How Free-Course Credits Count Toward Graduation

Free-course credits and graduation requirements

Credits earned in free courses are not counted toward the credits required for graduation.

The supplied 2025 rules apply this treatment to the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Saitama Hatoyama Campus, and to the Faculty of System Design and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Engineering, Evening Division, at the Tokyo Senju Campus. The supplied 2026 rules apply it to the Faculty of System Design and Technology and the Faculty of Engineering, Evening Division, at the Tokyo Senju Campus.

For the Faculty of Engineering, Evening Division, in both 2025 and 2026, free-choice courses are not included in the required graduation credits shown in the relevant table. For the Faculty of Engineering at the Tokyo Senju Campus in 2026, free courses are likewise excluded from the required graduation credits shown in the table. For the Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology at the Tokyo Senju Campus, free-course credits are excluded from the required graduation credits in both 2025 and 2026.

For the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, courses taken under the relevant system are treated as courses from another faculty and therefore as free courses. Their credits do not count toward progression or graduation requirements.

How free courses are categorized

For the Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology in 2025, a free course completed by taking a course offered by another faculty or department is treated as a free course in the category corresponding to the student's own affiliation.

Qualification-related courses

For the Faculty of Engineering, Evening Division, in 2026, credits from qualification-related courses, including teacher-training-related courses, may in some cases be treated as free courses.