Overview

Under the CAMPUS Asia Common Quality Assurance Standards Project, NIAD-QE has been developing the “Common Quality Assurance Standards” collaboratively with the Education Quality Evaluation Agency of the Ministry of Education (EQEA, China) and the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE, Korea) since 2021 to support sustainable quality assurance efforts by university consortiums across Asian countries and enhance quality-assured inter-university exchanges and student exchange within the region. The “Standards” were finalized in April 2025, and will be disseminated as project outcome at this symposium, with the theme of “Quality Assurance of Cross-border Higher Education: Sharing Practices, Perspectives, and Regional Approaches.” 

In quality assurance of cross-border higher education (CBHE), it is important to understand and respect differences in national and regional contexts, as well as the elements they value while forming a common understanding of quality among the systems and institutions involved. Transparency is also an essential factor in quality assurance.

This symposium also focuses on quality assurance in CBHE, particularly in international joint programs, and introduces the latest practices of policies in Asia and Europe, which is advancing in this field, as well as initiatives by the Campus Asia Consortium and the “European University” consortium, a cross-border university consortium within Europe. Additionally, the symposium highlights the content of the “Common Quality Assurance Standards” and discuss what constitutes quality inter-university exchange programs. 

This symposium will be an opportunity to explore and deepen understanding of the perspectives, practices, and approaches to quality assurance in such programs and contribute to the further enhancement of the quality of international inter-university exchange programs in Asia. 

NIAD-QE Seminar will be held the following day on Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 (9:30am-12:00pm JST / 0:30am-3:00am GMT,) inviting one of the symposium speakers, Mr. Douglas Blackstock, Former President of The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)*as of the symposium date, to further discuss the quality inter-university exchange programs while particularly referring to quality assurance approach and recent activities in Europe.

Program (Tentative) ※The Program may be subject to change.

◆For ONLINE participation:
  Registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/urbXJD5JtG
  Registration deadline: 5:00PM Tuesday, 28th October 2025 (JST)

◆For In-Person participation (capacity: 100 persons):
  Registration form: https://forms.office.com/r/dGvENcksVE
  Registration deadline: 5:00PM Tuesday, 28th October 2025 (JST) 
* Registration will be closed when capacity is reached.

 NIAD-QE Seminar
  [Date & Time] Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 9:30AM-12:00PM JST
  [Venue] Meeting Room 1112, NIAD-QE Takebashi Office 11F,
               National Center of Sciences Building, 2-1-2, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8438
  [Capacity] 40 persons (In-person only)
  [Language] Japanese and English (Consecutive interpretation provided)
◆Registration for participation (In-Person only):
  Registration form:  https://forms.office.com/r/F2BAipFNH9
  Registration deadline: 5:00PM Tuesday, 28th October 2025 (JST)
* Registration will be closed when capacity is reached.