TDUQL

Is Basic Physics Required?

Basic Physics has different requirement statuses depending on the academic year, programme, and curriculum track. The relevant curriculum information includes required, elective, and choice-based requirements.

Programmes where Basic Physics is required

In the Tokyo Senju Campus curriculum information supplied, Basic Physics is listed as a required course in the relevant curriculum tables. It is a 2-credit lecture allocated to the first year. Depending on the curriculum, it is offered in the first semester or in either semester. A repeat class is offered in the second semester. The supplied information includes the 2025 Mechanical Engineering curriculum and the 2026 Electrical and Electronic Engineering curriculum. In the 2026 Electronic Systems Engineering curriculum, Basic Physics is included in the course-allocation table, but the supplied fact does not state its requirement status or semester.

Information Media: elective course

For the 2026 Information Media programme in the Faculty of Future Science, Basic Physics is an elective course. It is a 2-credit lecture allocated to the first year and first semester. A repeat class is offered in the second semester.

Information and Communications Engineering: choose one course

For the 2026 Information and Communications Engineering programme, students must complete one course from Basic Physics, Physics A, Physics B, and Physics C. This is a required choice among the listed courses.

Robot and Mechatronics: part of a required course group

For Robot and Mechatronics in the 2025 Faculty of Future Science curriculum, Basic Physics and Physics Literacy are the required courses within the 4-credit department-designated component of the engineering-basic-course category.

Physics study model: required courses

For students pursuing the Physics study model in the 2026 Faculty of Science and Technology curriculum at the Saitama Hatoyama Campus, Basic Physics, Physics A, and Mathematical Physics are listed as courses that must be taken.

Official sources

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