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The National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE) was established based on the Act of General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agency and the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation Law. The institution's mission is to contribute to further development of higher education in Japan. In order to raise the quality of higher education institutions (universities, junior colleges and colleges of technology) and inter­university research institutes, NIAD-UE conducts evaluations of teaching conditions and research activities at these institutions. At the same time, in order to realize a society in which the outcomes learners earned at diversified higher education institutions, such as non-university institutions, are duly appreciated, NIAD-UE assesses the results of various learning provided at the higher education level and awards academic degrees to learners recognized as having fulfilled required academic standards. To accomplish this objective, the institution is engaged in the following activities.

1) Evaluations of education, research and other activities of universities and other institutions and provision of the evaluation results to the targeted universities and institutions and the general public;

2) Awarding of academic degrees (bachelor's, master's, doctorate) in accordance with the guidelines prescribed by the School Education Law;
3) Researches on the evaluations of education, research and other activities of universities and other institutions, and researches on the assessments of the learning results necessary to award degrees;
4) Collection, filing and dissemination of information concerning evaluations of education, research and other activities of universities and other institutions and information concerning various learning opportunities at universities; and

5) Evaluations of education and research activities at national universities and inter-university research institutes, based on requests from the National University Corporation Evaluation Committee, held in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and provision of the evaluation results to the committee, each university and inter-university research institute evaluated, and the general public.


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