MEIKAI UNIVERSITY（明海大学）
Evaluation summary
Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.
The University’s mission and goals are clearly stated as “Fostering graduates of talent and ability,
who are well educated, creative, rational, and capable of being active in the international community,”
and together with its educational objectives have been succinctly stated in writing. The University’sindividuality and distinctive quality are clearly stated as being to eagerly promote internationalizationand social contributions to foster sophisticated professionals and people in a wide range ofoccupations, and it adapts where necessary to changes in social circumstances.
The mission and goals stipulated in the University Regulations are made widely known to facultyand staff, and in addition to obtaining the understanding and support of executives, faculty and staff
for the mission, goals and educational objectives, they are publicized on the University website etc.
both internally and externally, and are reflected in both the mid-term plan and the annually formulated
business plan. Furthermore, the mission, goals and educational objectives are reflected in the threepolicies (diploma, curriculum and admission policies) stipulated for each faculty, school, department
and graduate school, and an educational and research organization along with the hospitals, centers,
research center etc. to back it up all maintain consistency with the mission, goals and educational
objectives.
Standard 2. Students
The admission policy is published and made widely known externally through the entrance exam
guidelines, the University website etc., and the entrance exam is fairly and appropriately conducted
centering on the Admission Center Committee. As a whole the University is securing an appropriate
number of students. Furthermore, a support system for learning and class instruction is in place throughcollaboration between faculty and staff, graduate students are used as TAs (teaching assistants), andwith guardians able to check the state of the students’ academic performance and attendance via a
web portal system the University is striving to prevent students from dripping out. Career Planning
I is set as a mandatory course, and students are furnished with career guidance within and outside ofcurricula through collaboration with the Career Support Center.
The organization for student services and student personnel services provide the necessary
assistance, and the Health Administration Center offers responses to all sorts of consultation andphysical and mental health support. The campuses, buildings, athletic grounds etc. are appropriately
maintained and used, and with the establishment of the Meikai Learning Commons (MLC) active
learning by students is supported. Consideration is paid to educational effectiveness through smallclass size lectures or multiple classes for courses in each department, the varied opinions and requestsof students are ascertained, analyzed and the results of these reviews put to use.
Standard 3. Educational Curriculum

The diploma policy is published in course completion manuals, student handbooks, the websiteetc., in addition to which standards for awarding credits, promotion to the next school year, certifying
graduation and completion have been formulated and are stringently applied. In addition, as well as
making the curriculum policy widely known a curriculum map has been created and mutual
consistency with the diploma policy clarified. Liberal arts education at the Urayasu Campus isdeveloped on an organized basis by the Integrated Education Center and Plurilingual andPluricultural (P & P) Education Center, while on the Sakado Campus the three liberal arts education
fields of human science, natural science and communications are taught.
In addition, the Faculty Development Committee and Educational Support Center strive todevelop diverse educational programs and systems. The University participates in the FD Network
Tsubasa, and through the annual implementation of the Questionnaire on Learning Outcomes etc.
ascertains the state of students’ learning. An assessment policy has been formulated and students’learning outcomes are measured, ascertained and reviewed.
Good points
 A student scholarship overseas training dispatch system, in which the University funds all theexpenses of overseas training, has been established for all the faculties and schools, and the waythat the University strives to cultivate internationalism is worthy of merit.
 In line with the MEIKAI UNIVERSITY Urayasu Campus Inquiry-based Exploration Activity
Support Regulations, the University pays the expenses for students’ experience-based activities
in actual society, and the University’s promotion of active learning merits evaluation.
Standard 4. Faculty and Staff
The President’s duties and authorities are clearly stipulated, there is a support system consistingof three Vice Presidents, and based on consideration to the appropriate decentralization of authorities
and clear definition of responsibilities, the President’s appropriate leadership in the University’s
decision-making and education and learning management has been established and is being exercised.
The duties of each division of the administrative organization are stipulated under the Secretary
General and by making official competence clear an organized administrative system has beencreated for the efficient execution of work, and education and learning management functions arebeing exercised.
Through the organized implementation of FD (Faculty Development) and biannual evaluations offaculty, the professional ability requisite for the autonomous education and research activities offaculty is maintained and linked in with improvements. In addition, with the organizational
participation of the Faculty Development Committee and relevant administrative divisions in theimplementation of student class evaluation questionnaires a PDCA cycle has been built. TheUniversity also implements personnel evaluations and organized initiatives aimed at improving staff
quality and ability including SD (Staff Development). The requisite facilities and equipment, and acomfortable research environment are managed and run, and having clarified the responsibilities andmanagement system for research activities the essential regulations and guidelines have been

stipulated such as the regulations concerning research ethics. Regulations and standards have been
stipulated for the allotment of resources from the University’s assets, and in addition to fixedallocations the University conducts competitive funding for the vitalization of research activities, andalso seeks to obtain external funding.
Good points
 The University has established the only Dental Forensics Center in Saitama Prefecture, and thefact that it is providing a social contribution from a perspective different to ordinary dental clinics
merits high evaluation.
 The University has established the Real Estate Research Center and Institute for Hospitality &Tourism Research, and they way that they are conducting research activities through industryacademia collaborations is worthy of evaluation.
Standard 5. Management, Administration and Finance
The University’s management is appropriately conducted in accordance with the Incorporated
Educational Institution MEIKAI UNIVERSITY Article of Endowment etc., and it strives to observe
laws and regulations, respond to whistleblowing, maintain ethics among staff in their duties, andsustain management discipline and integrity. A business plan is formulated each academic year basedon the mid-term plan, at the end of the academic year in question a business report is compiled, andcontinuous efforts are made to achieve the University’s mission and goals. Various regulations are inplace for consideration towards environmental conservation, human rights and security, and concrete
countermeasures are made.
The Board of Directors, which is the ultimate decision-making body, is in principle convened
once a month, a system is in place for decision-making aimed at achieving mission and goals, andthis system is functioning. The decision-making of each administrative organization of the University
and its incorporated entity is smoothly conducted, the Basic Educational Issues Council is convened
each month, and communication and collaboration between the University's incorporated entity andthe education and learning organization is appropriately conducted. Two auditor are elected to fill thequota, and the auditors attend all the Board of Directors and Board of Councilors meetings, andconduct the auditing of business operations and accounting procedures. Furthermore, the advice of
the Board of Councilors is solicited regarding important matters, and budgets are formulated
according to a business plan based on mutual checks between the administrative organizations of theUniversity and its incorporated entity. Education and research activities are maintained based on
appropriate financial operations that are in line with the mid- and long-term plan, and a healthy fiscal
balance and stable financial base are maintained through profitable business and the enthusiastic
obtaining of external funding. Accounting is conducted in line with laws and regulations and theUniversity’s own regulations, appropriately handled with an emphasis on compliance, and a threetype audit integrated system consisting of auditors, internal auditors (Head of Audit and Evaluation
Office) and independent auditors, under which stringent auditing takes place.

Standard 6. Internal Quality Assurance
The University has stipulated the MEIKAI UNIVERSITY Self-Inspection and Evaluation
Regulations, and in addition to Self-Inspection and Evaluation Committee under the President, andthe Campus Self-Inspection and Evaluation Committees on both campuses, the Basic EducationalIssues Council and General Council have been established and a system regarding internal qualityassurance is in place. The Basic Educational Issues Council in particular is contributing to improved
efficacy of internal quality assurance under the shared awareness of the University's incorporated
entity and the education and learning organization.
The results of discussions on self-inspections and evaluations as well as improvement measuresof each faculty, school and department are shared across the entire university, based on the annually
updated “Evidence: Data” Self-Inspection and Evaluation Report is created, and independent andautonomous self-inspections and evaluations are thus implemented for the sake of internal quality
assurance. With regards to these results, by publishing the Self-Inspection and Evaluation Report on
the University website attempts are made to enable the on-campus sharing of information by thefaculty and staff, in addition to making it available to the public. Furthermore, in line with University
regulations an IR Promotion Office has been established, which collects, investigates and analyzes
information on education and research activities, students and education and learning.
In response to the points requiring improvements indicated in the academic year 2012 evaluation
and accreditation results, yearly enrollment quotas for relevant faculties and departments have beenaltered to maintain a student quota in line with total capacity, a new School of Health Sciences has
been established and continuous initiatives for improvements to university operation are underway.
Furthermore, in conjunction with cross-university inspections and evaluations, the University isstriving towards improvements through inspections and evaluations that are made of individual
issues at both the Urayasu and Sakado campuses, and a PDCA cycle mechanism has been establishedfor the faculties, schools, departments, graduate school and the University in its entirety to enableinternal quality assurance.
In summary, the University has achieved excellent results in the fostering of dentists at the Schoolof Dentistry ever since taking over from its predecessor body, the Josai Dental University, in addition
to which it is the only university in Japan with a Department of Real Estate Sciences, boasts a varietyof faculties, schools and departments, and continues to provide education and research to achieve its
educational objective of fostering sophisticated professionals and people in a wide range ofoccupations. In addition, citing an ethos of pursuing an internationalized vision, it is supporting
globalization under a philosophy of multilingualism and multiculturalism, and eagerly contributing
to society through the educational practices of each faculty, school and department. Making the mostof the characteristics of the two locations where its campuses are situated, it is displaying a presence
as a seat of knowledge in both communities, and it is to be hoped that it will continue to make further
progress and produce a variety of human resources.

Note that with regard to the University’s unique standards, the general comments on “Standard A.
Promotion of lifelong learning for dentists” and “Standard B. Collaboration and support projects for
local primary and secondary educational institutions (Community & School Education SupportCenter)” should be referred to.
It should be noted that the University has cited the following remarks.
1.

The School of Dentistry’s student exchange project with overseas partnership universities

2.

Initiatives to improve Japanese language proficiency of international students

3.

Creation of a center for lifelong learning in the local community (open college)