* The Japanese version is the authoritative version, and this English translation isintended for reference purposes only. Should any discrepancies or doubts arise
between the two versions, the Japanese version will prevail.

University Regulations of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Established: April 1, 1977
Amended:April 1, 1978
April 1, 1979
April 1,1980
April 1, 1981
July 1, 1981
April 1, 1982
July 1, 1983
April 1, 1984
April 17, 1985
April 5, 1986
April 16, 1986
October 22, 1986
March 13, 1987
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January 20, 1988
April 1, 1988
April 7, 1988
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June 27, 1990
March 6, 1991
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April 12, 1991
December 19, 1991
April 1, 1992
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February 2, 1994
October 12, 1994
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January 30, 2002
September 25, 2002
April 1, 2003
April 30, 2003 Regulation No. 26
September 19, 2003 Regulation No. 46
March 26, 2004 Regulation No. 44
March 28, 2006 Regulation No. 13
February 27, 2007 Regulation No. 3
October 2, 2007 Regulation No. 67
January 7, 2008 Regulation No. 1
March 25, 2008 Regulation No. 24
March 31, 2009 Regulation No. 9
September 28, 2010 Regulation No. 48
March 29, 2011 Regulation No. 7
November 22, 2011 Regulation No. 41
March 30, 2012 Regulation No. 85
March 26, 2013 Regulation No. 7
March 27, 2014 Regulation No. 29
March 27, 2015 Regulation No. 75
March 25, 2016 Regulation No. 9
July 26, 2016 Regulation No. 83
November 8, 2016 Regulation No. 86
January 25, 2019 Regulation No. 2
March 26, 2020 Regulation No. 28
June 30, 2020 Regulation No. 48
November 30, 2021 Regulation No.40
March 22, 2022 Regulation No.10
December 20, 2022 Regulation No. 126
The entirety of the University Regulations of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ishereby amended as follows.
Section 1 General Provisions
Article 1 Mission
The mission of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (“the University”) shall be to conduct
research and instruction, both theoretical and practical, on the world’s languages andthe cultures rooted in them, to provide the cultural refinement necessary to engage ininternational activities, and to deepen the understanding of regions around the world
through the study of their languages.
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Part 1 Mission, Curriculum and Enrollment Limits
Article 13 Mission of the Schools
The School of Language and Culture Studies aims to nurture graduates who arefamiliar with languages and cultures from various parts of the world, possess
communication and coordination abilities that can break through the barriers oflanguage and culture, and can contribute to the creation of new values by becoming thebridge between the languages and cultures of Japan and other countries.
2. The School of International and Area Studies aims to nurture graduates who
understand the complex structures of the many regions of the world, possess competencein analysis and research, and the practical ability to solve problems from a global
perspective, and can play an active role in society, politics, and economics, both in Japanand other countries.
3. The School of Japan Studies aims to nurture graduates who understand Japan
comprehensively from an international perspective, possess the ability to promote Japanto the world and possess the knowledge and ability to cooperate in problem-solving
related to multiculturalization in Japan.
Article 13.2 Curriculum and Enrollment Limits
The fields of study and enrollment limits at the Schools shall be as stated in thefollowing table.
SchoolField of Study

Admission
limit

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Third-Year
Admission
limit

Enrollment
limitSchool of
Language andCulture Studies
School ofInternationaland Area
Studies
School of Japan
Studies
Total

Language andCulture Studies

335

10

1,360

International and335
Area Studies

10

1,360

75

10

320

745

30

3,040

Japan Studies

Part 2 Degree Program Length and Limit on Years Enrolled
Article 14 Degree Program Length
The length of the Faculty’s degree programs shall be four years. However, the length ofdegree programs shall be as follows for the following types of students.
1) Students permitted to enter in the second year in accordance with Article 24: 3 years
2) Students permitted to enter in the third year in accordance with Article 20,
Paragraph 2 and Article 24: 2 years
2. For individuals who as non-degree students (limited to non-college students)
stipulated in Article 49, acquired a certain amount of credits at the University and thenwere permitted to enroll in the University and had their credits recognized as applying
to a portion of a degree program at the University, a period not exceeding two years may
be counted toward the degree program length prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
Article 15 Limit on Years Enrolled
The maximum number of years a student may be enrolled in the Faculty shall be eight.
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a student shall not be allowed to takemore than four years to reach the second year of a degree program.
3. Individuals permitted to enter midway through a degree program, as provided for in
Article 24 and Article 20, Paragraph 2, may not be enrolled for a number of years thatexceeds twice the degree program length, as established in Items 1 and 2 of thepreceding article.
4. The limit on the number of years enrolled in the case a period of time is counted
toward the degree program length, pursuant to Paragraph 2 of the preceding Article,
shall not exceed twice the number of years derived by deducting said period from four
years.
Part 3 Academic Year, Terms and Vacations
Article 16 Academic Year
The academic year shall begin on April 1 and end on March 31 of the following
calendar year. The academic year for students who start in the fall quartershall begin on October 1 and end on September 30 of the following calendar
year.
Article 17 Terms
The academic year is divided into the spring, summer, autumn and winter quarters.

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2. The dates of each quarter in the preceding paragraph shall be determined separately.
Article 18 Vacations and Non-Teaching Days
Classes shall not be held on the following vacation and non-teaching days.
1) Saturdays and Sundays
2) Holidays prescribed in the National Holiday Law (1948 Law No. 178)3) Summer vacation
4) Winter vacation5) Spring vacation
2. When necessary, the President may change the vacation days stated in the preceding
paragraph or may establish temporary vacation days.
3. The dates for items 3 to 5 of paragraph 1 shall be determined separately.
Article 18.2 Anniversaries of Foundation and Establishment
The University’s anniversary of its founding shall be November 4 and the anniversary of
its establishment shall be April 22.
Part 4 Admissions
Article 19 Admission Date
The admission date shall be at the beginning of the spring or fall quarter. However, thisshall not apply in exceptional circumstances as determined by the President.
Article 20 Admission Requirements
Individuals eligible to be admitted to the Faculty shall be those to whom any of thefollowing apply.
1) Those who have graduated from a high school or a secondary educational institute2) Those who have completed 12-year course of education with a traditional curriculum(or an equivalent course of education with a non-traditional curriculum)3) Those who have completed a 12-year educational curriculum in a foreign country, or
have been designated as the equivalent by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology
4) Those who have completed a curriculum at a foreign educational institute accreditedby the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as having a highschool or the equivalent curriculum5) Those who have completed a specialized curriculum at a vocational school designatedby the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology after a datespecified by said Minister (limited to training programs that are at least three years inlength and that meet other standards established by the Minister of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology)6) Those who have been designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology
7) Those who passed the upper secondary school equivalency examination according to
the regulations for the upper secondary school equivalency examination (including those
who have passed the university entrance qualification examination according to the oldregulations)8) Those who are 18 years of age or older and deemed by the University as possessing anequivalent or greater academic ability than a high school graduate following an
individual admissions screening process.
2. Individuals eligible to enroll in the third year of a degree program, as stated in thetable in Article 13.2, shall be those to whom any of the following apply.
1) Those who possess a bachelor’s degree52) Those who have enrolled in a university for at least two years3) Those who have graduated from a junior college, technical college, National Training
Institute for Engineering Teachers or National Training Institute for Occupational
School Nurses.
4) Those who have completed an advanced course of a high school institution (including
the senior division of a secondary school and the high school section of a special
education school) (limited to programs that are at least two years in length and thatmeet other standards established by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology) (limited to individuals provided for in Article 90, paragraph 1 of the
School Education Law).
5) Those who have completed a specialized curriculum at a vocational school (limited totraining programs that are at least two years in length and that meet other standards
established by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)(limited to individuals provided for in Article 90, paragraph 1 of the School Education
Law).
6) Those who have completed at least a 14-year educational curriculum in a country
other than Japan
7) Those who have completed at least a 14-year educational curriculum overseas bytaking a correspondence course in Japan run by a school outside Japan
8) Those who have completed a course at an educational institution in the foreign
educational system that has a two-year junior college course in Japan (limited to thoseindividuals who have completed at least a 14-year educational curriculum in a country
other than Japan), with separate designation by the Minister of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
9) Those who have completed a course at a high school, vocational school, teacher
training school or equivalent, according to the previous provisions stipulated in Article 7of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ordinance of Enforcement of the School
Education Law, or a graduate whose period of enrollment is set at two or more years or
one or more years when transferring to a university (excluding a junior college) under
the School Education Law
10) Those who have been recognized by the University as having an equivalent or
greater academic ability than an individual to which the any of the previous items
applies
Article 21 Admissions Application
Individuals applying for admission to the University must submit to the President of the
University an application form along with the prescribed examination fee and required
documents.
Article 22 Selection of Successful ApplicantsIndividuals applying for admission, as stated in the preceding Article, shall be selected
for admission in accordance with regulations stipulated separately.
Article 23 Admission Procedures and Approval
Individuals who have been accepted in accordance with the provisions of the precedingarticle and wish to be admitted to the university must submit the prescribed documents
and must pay the prescribed admission fees by the prescribed due date, except
individuals whose request for exemption from, or deferral of, admission fees was
accepted.
2. The President shall approve the enrollment of individuals completing the admission
procedures stipulated in the preceding paragraph.

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Different Field of Study
In addition to students enrolling in the third-year of a degree program as provided for in
Article 20, Paragraph 2, when an individual to whom any of the following items apply
applies for admission to the University, admission to the appropriate year may beapproved following a selection process.
1) Those who possess a bachelor’s degree2) Those who have enrolled in a university for at least one year and acquired theprescribed credits
3) Those who have graduated from a junior college, technical college, National Training
Institute for Engineering Teachers or National Training Institute for Occupational
School Nurses
4) Those who have completed an advanced course of a high school institution (including
the senior division of a secondary school and the high school section of a special
education school) (limited to programs that are at least two years in length and thatmeet other standards established by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology) (limited to individuals provided for in Article 90, paragraph 1 of the
School Education Law)
5) Those who have completed a specialized curriculum at a vocational school (limited totraining programs that are at least two years in length and that meet other standards
established by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)(limited to individuals provided for in Article 90, paragraph 1 of the School Education
Law)6) Those who have completed at least a 13-year educational curriculum in a country
other than Japan
7) Those who have completed at least a 13-year educational curriculum overseas bytaking a correspondence course in Japan run by a school outside Japan
8) Those who have completed a course at an educational institution in the foreign
educational system that has a two-year junior college course in Japan (limited to thoseindividuals who have completed at least a 13-year educational curriculum in a country
other than Japan), with separate designation by the Minister of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
9) Those who have completed a course at or graduated from a high school, vocational
school, teacher training school or equivalent, according to the previous provisions
stipulated in Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ordinance of Enforcementof the School Education Law
10) Those who have been recognized by the University as having an equivalent or
greater academic ability than an individual to which any of the previous items applies
Article 24.2 Individuals who apply to enroll in a different field of study at the University
may be given approval for this as separately determined.
(2) Regulations concerning enrollment in a different field of study shall be separately
stipulated.
Article 24.3 Individuals who apply for reenrollment may be given approval for this inaccordance with regulations stipulated separately.
2. Regulations concerning reenrollment shall be separately stipulated.
Part 5 Curriculum and Coursework
Article 25 Curriculum
The curriculum shall be organized systematically with courses that are necessary for the7Faculty to fulfill its educational objectives.
Article 26 Course Classifications
The classification of courses offered by the Faculty shall be separately determined.
Article 26.2. Deleted
Article 27 Teacher Preparation Courses
The Faculty shall offer teacher preparation courses so that students may acquireteaching licenses, as provided for by the Education Personnel Certification Law (1949
Law No. 147).
2. The types of teaching licenses and licensed subjects for which qualifications
can be obtained shall be stipulated separately.
Article 28 Deleted
Article 29 Courses Offered and Enrolling in Courses
Matters related to courses offered in accordance with the provisions of Articles 26 and27, numbers of credits, and enrolling in courses shall be stipulated separately.
Article 30 Calculating Credits
Credits for coursework, etc. shall be calculated according to the following criteria, basedon the standard that a one-credit course is comprised of content that requires 45 hoursof study.
1) Lectures given one hour a week over 15 weeks shall be one credit.
2) Exercises and drills lasting two hours per week for 15 weeks shall be one credit.
3) Experiments and practices lasting three hours per week for 15 weeks shall be one
credit.
Article 31 Awarding of Credits
Students who have taken the course will be evaluated their academic achievements throughexaminations, reports or other methods, and those who have passed the examination will beawarded prescribed credits.
Article 32 Grading
The results, award of pass or fail, and assessments for each class subject shall be
determined separately.
Article 33 Taking Courses at Other Universities, Etc.
When deemed educationally beneficial by the President, credits acquired when a student
takes classes at a junior college or at another university (“universities, etc.”), based onarrangements with those universities, etc., may be regarded as credits earned by taking
courses at the University, as long as the credits do not exceed 60.
2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be applied to the handling of credits
acquired by students who study at foreign universities or junior colleges and to that ofcredits acquired by students who take classes in correspondence courses offered byforeign universities or junior colleges while in Japan.
Article 34 Programs at Educational Institutions other than Universities
When deemed educationally beneficial by the President, study by a student in a programat a junior college or technical school, or in a program separately provided for by the
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, may be regarded ascoursework taken at the University and credits may be awarded.
2. The total number of credits that are awarded in accordance with the preceding8paragraph and credits that are regarded as credits earned by taking courses at the
University in accordance Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding article shall not exceed atotal of 60 credits.
Article 35 Approving Credits Earned Prior to Enrollment
When deemed educationally beneficial by the President, credits earned through courses
taken at a university or junior college prior to a student enrolling at the University(including credits earned as a non-degree student) may be regarded as credits earned
through coursework taken at the University.
2. When deemed educationally beneficial by the President, study stipulated in
Paragraph 1 of the preceding article and conducted by a student before enrolling in the
University may be regarded as coursework taken at the University and credits may beawarded.
3. Regarding the number of credits that may be regarded as having been earned, or that
may be awarded, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, except in the case the student isadmitted mid-program or transfers from another school, the total of credits not earnedat the University and credits earned at the University in accordance with Article 33,
Paragraphs 1 and 2 and Paragraph 1 of the preceding article shall not exceed 60 credits.
4. Necessary matters pertaining to approving credits earned prior to enrollment shall be
stipulated separately.
Article 36 Handling Credits of Students Admitted Mid-Program
The handling of prior coursework and numbers of credits for individuals admitted to the
University midway through a degree program in accordance with Article 20, Paragraph
2 and Article 24 (including credits earned as a non-degree student) shall be stipulated
separately.
Part 6 Taking Leave, Transferring, Studying Abroad and Withdrawing
Article 37 Taking Leave
Students unable to attend classes for two consecutive months or more due to illness orother special circumstances may take a leave of absence from the University upon
approval by the President.
2. The President may order students to take a leave of absence when their attendance ofclasses is deemed inappropriate due to illness, etc.
Article 38 Period of Leave
The period of leave from the University shall be within one year. However, when there
are special circumstances, the President may permit, or order, extending a consecutive
leave of absence for up to one year. The same shall apply when the period pertaining to
the extension of leave has expired and approval to extend it further is requested.
2. Leaves of absence shall not exceed three years in total.
3. Leaves of absence shall not count toward the degree program length stated in Article
14 or the limit on years enrolled stated in Article 15.
Article 39 Reenrollment
Upon approval of the President, students may reenroll during the period of their leave ofabsence when the circumstances causing their leave no longer pertain.
Article 40 Transferring
Prior approval must be obtained from the President when a student applies to enroll in
another university, transfer to another university or enroll in a different field of study at9the University.
Article 41 Studying Abroad
Prior approval must obtain from the President when a student wishes to study abroad ata university overseas.
2. The period of study abroad of the preceding paragraph shall be included in the
program length prescribed in Article 14 and the program length prescribed in Article 15.
3. In addition to the regulations stipulated in the preceding paragraph, regulations
regarding study abroad shall be stipulated separately.
Article 41.2. Deleted
Article 42 Withdrawal
Students wishing to withdraw from the University must obtain the permission of the
President.
Article 43 Expulsion
The President shall expel students to whom any of the following apply.
1) The limit on years enrolled stipulated in Article 15 has been exceeded
2) The period of leave stipulated in Article 38, Paragraphs 1 and 2 has been exceeded
3) Payment for tuition has been neglected and payment is not made even when
demanded4) The student has requested exemption from, or deferred payment of, admission fees
but either has been denied the exemption or deferment and has not paid admission feesby the prescribed deadline or has been exempted from half of the fees and has not paidby the prescribed deadline; or the student has received a deferment but has not paid
tuition by the deferred deadline.
Part 7

Graduation and Academic Degrees

Article 44 Graduation Requirements
Students who have been enrolled in the Faculty for as long as the degree program length
stipulated in Article 14, have taken the prescribed courses, and have earned at least 125
credits shall be approved by the President to graduate upon approval by the Faculty
Meeting.
2. For courses included in the graduation requirements of the previous paragraph,
students may take these courses in places other than the classroom or venue where theclass is normally held, by making use of various media, up to a maximum of 60 credits.
3. Courses and credits required in order to graduate shall be stipulated separately.
4. The President shall award diplomas and official transcripts to students approved for
graduation in accordance with the University’s regulations regarding academic degrees.
Article 45 Academic Degrees
The degree awarded by the Faculty shall be the bachelor’s degree (Language and Area
Studies).
Part 8 Awards and Punishments
Article 46 Awards
When a student is involved in an act that is worthy of an award, the President shallofficially honor that student.
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To students that violate University regulations or students that act in a way that
violates the duties of a student, the President shall mete out punishment, upon approvalby the Education and Research Council.
2. The punishment stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be expulsion, suspension
or admonishment.
3. Expulsion stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be the punishment for students
to whom the any of the following apply.
1) Those who have demonstrated poor behavior and conduct with no improvement
prospects
2) Those who have disrupted the public order at the University or otherwise violated theduties of a student in a serious manner
4. The period of time taken up by a suspension shall be counted toward the limit on
years enrolled stipulated in Article 15, but shall not count toward the degree program
length stipulated in Article 14. However, if the suspension period does not exceed threemonths, it may be allowed to count toward the degree program length upon approval by
the Faculty Meeting.
Section 3 Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 1 Research Students, etc.,
Article 48 Research Students
When individual wishes to receive research guidance on a specific specialized discipline
the University, he/she may be admitted as a research student after selection, provided
that this does not interfere with his/her education and research.
2. Necessary matters concerning research students shall be stipulated separately.
Article 49 Non-Degree Students
When an individual wish to take specific courses at the University, he or she may beallowed to enroll as a research student following a selection process as long as it does
not hinder education and research.
2. Necessary matters concerning research students shall be stipulated separately.
Article 50 Special Audit Students
When a student enrolled in another university, etc., overseas university or an
educational institute (“overseas university, etc.”), that is not a university wishes to takeclasses at the University, he or she may be allowed to enroll as a special audit student
based on arrangements with that university, etc., overseas university, etc. or nonuniversity educational institute, etc.
2. Necessary matters pertaining to special audit students shall be stipulated separately.
Article 51 International Students
When a resident of another country wishes to come to Japan and attend the University
for the purpose of receiving education, he or she may be allowed to enroll as aninternational student following a selection process.
2. Necessary matters pertaining to international students shall be stipulated separately.
Part 2 School Dormitories
Article 52 School Dormitories
There shall be school dormitories at the University.
2. Regulations pertaining to school dormitories shall be stipulated separately.

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Article 53 Tuition, etc.
Amounts and collection of tuition, admission fees, examination fees, and boarding fees
shall be in accordance with the regulations related to tuition and other fees at Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies.
Article 54 Tuition During a Leave of Absence
When a student is permitted, or ordered, to take a leave of absence, that student shallbe exempted from paying tuition from the month after taking leave to the month before
reenrolling. However, if the student takes a leave of absence from the beginning of themonth, that student shall be exempted from paying tuition from the month when theleave of absence begins to the month before reenrolling.
Article 55 Exemption and Deferral of Admission, Tuition and Boarding Fees
In the case a student has difficulty paying admission and tuition fees for financial
reasons and that student has been recognized for outstanding scholarship, or in the casethere are other circumstances deemed unavoidable, that student may be granted an
exemption or deferral of payment of these fees in part or in full upon application. If a
student’s circumstances are deemed to be exceptional, that student may be granted an
exemption from paying boarding fees in part or in full upon application.
2. Matters related to the exemption and deferral of admission fees shall be stipulated
separately.
3. Matters related to the exemption and deferral of tuition fees shall be stipulated
separately.
4. Matters related to the exemption of boarding fees shall be stipulated separately.
Article 55.2 Waiving of Examination Fee
If there are unavoidable circumstances such as natural disasters including storms andflooding damage, payment of the full amount of the examination fee may be waived uponrequest.
2. Matters related to the waiving of examination fees shall be stipulated separately.
Article 56 Deleted
Article 57 Prepaid Tuition, etc.
Tuition, admission fees, examination fees, and boarding fees that have already been
paid shall not be refunded. However, this stipulation shall not apply to students who
paid tuition when accepted to the University but declined to enroll by the final day ofthe month before admission, or to students that paid tuition for the second semester(Fall quarter and Winter quarter ) at the same time as paying tuition for the firstsemester (Spring quarter and Summer quarter ), but then took a leave of absence orwithdrew from the University before the time second semester tuition is normallycollected, and to students who paid the admission examination fee for the second tier ofthe exam but failed the first tier, or to students exempted under the provisions of Article
55.2.
Part 4 Extension Courses
Article 58 Extension Courses
Extension courses may be held in order to improve the education of working adults and

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