# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第百四条 (Article 104) - 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: 第百四条 (Article 104) — address `art-104` - Text in force since: 2026-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104 - 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. --- ### 第百四条 art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104 **第一項** 大学（専門職大学及び第百八条第二項の大学（以下この条において「短期大学」という。）を除く。以下この項及び第七項において同じ。）は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、大学を卒業した者に対し、学士の学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-1 Universities (except professional and vocational universities and universities in Article 108, paragraph (2) (referred to below as "junior college" in this article); the same applies below in this paragraph and paragraph (7)) are to grant a bachelor's degree to persons who have graduated from university, 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** 専門職大学は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、専門職大学を卒業した者（第八十七条の二第一項の規定によりその課程を前期課程及び後期課程に区分している専門職大学にあつては、前期課程を修了した者を含む。）に対し、文部科学大臣の定める学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-2 Professional and vocational universities are to grant a degree as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to a person who has graduated from professional and vocational university (for professional and vocational universities with courses sectioned into lower courses and upper courses pursuant to the provisions of Article 87-2, paragraph (1); this includes a person who has completed the lower courses), as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 大学院を置く大学は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、大学院（専門職大学院を除く。）の課程を修了した者に対し修士又は博士の学位を、専門職大学院の課程を修了した者に対し文部科学大臣の定める学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-3 Universities with graduate schools are to grant a master's degree or doctoral degree to a person who has completed graduate school (except professional graduate schools) courses, and a degree as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to a person who has completed professional graduate school courses, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 大学院を置く大学は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、前項の規定により博士の学位を授与された者と同等以上の学力があると認める者に対し、博士の学位を授与することができる。 art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-4 Universities with graduate schools may grant a doctoral degree to a person who is deemed to have equivalent or greater scholastic ability as those who were granted a doctoral degree pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 短期大学（専門職短期大学を除く。以下この項において同じ。）は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、短期大学を卒業した者に対し、短期大学士の学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-5 Junior Colleges (except professional and vocational junior colleges; the same applies below in this paragraph) are to grant an associate degree to a person who has graduated from junior college, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 専門職短期大学は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、専門職短期大学を卒業した者に対し、文部科学大臣の定める学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-6 Professional and vocational junior colleges are to grant a degree as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to a person who has graduated from professional and vocational junior college, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 独立行政法人大学改革支援・学位授与機構は、文部科学大臣の定めるところにより、次の各号に掲げる者に対し、当該各号に定める学位を授与するものとする。 art-104/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-7 National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education is to grant degrees in each of the following relevant items, as provided for by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 短期大学（専門職大学の前期課程を含む。）若しくは高等専門学校を卒業した者（専門職大学の前期課程にあつては、修了した者）又はこれに準ずる者で、大学における一定の単位の修得又はこれに相当するものとして文部科学大臣の定める学習を行い、大学を卒業した者と同等以上の学力を有すると認める者　学士 art-104/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-7/item-1 a person who has graduated from Junior College (this includes the lower courses of professional and vocational universities) or a college of technology (for the lower courses of professional and vocational universities, a person who has completed them), or a person equivalent to this who has obtained a certain amount of credit in university or its equivalent by performing studies as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology:bachelor's degree; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 学校以外の教育施設で学校教育に類する教育を行うもののうち当該教育を行うにつき他の法律に特別の規定があるものに置かれる課程で、大学又は大学院に相当する教育を行うと認めるものを修了した者　学士、修士又は博士 art-104/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-7/item-2 a person who has completed what is deemed to be education provided as equivalent to university or graduate school, in courses with special regulations within other laws for providing relevant education, out of providing education similar to school education in educational facilities other than a school:bachelor's degree, master's degree, or doctoral degree. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 学位に関する事項を定めるについては、文部科学大臣は、第九十四条の政令で定める審議会等に諮問しなければならない。 art-104/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-8 When prescribing matters regarding degrees, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology must hold consultation with councils or other organizations as prescribed by Cabinet Order in Article 94 of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-1: 第百八条第二項 → 学校教育法 第百八条第二項 (Article 108, paragraph (2)), art-108/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-108/par-2 - art-104/par-1: この条 → 学校教育法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104 - art-104/par-1: この項 → 学校教育法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-1: 第七項 → 学校教育法 第百四条第七項 (Article 104, paragraph (7)), art-104/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-7 - art-104/par-2: 第八十七条の二第一項 → 学校教育法 第八十七条の二第一項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (1)), art-87-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-87-2/par-1 - art-104/par-4: 前項 → 学校教育法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), art-104/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-3 - art-104/par-5: この項 → 学校教育法 第百四条第五項 (Article 104, paragraph (5)), art-104/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-5 - art-104/par-8: 第九十四条 → 学校教育法 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-94 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 学校教育法 第八十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-88-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-88-2/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-102/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-1 - 学校教育法 第百四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-4 - 学校教育法 第百四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-5 - 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第一号（受験資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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