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Eligibility for Registering Above the Credit Limit

The requirements for registering beyond the ordinary semester credit limit vary by academic year, faculty, and division. This page summarizes the stated eligibility criteria, approval rules, and permitted overload amount.

Faculty of Engineering: 2025 criteria

For the Faculty of Engineering in the 2025 academic year, approval to register above the ordinary limit requires registration for at least 18 credits in the preceding semester and a GPA of at least 3.1. A student who satisfies both assessment criteria may register for up to 4 additional credits in the next semester. Students who have earned the prescribed credits with excellent grades may be eligible to take courses above the stated limit; the registration method is prescribed separately. The eligibility criteria are stated to be the same as the assessment criteria for permission to register beyond the enrollment limit.

Faculty of Engineering, Division II: 2025 criteria

For the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, in the 2025 academic year, one criterion for exceeding the limit is registering for at least 20 credits in the preceding semester and earning at least 90% of the registered credits. Another criterion is a GPA of at least 3.1. Students who meet the applicable criteria may register for up to 4 credits above the ordinary semester limit in the next semester. Students who have earned the prescribed credits with excellent grades may also be eligible to take courses above the stated limit; the registration method is prescribed separately.

Faculty of Engineering, Division II: 2026 criteria

For the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, in the 2026 academic year, students generally may not register above the course-registration limit. An exception permits students who meet both stated criteria to exceed the limit: they must have registered for at least 20 credits in the preceding semester, earned at least 90% of those registered credits, and have a GPA of at least 3.1. The permitted overload is up to 4 credits in one semester, for the following semester.

Faculty of Future Science

For the Faculty of Future Science in the 2025 academic year, students seeking to exceed the limit must have registered for at least 18 credits in the preceding semester and have a GPA of at least 3.1. Students meeting both criteria may take up to 4 credits above the limit in one semester. Students who have earned the prescribed credits with excellent grades may be eligible to take courses above the stated semester limit; the registration method is prescribed separately.

Faculty-specific approval rules

Some regulations state that the faculty determines whether registration above the applicable limit will be approved for students who have earned the prescribed credits with excellent grades. This faculty-level determination applies to the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, in 2026; the Faculty of Engineering, Division II, and the Faculty of Engineering in 2025; the Faculty of System Design Engineering in 2025; the Faculty of Future Science in 2025 and 2026; and the Faculty of Science and Technology at Saitama Hatoyama Campus in 2025.

Official sources

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