University-Designated Subjects: Credits and Substitution Limits

This page explains the credit-substitution limits for university-designated subjects and shows the listed credit figures by faculty and academic year.

Credit substitution within the 30-credit requirement

For the 2026 academic year at the Tokyo Senju Campus, Engineering Faculty students may replace up to 5 of the 30 credits required in specialized subject areas with credits earned from university-designated subjects. The required number of specialized subject-area credits is reduced by the number of university-designated subject credits used for the replacement.

For the 2025 academic year at the Tokyo Senju Campus, Second Division of the Engineering Faculty students may replace up to 2 of the 30 required specialized subject-area credits with credits from university-designated subjects. In this case, the specialized subject-area requirement is reduced by the number of university-designated subject credits used.

Listed credits for the 2026 academic year

For the 2026 academic year at the Tokyo Senju Campus, the required-credit table for the Future Science Faculty lists 3 credits for middle-school certification and displays “(5)” for high-school certification under university-designated subjects.

For the same academic year and campus, the Systems Design and Technology Faculty table displays 3 credits for middle-school certification and “(5)” for high-school certification under university-designated subjects.

Listed credits for the 2025 academic year

For the 2025 academic year at the Tokyo Senju Campus, the Engineering Faculty required-credit table lists 3 credits for middle-school certification and displays “(5)” for high-school certification under university-designated subjects. The supplied information does not explain the meaning of the parentheses.

For the same academic year and campus, the Future Science Faculty table lists 3 credits for middle-school certification and displays “(5)” for high-school certification. Another entry for this faculty displays the figures as “3 (5)” under university-designated subjects.

Official sources

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