KURUME INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY（久留米工業大学）
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○In order to admit students in line with the admission policy the statements of purpose and academictranscripts are given scores and evaluated in both the general entrance examination and theentrance examinations using the National Center Test for University Admissions. This initiative isworthy of evaluation.
○The faculty members at the Fundamental Education Center participate as assistants to the faculty
members in physics and mathematics classes during students’ first years, and collaborate insupporting the students who have difficulties with learning. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○With the Career Support Center at its core, collaboration is achieved between the faculty members
who are its operating committee members and the staff members of the Office of Placement, andcareer education, internships and job placement support activities are linked and implemented.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○Building No. 100 has been designed with consideration to the lines of student movement between
the welfare facilities, learning commons and classrooms, and to make the architectural structure
and architectural equipment visible, serves as a “living” teaching material on architecture andenergy systems, and has been built to induce high educational results. This initiative is worthy ofevaluation.
○Graduate research is positioned as the culmination of students’ learning, and stringent evaluations
in line with the rubric are implemented. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.

○In order to create a curriculum policy consistent with the diploma policy, active learning and othermethods are adopted as part of an educational policy in seminars and experimental courses andorganizational initiatives such as FD training regarding the content to be implemented areconducted. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○With regard to the inspection and evaluation of learning outcomes, the questionnaires implemented
in each division are analyzed by the IR Promotion Center, published on the Kitto Miru website
shared by faculty and staff, and this links in with improvements to education and research activities.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○The members of the Student, Faculty and Staff Educational Improvements Subcommittee, whichfunctions under the FD Committee, include students, and the subcommittee conducts surveys into
the opinions and requests regarding teaching improvements and other initiatives. The university isthus enthusiastically working on FD activities aimed at educational improvements, which isworthy of evaluation.
○Taking the opportunity of the development of Partner Mobility, an environment that includes
technical consulting and technical instruction with local corporations is eagerly promoted, in theacademic year 2020 the Applied AI Research Laboratory was established, and considerable effort
is made into improving the branding of the university. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement○With regard to the conferral of degrees by the graduate school, the Regulations of Graduate School
Committee of Kurume Institute of Technology do not stipulate them as a matter for deliberation,and the minutes of the Graduate School Committee do not record the content of any suchdeliberations. Improvements are required.
○The meeting of the Board of Directors on June 14, 2019 was held in a written format though Article
36 of the Private Schools Act stipulates that regardless of the agenda the Board of Directors shallmeet in person, and improvements are required.
○The meeting of the Board of Councilors on June 20, 2019 was held in a written format thoughArticle 41 of the Private Schools Act stipulates that regardless of the agenda the Board ofCouncilors shall meet in person, and improvements are required.