University Accreditation Results(Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for university)

Tokai University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2017
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April.01.2018 – March.31.2025）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Tokai University
Overview
Tokai University (hereafter, the University) was originally established in 1943 as the Aerial
Science College and opened as a comprehensive higher education institution in 1946. The
University currently operates eight campuses (Shonan Campus in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa;Yoyogi Campus in Shibuya Ward and Takanawa Campus in Minato Ward, Tokyo; Shimizu
Campus in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka; Isehara Campus in Isehara City, Kanagawa; KumamotoCampus in Kumamoto City and Aso Campus in the Aso district, Kumamoto; and Sapporo
Campus in Sapporo City, Hokkaido), 18 undergraduate schools (Letters, Political Science andEconomics, Law, Humanities and Culture, Physical Education, Science, Information Scienceand Technology, Engineering, Tourism, Information and Telecommunication Engineering,Marine Science and Technology, Medicine, Health Sciences, Business Administration,
Industrial and Welfare Engineering, Agriculture, International Cultural Relations, andBiological Sciences), and 21 graduate schools including professional graduate schools (Letters,Political Science, Economics, Law, Human Environmental Studies, Arts, Physical Education,Science, Engineering, Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Oceanography,Medicine, Health Sciences, Agriculture, Industrial Engineering, Science and Technology, Earthand Environmental Science, Bioscience, Law School, Regional Development Studies, andScience and Engineering).
In continuing to uphold the spirit of founder that urges students to “cultivate yourthoughts in your early days, nurture your body in your early days, develop your intellect in yourearly days, and aim your hopes towards the stars in your early days,” the University carries out
education and research activities with these ideals of building a balanced civilized society, andeducating today’s youth to carry on with the mission of writing tomorrow’s history in a spirit ofpure humanitarian mind.”
After its accreditation review by Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA)
in 2010, the University has worked to address issues identified during the review under theleadership of the University Evaluation Committee, focusing especially on strengthening theinternal quality assurance system. The University also developed in 2014 the second-term
medium-term objectives, which establish education, research, social contribution, international
cooperation, and management and support structure as the five key priority areas, and evaluates
the achievement of the targets in each of these areas using the “Mission Sharing Sheet.”3

Furthermore, the Management Planning Division was established under the president to oversee
governance across the institution, while the Office for Strategy & Project Development, Officefor Higher Education Affairs, and Office of Institutional Research were created under theheadquarters to implement improvement and reform, including the strengthening of systematic
activities developed in response to the self-study results.
In the latest review, the “Inter-Campus Study Program,” which allows students to takeadvantage of the University’s great diversity of research and study area options, and the “ToCollabo Program,” a social contribution and cooperation program run by the Center forCommunity Engagement, were recognized as prominent features of the University.
Areas of improvement identified by the review include enrollment management atundergraduate and graduate schools, and the formulation and evaluation of the degree award
policy, curriculum design and implementation policy, and admissions policy. Also, somegraduate schools need to provide better student access to research instruction plans.
It should be mentioned that the Law School underwent the Japan Law Foundation’s
certified evaluation and accreditation for professional graduate schools in the second half ofFY2013, and this review was performed focusing on the improvements made in theintervening years according to the university evaluation (institutional evaluation) criteria.
Notable Strengths
Educational Content, Methods, and Outcome
The Inter-Campus Study Program divides the eight campuses into four districts andallows students to take courses offered on campuses located outside their own enrollment
district. The program has a scholarship program that many students use to fund their study.
The Study Program is commended for providing a wide range of learning opportunities tostudents by leveraging the University’s strengths as a comprehensive university
characterized by its great diversity of research and study areas, and for realizing theUniversity’s vision to develop individuals with “a broad knowledge base in literature andscience, coupled with a broad-minded global outlook.”

4Social Cooperation and Contribution
The Center for Community Engagement organizes the “To-Collabo Program (short forTokai University Community Linking Laboratory)” consisting of eight projects in fourdomains. The program’s activities undertaken at each campus are compiled into a
database of case studies (“To-Collabo Case”) and made available to the public. These
case studies are used to develop effective themes for addressing local issues, which arethen incorporated into community cooperation initiatives that attract numerous inquiriesfrom local governments and private companies. The laboratory program is implemented
in line with the four social cooperation and contribution promotion policies developed
based on the University’s founding spirit and is commendable for returning the benefits of
its research outcomes to society.

Suggestions for Improvement
Educational Content, Methods, and Outcome
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The following department, programs, and schools should stipulate the principles ofteaching content and methods in their curriculum design and implementation policies:
Course of Navigation, Department of Navigation and Ocean Engineering Navigation,
School of Marine Science and Technology; Master’s Program of the Graduate School ofLetters; Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Political Science; Master’s andDoctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Economics; Master’s and Doctoral
Programs of the Graduate School of Law; and Graduate Schools of Arts, Science,
Oceanography, Science and Technology, and Earth and Environmental Studies.

The following programs and schools should improve student access to research instructionplans: Master’s and Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Letters; Doctoral
Program of the Graduate School of Political Science; Doctoral Program of the Graduate
School of Economics; Master’s and Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Law;
Graduate Schools of Human Environmental Studies, Science, Information andTelecommunication Engineering, the Graduate School of Oceanography; and Master’sand Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Medicine.

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The Graduate School of Medicine is advised to establish thesis assessment criteria for its
Master’s and Doctoral Programs.

Enrollment
The Graduate Schools of Letters (all programs except Tourism), Political Science,Economics, Law, and Medicine are advised to develop an admissions policy for each of
their programs.

In FY2016, the ratio of student enrollment to the student enrollment cap was high in theDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine (1.01), and low in the Master’s and Doctoral
Programs of the Graduate School of Political Science (0.15 and 0.20, respectively),
Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Economics (0.25), Doctoral Program of theGraduate School of Law (0.07), Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Earth andEnvironmental Science (0.07), and Doctoral Program of the Graduate School ofBioscience (0.27), while the Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Economics andthe Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Law have no student enrollment. Theseratios should be improved.

Area of Serious ConcernEnrollment
In FY2017, the average ratio of freshman enrollment to the freshman enrollment cap overthe past five years and the ratio of student enrollment to the student enrollment cap werelow in the Department of Navigation and Ocean Engineering, School of Marine Scienceand Technology (0.75 and 0.83, respectively), Department of Tourism Management,
School of Business Administration(0.71 and 0.69, respectively), School of Industrial andWelfare Engineering (0.81 and 0.74, respectively), Department of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science, School of Industrial and Welfare Engineering (0.64 and 0.56,respectively), School of International Cultural Relations (0.88 and 0.84, respectively),
Department of International Communications, School of International Cultural Relations(0.82 and 0.78, respectively), and Department of Design and Culture, School ofInternational Cultural Relations (0.62 and 0.59, respectively). Also, the ratio of student

6enrollment to the student enrollment cap was low at 0.88 in the School of Business
Administration. These ratios should be improved.