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Caregiving and Welfare Studies: Teaching-Licence Requirements

Find out whether Caregiving and Welfare Studies is required for a middle-school or high-school teaching licence, and when middle-school licence candidates must take it.

Requirement by teaching licence

For a high-school teaching licence, Caregiving and Welfare Studies is listed as a 2-credit course offered in both the first and second semesters, but it is not mandatory. For a middle-school teaching licence, the course must be completed. In the Saitama campus engineering faculty listings for the 2025 and 2026 academic years, it is specifically identified as required for middle-school licences and elective for high-school licences.

Middle-school licence requirement

Students seeking a middle-school teaching licence must complete Caregiving and Welfare Studies for 2 credits. The course is listed as a human-sciences course connected with preparatory guidance for the required care-experience activity. Course tables list it for the first and second semesters and identify it as a middle-school licence requirement.

When to take the course

Middle-school teaching-licence candidates must take Caregiving and Welfare Studies in their second year. It cannot be taken in the first year. Because it is a lottery course, applicants must submit a lottery application during the designated application period. The course is required for students seeking a middle-school licence who undertake the care-experience activity.

Official sources

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