National Institute of Technology, Kagawa College
1. Decision of institutional certified evaluation and accreditation
The National Institute of Technology, Kagawa College, complies with the Standards for the Establishment of Collegesof Technology and other relevant laws and regulations and meets the Standards for Evaluation and Accreditation ofColleges of Technology set by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher
Education (NIAD-QE). It fulfills all the requirements defined as priority evaluation items in Viewpoint 1-1.
The best practices identified by the review committee were as follows:1)

The AI Social Implementation Education and Research Division, established in 2020, actively distributes
and implements educational programs on AI and its foundations, such as data science at institutes oftechnology across the country, and develops human resources that aim to solve regional issues through thesocial implementation of AI technology. Through this, graduates of the diploma course were able to developa joint research and launch a venture company in 2020.

2)

As part of its educational methods, Kagawa College conducts creative exercises in each department toenhance students’ creativity and problem-solving and execution skills. Through these efforts, students have
won technology and idea awards at the College of Technology Robot Contest 2021. They also won theMEXT Minister’s Award at the 3rd KOSEN Deep Learning Contest 2022.

3)

The employment rate (the number of students employed divided by those seeking postgraduate employment)
for associate and diploma courses is extremely high, with graduates employed in manufacturing and otherindustries to which the engineers that the college hopes to produce are well-suited. The rate of students
advancing to higher education (the number of students advancing to higher education divided by those wishing
to do so) for associate and diploma courses is also extremely high, with graduates advancing to diploma courses
at colleges of technology, engineering faculties, or graduate schools related to their associate and diplomacourses.

Points to be improved:
1)

Self-assessments following the “National Kagawa College of Technology Implementation Guidelines ofSelf-assessment” have not been conducted or published [Viewpoint 1-1-(2)].

2)

The implementation of self-assessments based on the verification results by external experts has not been
discussed by relevant committees related to internal quality assurance [Viewpoint 1-1-(3)].

3)

The improvement points indicated in the previous institutional certified evaluation and accreditation report
have not been discussed by the relevant internal quality assurance committees [Viewpoint 1-1-(4)].

4)

Among the improvement points indicated in the previous institutional certified evaluation and accreditation
report, the following issues have not been addressed: “Some course subjects have used the same examquestions for several years,” and “Grade evaluations for some course subjects were not employed as
described in the syllabus” [Viewpoint 1-1-(4)].

5)Some departments have inconsistent curriculum and diploma policies in the associate degree program[Viewpoint 1-2-(2)].

6)

The review of the three policies has not been discussed by the relevant committees related to internal quality
assurance [Viewpoint 1-3-(1)].

7)

The curriculum systems of some departments based on the curriculum policy are difficult to understand[Viewpoint 5-1-(1)].

The NIAD-QE has translated this document with consent from the college for reader information only.