Credit Substitution for the Industrial Teaching Licence

For the 2026 academic year, a temporary legal exception allows certain licence-course credits to be substituted when an ordinary teaching licence in Industrial education is awarded.

Credits That May Be Substituted

Under Item 6 of the notes to the table in Article 5, Paragraph 1 of the Enforcement Regulation of the Act on Educational Personnel Certification, as amended in 2017, the following applies for the time being when an ordinary teaching licence in Industrial education is awarded: all or part of the credits for subjects concerning teaching methods for each subject and subjects concerning teachers’ basic understanding of education and related areas may instead be earned as credits in subjects concerning specialized matters in the subject covered by the licence.

Official sources

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