Nihon Institute of Medical Science（日本医療科学大学）
Evaluation summary
Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.
The mission, goals, and educational objectives of the Institute are prescribed under the Institute
Regulations and are stated together with its basic principles, educational principles and educationaltargets in the Foundation for Education and Research, student handbooks and other booklets, andpublicized internally and externally through the Institute website. The mission, goals, and educational
objectives are also reflected in the Institute’s mid- and long-term plan and three policies (diploma,curriculum and admission policies).
The Institute has created the necessary educational and research organization for achieving its
mission, goals, and educational objectives, and seven centers—organizations under the direct
jurisdiction of the President—promote initiative-taking activities in education and research.
Standard 2. Students
The Institute has secured yearly enrollment quotas and generally manages total capacity
appropriately. In addition, its admission policy is clearly prescribed in accordance with educational
objectives and made widely known through open campus and other means.
A system for providing learning and class instruction support for students through collaborationbetween faculty and staff has been created and is being operated appropriately. A Student Hall has
been established for the purpose of providing learning and class instruction support as well as
promoting student exchange, and this facility is being actively utilized. In addition, the Institute has
established systems centered on the Employment Support Center for supporting career education andproviding employment-related counselling and advice through intra and extra curriculum activities,
and these systems are operated appropriately. The Institute has also created systems for supporting
students with health and financial issues, such as counselling support for mental health issues
provided by counsellors and an affordable breakfast service.
The Institute’s educational environment—including the campus, campus buildings, campus
facilities, practical training facilities, a library, physical education facilities, barrier-free-related
facilities etc.—fulfill the Standards for Establishment of Universities and are operated and managed
appropriately.
Good point The Institute can be highly evaluated for maintaining a high employment rate over the past threeyears as a result of its educational initiatives such as its support of students’ participation in theJapanese Society of Radiological Technology meetings and other academic conferences.
Standard 3. Educational Curriculum
The Institute’s curriculum policy is formulated in accordance with the Institute’s founding

principles, educational principles, and educational targets. Furthermore, the Institute has also createda Team Medical Care Practical Training course that utilizes departmental organization characteristics
and reflects the present day team medical care system. The Institute is endeavoring to create an
educational environment exclusively for its medical profession educational curriculum, which
incorporates not only lectures but also fieldwork. The Institute inspects and evaluates leaningoutcomes through various questionnaires and surveys, such as class evaluation questionnaires, aswell as ascertaining students’ pass rate for national exams, graduation rate for regular course length,
rate of promotion to the next school year for each year in school, and grade point average (GPA).
Furthermore, efforts are being made to coordinate and strengthen activities among the Academic
Administration Committee, FD Committee, and other related committees through the expansion ofactivities with the IR Promotion Office.
Standard 4. Faculty and Staff
The position and role of the Faculty Council within the Institute’s structure as a body fordemonstrating the President’s leadership is clear, and the Council is functioning effectively.
Furthermore, the Institute carries out decision-making and education and learning management
appropriately in accordance with its mission and goals, with the necessary faculty and staff assigned
appropriately to all committees and centers and performing clearly stipulated roles. FD (FacultyDevelopment) is carried out systematically, and initiatives to improve classes—such as theestablishment of a system for recognizing outstanding faculty members utilizing students’ classevaluation questionnaires and having recognized faculty members present open lectures—are also
being implemented systematically. OJT-based SD (Staff Development) training is carried out, andthis training is reviewed.
A research environment has been created and is being used effectively. Furthermore, the Institutehas established a President’s Special Research Funding System in addition to individual funding,thereby promoting research through research funding that includes both material and human support.
Standard 5. Management, Administration and FinanceInstitute operations are carried out appropriately in accordance with relevant laws and ordinancesand regulations pertaining to organizational ethics. Continuous efforts are being made to ensure that
the Institute’s mission and goals are achieved.
In accordance with the articles of endowment, the Board of Directors has been established as theInstitute’s highest decision-making body and is operated appropriately. Appointment of directors andchecks of budget/settlement and business plan progress status are carried out appropriately. With
regard to everyday decision-making, not only is communication between the Institute and itsincorporated entity carried out appropriately through the Executive Committee, Institute Council,
and other bodies, but also a system for mutual checking among all of the administrative organizations
within the Institute and its incorporated entity has been established and is functioning appropriately.
The Institute receives steady revenue from the charges from students and pupils, and has
established a stable financial base and secured income balance, with environmental improvements

being made using self-funding based on the Institute’s mid- and long-term plans.
Standard 6. Internal Quality Assurance
The Institute has constructed self-inspection and evaluation and internal quality assurance systems
capable of responding to external evaluations. An organizational system for continuous internal
quality assurance has been put in place, and the responsibility system is also clearly prescribed. The
Institute Council—the President’s advisory body—comprising senior faculty and staff fromthroughout the education and learning organization and administrative organization has been set up,
an organizational structure for implementing continuous internal quality assurance has thus been
established, and the responsibility system has been clearly prescribed. Moreover, inspections andevaluations are carried out based on the three policies, with results made known to and shared withall organizations within the Institute. Efforts are made to ensure that inspections and evaluations leadto the improvement and enhancement of education, and activities in line with the PDCA cycle foreach evaluation item are carried out.
In summary, under the leadership of the President, the Institute is working on, appropriately
implementing, and operating institute-wide systems for providing support for not only students’
everyday learning and class instruction but also students’ campus life overall, including job-hunting
support.
In addition, through its formulation of mid- and long-term plans, construction of an organizational
management systems utilizing faculty and departments characteristics, provision of organizational
systems providing support for students’ campus life overall through collaboration between faculty
and staff, systems for education and learning, and facility/equipment environments, and medical
professional training, the Institute is contributing to and furthering the enhancement and expansionof medical care and public health of its surrounding communities in Iruma District, Saitama
Prefecture, where the Institute is located.
Note that with regard to the Institute’s unique standards, the general comments on “Standard A.
International interaction” and “Standard B. Community collaboration” should be referred to.
It should be noted that the Institute has cited the following remark.
1. Improvement of the Faculty of Health Science and expansion and enhancement of medical
occupational training