Information Provision
NIAD-QE collects and provides useful information on quality assurance in higher education through its website, publications and forums/seminars. Those activities aim to disseminate a quality assurance culture through the higher education sector in Japan, as well as to contribute to further development of internal quality assurance activities in universities and colleges.
Information Package
The Information Package is a comprehensive selection of basic information on quality assurance in Japanese and various nations’ higher education. It contains Glossary of Quality Assurance in Japanese Higher Education, Overviews of Quality Assurance System in Higher Education, NIAD-QE's evaluation and accreditation materials.
The package serves as promoting understanding of higher education and quality assurance in Japan and related countries. It can also help higher education institutions that intend to build and strengthen international activities with overseas partners to understand foreign systems.
Glossary
Overviews of Quality Assurance System in Higher Education
‘Overviews’ provide information on quality assurance systems in Japan, the USA, the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, France, Korea, China and Germany. NIAD-QE also publishes Briefing Materials on these systems in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand in Japanese.
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Overview of the Higher Education and Quality Assurance Systems
JAPAN
2019
3rd edition
Japanese versions are downloadable from HERE
NIAD-QE’s evaluation and accreditation materials
English translations of documents related to the principles, criteria and methods used by NIAD-QE in its evaluations and accreditations.
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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation (CEA)
General Principles of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation: Universities 2019-2026
2018
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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation (CEA)
Standards for Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities 2019-2026
2018
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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation (CEA)
Practical Instructions for Self-Assessment
2015
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Institutional Thematic Assessments (ITA)
Internationalization of Higher Education
2013
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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation (CEA)
General Principles of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation: Universities 2012-2019
2011
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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation (CEA)
Standards for Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities 2012-2019
2011
Other resources
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International Cooperation Website
(Japanese language only)This website provides information on recent developments in quality assurance in other countries, which is regularly updated online. NIAD-QE has won the APQN Quality Award in April 2013 in the category of Quality Information System, being recognized our International Cooperation Website as a good practice that have potential of replications among network.
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Quality Assurance for Higher Education in Japan
2012The English translation of part of the 5th volume of ‘University Evaluation Series’ written by Dr. Akihiko Kawaguchi, Executive Consultant of NIAD-QE