# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第九十条 (Article 90) - 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: 第九十条 (Article 90) — address `art-90` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十条 art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90 **第一項** 大学に入学することのできる者は、高等学校若しくは中等教育学校を卒業した者若しくは通常の課程による十二年の学校教育を修了した者（通常の課程以外の課程によりこれに相当する学校教育を修了した者を含む。）又は文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、これと同等以上の学力があると認められた者とする。 art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-1 A person who may be enrolled in university, is a person who has graduated high school or secondary education school, or a person who has completed 12 years of school education through regular courses (this includes a person who has completed school education equivalent to this through courses other than the regular courses), or a person who is deemed to have the equivalent or greater scholastic ability, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に該当する大学は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、高等学校に文部科学大臣の定める年数以上在学した者（これに準ずる者として文部科学大臣が定める者を含む。）であつて、当該大学の定める分野において特に優れた資質を有すると認めるものを、当該大学に入学させることができる。 art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-2 For universities falling under any of the following items, a person who has been in high school for the number of years or more as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (This includes a person prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, as an equivalent to this.), who is deemed to possess exceptional qualities in the fields specified by the relevant universities, may enroll in the relevant universities, notwithstanding the provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該分野に関する教育研究が行われている大学院が置かれていること。 art-90/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-2/item-1 having graduate schools where education and research relating to the relevant fields is being conducted; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該分野における特に優れた資質を有する者の育成を図るのにふさわしい教育研究上の実績及び指導体制を有すること。 art-90/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-2/item-2 having education and research achievements and a guidance system appropriate for nurturing a person who possess exceptional qualities in the relevant fields. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-90/par-2: 前項 → 学校教育法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第五十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-58-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-58-2/par-1 - 学校教育法 第九十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-90/par-2 - 学校教育法 第九十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/art-91/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-91/par-3 --- ## 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