National Institute of Technology, Hachinohe College

Decision of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
The National Institute of Technology, Hachinohe College complies with the Standards for theEstablishment of Colleges of Technology and other relevant laws and regulations, and meets theStandards for Evaluation and Accreditation of Colleges of Technology set by NIAD-QE.
It fulfills all requirements defined as the Priority Evaluation Items in Viewpoint 1-1.
Good practices identified by the review committee include:
Promotion of “Online English” classes to improve English language abilities in accordance withthe college’s policy that focuses on international exchange activities to enhance the performanceof the education support staff;
Active signing of international exchange agreements, thereby contributing to more academic staff
members and students participating in international exchanges, including overseas training
programs, and emphasis on improving English language education, resulting in the largest
number of successful applicants for the 2017 Eiken Test in Practical English Proficiency (Eiken)(59 for Grade Pre-2, 25 for Grade 2, and 5 for Grade Pre-1) for the second consecutive year
among all national colleges of technology, with these dedicated efforts to promote international
education leading to successful outcomes;
In addition to “Self-Directed Research” aimed at developing students’ practical skills, alldepartments offering “Internship” that allows students to learn firsthand the roles of engineers
with practical skills through work experience in companies or organizations related to their
specialized fields, with detailed guidance provided with the intention of applying technicalknowledge by, for example, distributing the “Internship Guide”;
Project-based learning (PBL) lessons provided as creative teaching methods in one or twosubjects of each course, and “Self-Directed Research” as a college-wide distinctive initiative
introduced as a required course for all students in the five-year associate course, where students
identify their own problems and questions, pursue independent inquiry activities from a scientificperspective, and receive support and guidance from supervisory teachers and teaching
coordinators, with these approaches resulting in students more actively participating in academicpresentations and various contests and demonstrating their creativity to produce many successful
outcomes; andAn extremely high employment rate (the number of students employed divided by the number ofstudents seeking employment after graduation) for both the associate and diploma courses, with
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students employed in the manufacturing industry, academic research and specialized engineering
services companies, public offices, and other employment befitting of the engineers the college
hopes to produce, and an extremely high rate of students advancing to higher education (thenumber of students advancing to higher education divided by the number of students wishing toadvance to higher education), with students advancing to the diploma courses at colleges oftechnology or engineering technology and other faculties at universities that are related to thestudents’ associate course.

This document has been translated by NIAD-QE with consent from the college of technology for thereader’s information only.

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