# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百十五条 (Article 115)

- Law: 学校教育法 (School Education Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二十六号
- English title "School Education Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百十五条 (Article 115) — address `art-115`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-115
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-115
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### 第百十五条
<sup>art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-115</sup>

**第一項**  高等専門学校は、深く専門の学芸を教授し、職業に必要な能力を育成することを目的とする。
<sup>art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-115/par-1</sup>
Colleges of technology have the purpose of teaching specialized arts and sciences in depth, and nurturing the abilities necessary for having an occupation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  高等専門学校は、その目的を実現するための教育を行い、その成果を広く社会に提供することにより、社会の発展に寄与するものとする。
<sup>art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-115/par-2</sup>
Colleges of technology are to provide education in order to realize those purposes, and contribute to the development of society by providing their outcomes broadly in society.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 学校教育法 — the text in force from 2026-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20260617_508AC0000000037), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 学校教育法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19