Other ways to become Shinshoku include taking a rank certification course (which lasts about one month), offered twice a year at both Kogakkan and Kokugakuin Universities as well as at some of the shrine agencies, or alternatively studying at one of the schools located throughout Japan dedicated to training Shinto priests.
他には、皇學館大学、國學院大學、一部の神社庁で年2回おこなわれる階位検定講習会（1ヶ月間程度）に参加するか、全国に数校ある神職養成所（2年間）に通う方法もある。