Required Credits for Education Foundations and Related Subjects
The required credits are 29 for a middle-school teaching licence and 25 for a high-school teaching licence. The applicable figures and completion requirements depend on the academic year and faculty.
Required credits by school level
The required total for courses on the fundamentals of education and related subjects is 29 credits for a middle-school teaching licence and 25 credits for a high-school teaching licence. These figures are listed for the 2025 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering (Evening Division), and the School of Science and Technology for the Future, and for the 2026 academic year in the School of System Design and Technology, the Faculty of Engineering (Evening Division), and the School of Science and Technology for the Future. For the 2025 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering (Evening Division), the legal minimum is 23 credits, while the university's listed number of credits is 25.
Courses that must be completed
For the 2025 academic year in the Faculty of Engineering, these subjects are divided into courses covering the fundamentals of education; teaching methods for moral education, integrated studies, and related areas, together with student guidance and educational counseling; and educational practice. For both middle-school and high-school teaching licences, every course marked as required must be completed.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 194
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 195
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2026 academic year) — PDF page 137
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2025 academic year) — PDF page 139
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2025 academic year) — PDF page 140
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2026 academic year) — PDF page 120
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 141
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2025 academic year) — PDF page 132
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2025 academic year) — PDF page 133
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2025 academic year) — PDF page 141