Communications Networks: Required Hours and Course Requirements
This page explains how the Communications Networks course is counted toward the communications requirements for the 2025 and 2026 academic years.
2025 academic year: 90-hour requirement
For the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo Senju Campus in the 2025 academic year, the required hours are 30 hours each for transmission line engineering, switching engineering, and telecommunications systems. The corresponding courses are Communications Systems (2 credits, 30 hours), Communications Networks (2 credits, 30 hours), Multimedia Communications Engineering (2 credits, 30 hours), and Fundamentals of Communications Theory (2 credits, 30 hours). You must earn at least 90 hours from these courses. Communications Networks therefore counts as 30 hours toward the 90-hour requirement. It is also listed as a corresponding 30-hour course for switching engineering.
2026 academic year: required courses and transmission line engineering
For the Faculty of Engineering, Second Division, at Tokyo Senju Campus in the 2026 academic year, you must complete all courses listed under transmission line engineering, switching engineering, and telecommunications systems in the specialized education subjects. The required hours set for transmission line engineering are 30 hours. Communications Networks is the corresponding course, worth 2 credits and counted as 30 hours.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 154
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 155
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 116