Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
for Professional Graduate School of Public Health

Division of Public Health,Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2020
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April.1.2021 – March.31.2026）

Division of Public Health, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health

Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health
Division of Public Health

The Division of Public Health, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”) states the purpose of the Graduate School is“to protect people's lives, promote their health, and contribute to the sustainable
development of a sound health care system, the continuous improvement of the qualityof medical care, and creation of a society that maintains good health.” To achieve this,the purpose of the professional degree program is to “train highly specialized
professionals who can solve problems based on scientific judgment on various publichealth issues from a leadership stand point.” Along with developing capable students
in doctoral courses, “the educational purpose of the graduate school is to contribute tosociety through such development of capable students in public health.”
The Division has established a more tangible mission, vision, values, andgoals to achieve their distinct purpose, and these are shared with faculty and students
as guidelines in places of education. What is more, it is commendable that by using“competency,” which is the qualification and ability suitable for professional work, asa keyword and by listing the elements that constitute competency, the Division ispromoting sharing, including the above guidelines, and building an environment thatfacilitates smooth communication with even and open relationships between faculty
and students.
As for the system to support students in their studies and such, the Division
has a dual research supervision system consisting of academic advisors in charge ofcross-disciplinary advice and research supervisors in charge of professional advice.
Additionally, the Division provides step-by-step and systematic research guidance forresearch projects through a subgroup system in which research advisors from several
different disciplines are grouped with assigned students. In this way, the Divisioncultivates cross-disciplinary communication skills and problem setting skills necessary
for public health professionals while embodying the mission of “practical learning”,
which is the spirit of foundation. Moreover, the Division has steadily achieved a trackrecord in responding to globalization by promoting collaboration with universities in
the United States and the United Kingdom, holding seminars, conducting international
exchanges in Asia, and exchanges between faculty and students.
In this way, while the Division promotes distinct initiatives in the educational
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Division of Public Health, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Healthprogram and educational method, the following must be pointed out as issues to beimproved.
First, although the curriculum covers five basic specialized areas, the numberof required credits for Health and Behavioral Sciences, Health Policy and MedicalManagement, and Industrial and Environmental Health Sciences is fewer than thenumber of required credits for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Balance is needed forthe courses in these five areas. Thus, moving forward, improvements such as setting
the minimum number of compulsory and elective compulsory credits are desirable.
Second, regarding the members of the “Curriculum Collaborative Council”(Advisory Board) established in AY2019, because 5 members are related to nursing
care facilities for the elderly but others are related to the department of Teikyo
University School of Medicine, in order to involve “persons other than faculty
members and other staff members of the University where the graduate school islocated” as required by law, the Division must meet the statutory requirements in its
selection of new members starting in 2021 and add members from administrative
governments and industries.
Third, as an environment where students are exposed to a wide range ofknowledge required for public health professionals, the Division has developed a richenvironment for books and information retrieval and plans are underway for joint
lectures with other graduate schools on the campus. Further efforts are hoped for, suchas making use of their resources as a comprehensive university with medical graduate
schools that are closely related to this field, and enabling students to obtain credits by
taking courses at other graduate schools according to their research and career paths.
Fourth, the number of credits for research projects in this Division has
increased since AY 2020, and the number of credits required for completion haschanged accordingly. The Division states that the increase in the number of credits isin keeping with the actual situation with enhanced teaching content and greater efforts
required for both faculty and students than before. However, because it accounts fornearly 30% of the number of credits required for completion, verification of the current
situation and investigation into its validity are greatly required, keeping in mind thekind of capable students to be trained and the degree award policy. In particular, sincestudents in courses that are completed in one year need to secure study hours
equivalent to the number of units (42 units) required for completion including research
projects in about 10 months, validity should be considered from the perspective of
appropriate number of study hours and amount of learning.
Fifth, regarding the unfulfilled enrollment quota, the enrollment has improved2

Division of Public Health, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Healththrough strengthened public relations and the introduction of the “rolling admission
method.” However, in recent years, the enrollment has been significantly higher thanthe enrollment quota, so appropriate quota management from the perspective of
optimizing the number of students to ensure quality of education is greatly required.
Although issues such as those mentioned above are present, the Division iscontinuously reviewing the content and methods of the courses with the full-timeteachers preparing and submitting a “Course Assessment and Improvement Plan Sheet”
for their subjects based on the results of the course assessment questionnaire, and somecases were found where this actually led to improvement. Moving forward, theDivision will further expand its distinct features by sharing improvement plans among
teachers, etc., and by striving to improve the issues that have been pointed out here.
Further development as a public health professional graduate school established as
Japan's first independent graduate school of public health, with a presence in Japanand overseas that is greatly anticipated.

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