Life Science Programme: Degree Requirements and Graduate Competencies
The Life Science programme has a standard four-year duration and awards a Bachelor of Engineering to students who complete the required period of study and acquire the specified competencies.
Requirements and competencies for 2025
For the 2025 academic year, the standard duration of the Life Science programme is four years. A Bachelor of Engineering is awarded to students who complete the required period of study in the programme and acquire the competencies in its diploma policy. These competencies include: knowledge and skills required in life science; the ability to identify life-science problems independently, solve them using specialist knowledge and skills, communicate effectively, and appropriately present and discuss the process and results of problem-solving; fundamental knowledge and ways of thinking shared across engineering and science; the qualities needed to become an ethical science and technology professional and a socially responsible person; and basic language skills for communication in a global environment together with a broad education.
Requirements and competencies for 2026
For the 2026 academic year at Saitama Hatoyama Campus in the Faculty of Science and Technology, the standard duration of the Life Science programme is four years. A Bachelor of Engineering is awarded to students who complete the required period of study in the programme and acquire the competencies in its diploma policy. These competencies include: knowledge and skills required in life science; the ability to identify life-science problems independently, solve them using specialist knowledge and skills, communicate effectively, and appropriately present and discuss the process and results of problem-solving; fundamental knowledge and ways of thinking shared across engineering and science; the qualities needed to become an ethical science and technology professional and a socially responsible person; and basic language skills for communication in a global environment together with a broad education.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 70
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 76