Credits Required for a High School First-Class Teaching License

Required credits by category

For the high school first-class teaching license, all university-established credits in Categories 1, 2, and 3 must be completed. The requirements shown are as follows:

- Category 1: Subjects specified in Article 66-6 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the School Teacher's License Act — 2 credits for each subject. - Category 2: 30 credits in subject-specialist matters and 4 credits in subject teaching methods. - Category 3: 25 credits. - Category 4: The table shows “(2)”; the supplied information does not explain this notation.

These category requirements apply to the listed high school teaching-license rules for the Faculty of Engineering, Second Division, at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2026, and the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2025.

Statutory minimums and university-established credits

For the Faculty of Engineering, Second Division, at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2026:

- Subjects concerning the basic understanding of education and related areas: the statutory minimum is 23 credits, while the university-established requirement is 25 credits. - Subject-specialist matters within subjects and subject teaching methods: the statutory minimum is 20 credits, while the university-established requirement is at least 30 credits. - Subject teaching methods: the statutory minimum and the university-established requirement are both 4 credits. - Total shown in the table: the statutory minimum is 59 credits, and the university-established total is at least 59 credits. - Subjects independently established by the university: the statutory minimum is 12 credits; the university-established column is shown as “(2)”.

Using Category 4 credits to replace subject-specialist credits

For the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2025, Category 4 subjects are not compulsory for obtaining the high school teaching license. If Category 4 credits are completed, however, they may be counted toward the required credits. The required number of Category 2 subject-specialist credits can then be reduced by the number of Category 4 credits completed.

For the Faculty of Future Science at Tokyo Senju Campus in academic year 2026, up to 5 of the 30 credits required in subject-specialist matters may be replaced by credits earned in Category 4, “Subjects independently established by the university.” The required number of subject-specialist credits is therefore 30 minus the number of Category 4 credits earned. For example, earning 5 Category 4 credits reduces the subject-specialist requirement to at least 25 credits.