Electronic Device Rules for Examinations

Learn how to prepare electronic devices before entering the examination room, which devices require instructor permission, and how earphones and watches are treated.

Before entering the examination room

For the System Design and Technology Faculty at Tokyo Senju Campus in the 2025 and 2026 academic years, cancel all alarm settings, turn off electronic devices, and put them in a bag or similar item before entering the examination room. Do not keep them on your person or hold them in your hand.

The same procedure applies to the Engineering Faculty at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025 and to the Future Science Faculty there in 2025. For the Second Division of the Engineering Faculty at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2026, electronic devices must also be turned off and stored before entry. Earphones, except hearing aids, are treated as being used when they are worn in your ears.

Devices that may not be used during examinations

For the Future Science Faculty at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025, and for the Second Division of the Engineering Faculty there in 2026, you may not use a laptop, mobile phone, smartphone, smartwatch or other wearable device, tablet, electronic dictionary, IC recorder, earphones except hearing aids, music player, or similar electronic device without permission from the instructor in charge of the class. These devices may not be used as a calculator or a clock. Earphones, except hearing aids, are treated as being used when they are worn in your ears.

For the Engineering Faculty at Tokyo Senju Campus in 2025, the same types of electronic devices may not be used during academic examinations without permission from the instructor in charge of the class, including use as a calculator or clock.

Rule for the Saitama Hatoyama Campus

In the Science and Engineering Faculty at Saitama Hatoyama Campus in the 2026 academic year, mobile phones and similar devices may not be brought into the examination, and they may not be used as a clock.

Official sources

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