Teaching-Licence Credit Requirements
Credit requirements for junior-high and high-school teaching licences differ by campus and faculty. The applicable totals and subject categories are listed below.
Saitama Hatoyama Campus: Science and Engineering Faculty
For the 2026 academic year, the subtotal in statutory column 5 is 6 credits for a junior-high teaching licence and 4 credits for a high-school teaching licence. The listed total across columns 3 to 5 is 29 credits for a junior-high licence and 25 credits for a high-school licence.
Tokyo Senju Campus: Faculty of Engineering
For the 2026 academic year, the required credits by category are as follows. For subjects prescribed under Article 66-6 of the Enforcement Regulations, 2 credits are required for both junior-high and high-school licences. For subjects related to the teaching subject and teaching methods, the requirements are 20 subject credits and 8 teaching-methods credits for a junior-high licence, and 30 subject credits and 4 teaching-methods credits for a high-school licence. For subjects concerning the basic understanding of education and related areas, the requirement is 29 credits for a junior-high licence and 25 credits for a high-school licence. For subjects independently established by the university, the requirement is 3 credits for a junior-high licence and 5 credits, shown in parentheses in the source table, for a high-school licence.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 194
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 205