News: Announcement on the Results of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Conducted on Universities in the Academic Year 2019
Results of institutional certified evaluation and accreditation conducted on universities in the academic year 2019
Certified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, NIAD-QE conducts certified evaluation and accreditation (CEA) of universities, colleges of technology, and law schools.
NIAD-QE has compiled the results of institutional CEAs conducted on universities in the academic year 2019 into an evaluation and accreditation report, notified the applicable universities and their founders of the results, and reported the results to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
All the universities for which CEA was conducted this time were found to be in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations, including the standards for the establishment of universities, and were deemed to have met the standards for evaluation and accreditation of universities established by NIAD-QE.
Evaluated Universities
National University
・Muroran Institute of Technology
・Kitami Institute of Technology
・Hirosaki University
・Iwate University
・Yamagata University
・Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
・Nagaoka University of Technology
・Gifu University
・Toyohashi University of Technology
・Kyoto University
・Kyoto University of Education
・Wakayama University
・Tokushima University
・Naruto University of Education
・The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
・Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
The results of institutional CEAs conducted by certified evaluation and accreditation organizations, including NIAD-QE, are available on the Japan Network of Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Agencies (JNCEAA) website.
Results of institutional thematic assessments conducted on universities in the academic year 2019
With a focus on the distinctive features of institutions, NIAD-QE offers three thematic assessments on the distinctive features of universities that have applied.
At the time of application, universities can choose one or more themes for which they wish to be evaluated.
NIAD-QE has compiled the results of institutional thematic assessments conducted on universities in the academic year 2019 into an assessment report and notified the applicable universities and their founders of the results.
The results for the universities for which thematic assessments were conducted this time are given below.
Institutional thematic assessment C: Internationalization of higher education (one university)
National University
・Kyushu Institute of Technology: Attainment of goals is excellent.
*Description of assessment results
Assessment Results | Criteria for Judgment |
Attainment of goals is excellent. | Analyses of the respective perspectives revealed the initiatives and activities as being excellent, and the institutional goals have been highly attained. |
Attainment of goals is good. | Analyses of the respective perspectives revealed the initiatives and activities as being good, and the institutional goals have been sufficiently attained. |
Attainment of goals is satisfactory. | Although the analyses of the respective perspectives found some initiatives and activities to need improvement, the institutional goals have generally been attained. |
Attainment of goals is unsatisfactory. | Analyses of the respective perspectives found the implementation of the initiatives and activities to be problematic, and the institutional goals not to have been attained. |