Eligibility for Non-Degree Course Students
This page explains who may apply to take individual courses as a non-degree course student, including post-graduation study purposes, eligibility routes, selection, and approval conditions.
Taking courses after graduation
At the Faculty of Engineering in 2025, the Second Division of the Faculty of Engineering in 2026, the Faculty of System Design and Technology in 2025, the Faculty of Future Science in 2026, and the Faculty of Science and Technology in 2026, graduates may take courses as non-degree course students. Supported purposes include further study in a particular field, obtaining a teaching licence, and obtaining credits required for work-related reasons.
Eligibility routes by faculty and academic year
The eligibility routes differ by faculty and academic year. For the Faculty of Engineering in 2026, applicants may qualify if they fall under Article 35 of the University Regulations, or if they are enrolled at the start of the course-taking period in a high school or the upper secondary course of a secondary school and are recommended by the head of that school. The same two routes apply to the Faculty of System Design and Technology in 2026, the Faculty of Future Science in 2026, and the Faculty of Science and Technology in 2026. For the Faculty of Science and Technology in 2025, applicants must fall under Article 35 of the University Regulations.
Applicants from outside the university
At the Faculty of Science and Technology on the Saitama Hatoyama Campus in 2025, people who are not students of Tokyo Denki University and wish to take one or more courses may be permitted to do so after selection, provided that this does not interfere with the university's education and research.
Approval conditions
For the Faculty of Future Science in 2026, an applicant may be permitted to take courses only when their participation does not interfere with the education and research of students enrolled in regular programmes and the dean of the faculty considers accepting the applicant appropriate.
Official sources
The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 313
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 271
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2026 academic year) — PDF page 213
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Future Science (2026 academic year) — PDF page 248
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2026 academic year) — PDF page 232
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of System Design and Technology (2025 academic year) — PDF page 195
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Engineering II (2026 academic year) — PDF page 219
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 287
- 2026 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2026 academic year) — PDF page 324
- 2025 Student Handbook — School of Science and Engineering (2025 academic year) — PDF page 330