assigned to year 1 and offered in the first semester as a lecture. Although the course table marks it as elective, the licence curriculum marks the course itself as required.

Official sources

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