Credit Requirements for First-Class Teaching Licences

Required credits by category

For both the middle-school and high-school first-class licences, you need at least 2 credits in each of the following subjects: the Japanese Constitution, physical education, foreign-language communication, and subjects related to mathematics, data utilization and artificial intelligence or the operation of information equipment.

For specialist subjects and teaching methods, the minimums are 20 credits in specialist subjects related to the subject and its teaching methods for each licence; 8 credits in teaching methods for the middle-school licence and 4 credits for the high-school licence.

For subjects concerning the fundamental understanding of education and related areas, the minimum is 27 credits for the middle-school licence and 23 credits for the high-school licence. The table lists 29 credits and 25 credits, respectively, when all courses required by the university are completed.

For university-specific subjects, the minimum is 4 credits for the middle-school licence and 12 credits for the high-school licence.