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Credit Requirements for First-Class Middle and High School Teaching Licenses

This page lists the required credits for foundational subjects, subject specialization, and teaching methods for first-class middle and high school teaching licenses.

Foundational Subjects

For both the first-class middle school and first-class high school teaching licenses, the legally required minimum is 2 credits in each of the following areas: the Constitution of Japan, physical education, foreign-language communication, mathematics, data utilization and artificial intelligence, or operation of information equipment. The university curriculum is shared for the middle and high school licenses; see the following page for the applicable courses.

Subject-Specialization Credits

For subject-specific specialized content, the legally required minimum is 20 credits for both the first-class middle school and first-class high school teaching licenses. The university requirement is at least 20 credits for the first-class middle school license and at least 30 credits for the first-class high school license.

Teaching-Method Credits

For teaching methods, the legally required minimum is 8 credits for the first-class middle school license and 4 credits for the first-class high school license. The university requirement is 8 credits for the middle school license and 4 credits for the high school license.

Official sources

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