Hachinohe Institute of Technology（八戸工業大学）
Evaluation summary
This university has demonstrated satisfactory compliance with the standards of the Japan
Institution for Higher Education Evaluation.
Standards

Evaluation result

Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.

SatisfiedStandard 2. Students

SatisfiedStandard 3. Educational Curriculum

SatisfiedStandard 4. Faculty and Staff

SatisfiedStandard 5. Management, Administration and Finance

SatisfiedStandard 6. Internal Quality Assurance

Satisfied

Good practices○The university accepts a diversity of students, and with varied support including the introductionof a class teacher system and a Student Support Center to assure understanding of lectures thedrop-put rare is low. These initiatives are worthy of high evaluation.
○ In addition to consistent career education and support by the Job Placement Division, theenthusiastic aid of each faculty member has led to the university maintaining an extremely highjob placement level. This initiative is worthy of high evaluation.
○There are ample sports fields and physical education facilities, affording many opportunities tolend them as a venue for local sports tournaments, and the contributions are made to the community.
This initiative is worthy of high evaluation.
○In response to the slips posted in the Opinions Box that the university has installed with theobjective of ascertaining students’ opinions, anonymous opinions are responded to in displayed
messages, those containing the students’ names are responded to by interviews with them, and theuniversity is sincere in its responses to students. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○In the honors program special training courses have been established for students with exceptional
academic ability and volition to learn, and special courses common to all departments established.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○In order to deal with diverse student needs, cross-departmental programs have been established.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.

○The university has established its own 20 Achievement Factors, evaluates learning outcomes anddistributes them to students upon graduation as diploma supplements, and enthusiastically seekstransparency in learning outcomes. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○The respective FD and SD of the university and its incorporated entity are managed in a centralizedmanner through the Hachinohe Institute of Technology Implementation Plan Table for Training
Workshops etc., and are shown to faculty and staff. This makes it easy for faculty and staff to plan
their participation in the workshops throughout the year and leads to good attendance rates. Thisinitiative is worthy of evaluation.
○Round half of the directors are outside directors whose knowledge is put to use in university
reforms, and the management of the Board of Directors is externally open. This initiative is worthyof evaluation.
○The university makes the most of its distinctive quality of being rooted in the community, andwhile strengthening its ties with corporations mainly in the Northern Tohoku region, is successfulin acquiring ample income through donations. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○A high issue awareness regarding the financial situation is shared throughout the university, efforts
are made towards improvements and a more robust income and expenditure balance has beenachieved. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○A highly objective inspection and evaluation mechanism has been introduced through the Audit
Advisor for Education and Learning Management and external evaluation committee, all of which
are functioning. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○A Mid- and Long-term Targets and Basic Plan has been stipulated to document policy on internal
quality assurance, and a circular process created for continuous improvement activities aimed at
the realization of the university’s mission, goals and educational objectives. The university
permanently promotes improvements and reform. This initiative is worthy of high evaluation.