Kanda University of International Studies（神田外語大学）
Evaluation summary
Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.
The University’s mission and goals are, based on the founding principle of “Languages are thefoundation to link the world in peace,” the fostering of human resources who understand the culturesand languages of other nations, and who make global contributions as members of internationalsociety. The University strives to specifically and succinctly publicize this individuality anddistinctive quality both internally and externally.
In addition, while adapting to internal and external changes in social circumstances, theeducational environment etc., the University adopts a globalization perspective in its educational
objectives and targets and so on, and pursues initiatives to continuously review university education
content to meet the day and age. Furthermore, with the understanding and support of the faculty andstaff, reform measures including a new arrangement of departments have been incorporated into theMed-term Management Plan, reflected in the three policies (diploma, curriculum and admission
policies), and attempts are made to achieve consistency with the educational and researchorganization.
Standard 2. Students
The University has formulated an admission policy based on its mission, goals and educational
objectives, strives to publicize it internally and externally, and maintains a student admission levelin line with the yearly enrollment quotas. The IR Promotion Office and so on conduct reviews ofentrants.
A support system for learning and class instruction has been created by collaboration between
faculty and staff through various facilities and centers for autonomous learning. The University acts
to swiftly respond to changes in the state of students’ studies through interviews with faculty andstaff and a certified clinical psychologist to provide psychological support, and the case-by-caserequests of students with disabilities are taken into consideration.
With regard to career guidance, career education-related courses have been incorporated into theeducational curriculum and the cultivation of basic abilities as a member of society is sought. TheUniversity has established a Career Education Center to find recruitment openings and provides
various types of information on next stages of education.
The learning environment is equipped with facilities for autonomous learning and collaborative
learning, a library and IT environment, and consideration has been paid to barrier-free access andconvenience. The opinions and requests of students are reflected where appropriate in improvements.
In addition, class sizes that bear in mind learning efficacy are maintained and managed.
Good points
 As a form of educational activities support for the faculty, there are systems in which studentsmutually provide advice on language learning, or an international student volunteer and alanguage learner become partners to learn and teach their languages to each other. The way that awide variety of mechanisms for support activities between students have been prepared is worthyof evaluation.
 With regard to the internship support system the enriching overseas internship system, including
the Kanda University of International Studies ASIA Internship Program, which fosters
understanding of other cultures and endows a sense of work overseas, is effective in terms ofcareer education and merits evaluation.
 The student dormitories include international dormitories where international and Japanese
students can live together and gain a close feeling of cultural differences regarding clothing, foodand housing, and a women’s dormitory where individual consultation is available in preparation
for study overseas at any of the University’s overseas partner universities in the English-speaking
world, cultural events etc. are held and instruction is available. The fact that not only is day-today life support available but also language and culture can be studied is worthy of high evaluation.
 The Asian Kitchen Shokujin, a school cafeteria, has been certified as Muslim friendly/Halal by
the Nippon Asia Halal Association, and the fact that the cafeteria provides an educational facility
where students can learn about food culture merits evaluation.
Standard 3. Educational Curriculum
The University has formulated a diploma policy in line with its educational objectives, it ispublicized internally and externally and consistency with the curriculum policy is maintained. The
awarding of credits, promotion to the next school year, certifying graduation are appropriately
conducted following various councils and with the permission of the President. The educational
curriculum is systematically arranged and compiled in an easily understood curriculum map format.
Liberal arts education is implemented with a university-wide perspective that includes theestablishment of the Liberal Arts Education Operations Subcommittee, and is arranged to provide
efficacy to the motivation of students preparing for life as members of society. With regard to thedevising and improvement of educational methods, in each department, major and research course
the promotion of active learning, mutual class observation, training workshops and class evaluationquestionnaires tie in with the inspection and evaluation of learning outcomes based on the threepolicies, which are used in learning and class instruction support while paying consideration tofeedback to students.
Good point A learning environment including the various facilities to encourage autonomous learning bystudents and an instructional system are in place, and the way that in each language major eachorganization collaborates within and outside of the regular curriculum to work on education is
worthy of high evaluation.
Standard 4. Faculty and Staff

In order to respond to the inquiries of the President the University has established the Operation
Council and President’s Office, and a system is in place that enables the President to exercise
leadership. In addition, there are three Vice Presidents, the Faculty Council and the various councils’
positions and responsibilities are clear, and functional education and learning management has been
built with the posting of appropriate staffing numbers.
With regard to faculty assignment, the number of faculty is appropriately secured in response to
the educational objectives and educational curriculum, and the University strives to assure the qualityof its education. The Professional Development Committee has been established to function as thecenter of FD (Faculty Development) activities. In addition, faculty of foreign nationalities arerequired to adequately appreciate the University’s educational objectives and educational policies,and ability evaluations etc. are conducted according to circumstances. Organized initiatives areunderway aimed at enriching the various types of training to improve the quality and ability ofUniversity staff.
With regard to research support the University strives to enrich the research environment, andwhile being thorough concerning research ethics provides its own research assistance. The University
is also involved in encouraging the acquisition of external funding.
Good points
 The way that the University treats the presentation at academic conferences of research results as
an item in evaluations, enthusiastically provides fiscal support, and the large number of faculty
giving presentations at overseas academic conferences and the Japan Association for Language
Teaching (JALT) conferences is worthy of high evaluation.
 The fact that with regard to the appointment of native-speaker faculty eager recruitment drives
are conducted inside and outside of Japan, and the way students are provided with practicallearning opportunities merit evaluations.
 As an initiative to contribute to improvements in the linguistic abilities of staff, who need to beequipped with an international and multilateral viewpoint, the University has set a target in which
over half of the staff acquire TOEIC scores of 800 points or more, and since the academic year
2013 all the full-time staff are obliged to have submitted their TOEIC scores annually. The
provision of courses to meet these goals and support for overseas study are worthy of highevaluation.
Standard 5. Management, Administration and Finance
The University is working to achieve its mission and goals while maintaining management
discipline and integrity. It pays consideration to environmental conservation through the introductionof eco-technologies to reduce electricity consumption, has prepared various regulations regarding
human rights, and strives to secure on-campus safety through the implementation of emergency drills.
The Board of Directors has been established as the ultimate decision-making body working
towards the attainment of the University’s mission and goals, smoothly operates under the leadershipof the Chair of the Board of Directors, and communication and collaboration is being achievedbetween the management departments and the education and learning departments. In addition,
through inter-departmental mutual checks an administrative system with the adequate functionality
has been created.
With regard to financial operations a stable financial base and fiscal balance are maintained
through the ongoing securement of yearly enrollment quotas, and the University seeks to diversify
its sources of income through, for example, obtaining Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research. In
addition, a system is in place consisting of stringent accounting procedures and appropriate
accounting audit.
Standard 6. Internal Quality Assurance
The University has established its Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee, chaired by thePresident, and it has a firm footing as an effective organization and responsibility system. In order toseek for an internal quality assurance system that emphasizes learning outcomes the improvement offaculty and staff ability and quality and improvement and reform of educational targets are promoted.
The results of the self-inspections and evaluations conducted in a three-year cycle in line with theMed-term Management Plan are publicized on-campus and outside of the University, and an especial
effort is made to share awareness between faculty and staff. In addition, the IR Promotion Officepromotes education and learning IR targeting the learning outcomes etc. of students, and the resultsof student surveys conducted by the University IR Consortium and special characteristics of students
are made visible, with these results being shared among all the departments.
It is to be hoped that the University makes further use of its daily self-inspection and evaluation
results and establishes a smoother PDCA cycle across its entirety, but it is sharing education andlearning targets based on the mid- and long-term plan across the whole University, and aiming toimprove the organizational efficacy of its internal quality assurance system.
In summary, the University’s education is being appropriately operated towards the educational
objectives of achieving its mission and goals in accordance with the basic principle of the University's
incorporated entity that “Languages are the foundation to link the world in peace.” With regard to
the learning of students, an educational curriculum has been stipulated as a university that aims tocontribute to the world through the study of foreign languages, and the University practices original
education in order to sufficiently exercise that individuality. The laws and regulations are strictly
adhered to with regard to management, administration and finance, and stable management is being
achieved through the filling of student quotas. A permanent self-inspection and evaluation system
has been prepared for internal quality assurance, and the University strives to assure the quality ofits education.
Note that with regard to the University’s unique standards, the general comments on “Standard A.
Volunteer activities” should be referred to.
It should be noted that the University has cited the following remarks.
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Executive officer system

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Autonomous learning

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Overseas study