Judgement Cancellation to the University Accreditation Results forJuntendo University in Academic year 2016
In order to develop in a more individual manner, universities in Japan are expected to clarify
their policies on admission, curriculum, and degree awarding, and to systematically evolve
university education in accordance with these policies to make them effective. In particular,university entrance examinations, which are the point of contact between society and universities,
should be conducted in a manner that ensures fairness. Universities are also expected to fulfill
their accountability to society by periodically examining whether their entrance examinations areadministered properly in accordance with their admission policies and by publicizing the results.
Last year, however, some universities were found to have problems with the fairness of their
medical faculty entrance examinations. As a result, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) conducted a nationwide survey of medical faculties anddepartments, and reported that an improper selection of applicants was conducted in youruniversity.
In order to fulfill its responsibilities as an accreditation organization aimed at improving
university quality and assuring the quality to society, the Japan University Accreditation
Association has decided to once again consider the validity of the University Accreditation results
for your university by conducting a review covering the three relevant University Standards outof ten, namely, “Standard 5: Student Enrollment,” “Standard 9: Management,” and “Standard 10:
Internal Quality Assurance.”
A research subcommittee, established for this examination under the University Accreditation
Committee, reviewed the report on the circumstances of this problem and various other materials
submitted by your university, and held hearings with the relevant parties in your university lastJuly.
The review revealed that your university is not organized to the extent that it is capable ofchecking on and assessing its own activities to implement improvement or reform because (1)with regard to “Student Enrollment,” it is not confirmed that fair and proper student enrollment
is conducted in accordance with the admission policies; (2) with regard to “Management,” thegovernance related to student enrollment does not function sufficiently for it to be confirmed thatappropriate administration is conducted; and (3) with regard to “internal quality assurance,” selfcheck and self-evaluation are not implemented properly.
The Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Japan University Accreditation Association (heldon September 27, 2019) judged that these conditions fall short of the University Standards, andaccordingly, cancelled your previous accreditation result and changed it from “accredited” to “notaccredited.”Your university has already announced that it will make efforts to improve the selection system.
Based on the results of this examination, however, it is strongly hoped that student enrollment
will be reconsidered and fair and selection of applicants will be conducted, and that consideration
will be given to how governance and internal quality assurance should be implemented.