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

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: PublicLocation: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2019
Accreditation Status: Accredited（Accreditation Period: April 1.2020 – March 31.2027）

Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Results
for the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
Overview
The Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology (hereinafter referred to as the “Institute”)
is a university that was established by Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan
University in AY2006. Along with its purpose, the Institute’s mission is “to nurtureindividuals with a rich personality and creativeness who can contribute to industrial
development, and thereby contribute to the improvement and development of the life andculture of the people of Tokyo.” The Institute has the Master Program of Information
Systems Architecture and Master Program of Innovation for Design and Engineering in
the Graduate School of Industrial Technology. With the educational objective of nurturing
advanced professional engineers with the will and ability to contribute to industrial
revitalization, the Institute has formulated a mid-term plan and annual plans to achieve
its third mid-term goals (AY2017 to AY2022), and conducts educational and research
activities in accordance with these plans.
Specifically, the Institute has been implementing project based learning styleeducation and has organized a step-by-step curriculum whereby students take lecture andseminar subjects in the first year and then engage in problem solving in teams in PBL
subjects in the second year. This has enabled students to acquire the basic necessary
knowledge and skills as advanced professionals and develop competency via practical,hands-on methods. The Institute provides individual students with a diploma supplementthat indicates how well they have developed the abovementioned abilities in the form ofa radar chart, along with their degrees. In accordance with the third mid-term plan, theInstitute has gathered opinions from the business sector in an attempt to improve its
project based learning style education.
In order to establish an environment that facilitates working student learning andpromote recurrent education, which have been set as mid-term goals, the Institute hasenhanced convenience for working students and stimulated their learning by providing
AIIT Blended Learning, which involves tele-education that combines pre-recorded
lessons and face-to-face lessons, and adopting the lecture assistance system (e-learning).
In particular, through the lecture assistance system, the Institute’s provision of recordingsof all currently-held lectures to all students and graduates from a certain number of years
back is highly commendable as an activity that contributes to making the Institute a hub
for lifelong advanced vocational education.

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As described above, the Institute is working on achieving its purpose and mission.
However, there are issues that need to be addressed. Although a degree award policy has
been set for each program, the learning outcomes lack concreteness. When grasping thelearning outcomes of each subject, the Institute should clearly inform students of thespecific learning outcomes in consideration of the advanced knowledge, skills, andcompetency that are set in detail. Establishing the Education and Research Council as theorganization responsible for promoting internal quality assurance, the Institute formulates
annuals plans, confirms the state of progress, and implements measures for improvement
based on the results of corporate assessments. However, the role of the council and thedivision of roles between the respective committees in the internal quality assurance
system are unclear. The Institute is currently reviewing its internal quality assurance
structure. Therefore, the Institute should improve the structure, clarify the division ofroles, and make its internal quality assurance system function properly.
We hope the Institute capitalizes on its achievements in nurturing architects,
professionals capable of driving innovation in all fields, to further expand its remarkable
initiatives, such as the implementation of project based learning style education and otherforms of distinctive education and establishment of an environment that facilitatesworking student learning, work on further improving and enhancing its education, andthereby develop its programs even more.
Notable Strengths
Student Support
 The Institute records all currently-held lectures and provides the recordings to allstudents via the lecture assistance system (e-learning). This enables students to carryout class review and view lectures they have not registered for, making it moreconvenient for adult students in the workforce. Students are allowed to view therecordings from the latest two years for free until ten years have elapsed from theirgraduation, making it possible for graduates to obtain information related to everevolving industrial technology. It is commendable that the Institute is engaged innurturing lifelong advanced professionals through supporting student learning bothduring enrollment and after graduation.

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Suggestions for Improvement
Internal Quality Assurance
 Establishing the Education and Research Council as the organization responsible forpromoting internal quality assurance, the Institute has developed a structure in whichchecks and reviews and measures for improvement are implemented through theimplementation of annual plans. However, in the process of implementing measures
for improvement based on the results of checks and reviews, instructions for
improvement are in practice given by the monthly progress management meeting. As
the Education and Research Council does not give instructions for improvement orprovide support, the Institute does not have a functioning internal quality assurance
system in which the council acts as the responsible body. The Institute should firstclarify the procedures for promoting internal quality assurance and the roles of theEducation and Research Council within the internal quality assurance system. Then,the Institute should develop an appropriate internal quality assurance system centeredaround the Internal Quality Assurance Promotion Committee, which is to beestablished as the new responsible body, and ensure the system functions effectively.
Educational Program and Outcome
 The Master Program of Information Systems Architecture and the Master Program ofInnovation for Design and Engineering do not clearly indicate the learning outcomesthat students need to attain in order to receive a degree in the degree award policy.
This should be improved.

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