The graduates of higher course were permitted to go on to an imperial university when the student enrollment capacity was not filled at the imperial university, or only by recommendation of the university president, and there was no standard system of advancement.
高等学科の卒業生は帝国大学側に定員割れがしょうじた場合や、院長の推薦によりのみ帝国大学への進学がゆるされるなど制度として一定していない。