# 学校教育法 / School Education Act — 第九十三条 (Article 93)

- 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: 第九十三条 (Article 93) — address `art-93`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-17
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### 第九十三条
<sup>art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93</sup>

**第一項**  大学に、教授会を置く。
<sup>art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-1</sup>
A university is to have a faculty council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  教授会は、学長が次に掲げる事項について決定を行うに当たり意見を述べるものとする。
<sup>art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2</sup>
The faculty council is to state their opinions when the principal makes decisions regarding the following matters:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  学生の入学、卒業及び課程の修了
  <sup>art-93/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-1</sup>
  admittance, graduation, and completion of courses of students;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  学位の授与
  <sup>art-93/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-2</sup>
  granting of degrees;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、教育研究に関する重要な事項で、教授会の意見を聴くことが必要なものとして学長が定めるもの
  <sup>art-93/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-3</sup>
  important matters related to education and research, which the principal prescribes as matters which requires hearing the opinion of the faculty council, beyond what is stated in the preceding two items.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  教授会は、前項に規定するもののほか、学長及び学部長その他の教授会が置かれる組織の長（以下この項において「学長等」という。）がつかさどる教育研究に関する事項について審議し、及び学長等の求めに応じ、意見を述べることができる。
<sup>art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-3</sup>
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the faculty council may deliberate matters regarding education and research governed by the head of the organization (referred to below as "principal and other heads" in this paragraph) containing faculty councils, including the principal and chairperson, and may state opinions in compliance with the request of the principal and other heads.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The faculty council is to deliberate matters regarding education and research governed by the head of the organization (referred to below as "principal and other heads" in this paragraph) containing faculty councils, including the principal and chairperson, and may state opinions in compliance with the request of the principal and other heads." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4743/tb</sup>

**第四項**  教授会の組織には、准教授その他の職員を加えることができる。
<sup>art-93/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-4</sup>
Organizations of faculty councils may add staff, including associate professors.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-93/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 学校教育法 第九十三条第二項第一号 (Article 93, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-93/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-1
- art-93/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 学校教育法 第九十三条第二項第二号 (Article 93, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-93/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-2
- art-93/par-3: 前項 → 学校教育法 第九十三条第二項 (Article 93, paragraph (2)), art-93/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2
- art-93/par-3: この項 → 学校教育法 第九十三条第三項 (Article 93, paragraph (3)), art-93/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-3

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 学校教育法 第九十三条第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-2/item-3
- 学校教育法 第九十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-93/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — School Education Act (学校教育法), Article 93, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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