National Institute of Technology, Hiroshima College

Decision of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
National Institute of Technology, Hiroshima 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.
Good practices identified by the review committee include:A unique approach to promoting English in other subjects to improve English communication
skills for teachers and students by producing “Classroom English” materials (for teachers andstudents) compiling basic English phrases used in the classroom and distributing them to allacademic staff members and students since fiscal 2017;
An extremely high employment rate (the number of students employed divided by the number ofstudents seeking employment after graduation) for both associate and diploma courses, withstudents employed in the transportation industry, postal service, manufacturing industry,
research institutes, professional/technical service companies and other employment befitting of
the engineers the college hopes to produce, and an extremely high rate of students advancing tohigher education (the number of students advancing to higher education divided by the numberof students wishing to advance to higher education) for both the associate and diploma courses,
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orengineering/shipping technology, and business administration faculties or academic units atuniversities that are related to the students’ associate/diploma courses; andThe only college of technology selected for MEXT’s (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology) Program for Promoting Universities as the Center of Community(COC) for fiscal 2013, in addition to participating in MEXT’s Program for Promoting Regional
Revitalization by Universities as Centers of Community (COC+Program) since fiscal 2016, that
promotes various programs in full collaboration with local governments by encouraging many
students to participate in problem-solving studies on local communities and industries toenhance their motivation for dissertations and theses, while providing opportunities for students
to present their research results outside the school to develop their presentation skills.
Areas for improvement identified by the review committee include:
Insufficient approaches for examining whether entrants are actually accepted according to theCollege’s admission policy;
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A lack of procedures to confirm the attainment level of learning and educational objectives with
only requirements for completion in the diploma Course of Industry System Engineering; andThe College’s improvement system, which is not functioning adequately with sufficient roomfor further improvement regarding the evaluation system for improving and enhancing education,
as pointed out in the areas for improvement of the previous Institutional Certified Evaluation
and Accreditation.

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

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