GIFU KYORITSU UNIVERSITY（岐阜協立大学）
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 maximizes its special characteristic of being publicly financed for the establishment
but operated and managed by an incorporated educational entity, has established a School ofNursing to foster human resources capable of meeting community health and medical care needsin line with its educational objectives of “cultivating promising human resources for thecommunity,” and implements various measures to gain the understanding of the local community.
These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○Through the university’s website and guide the founding principles and educational objectives arepublicized with visually striking diagrams in a manner readily understandable to all stakeholders.
This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○In response to requests from parents and guardians, appropriate support is provided for students
with disabilities through the Health Card they complete upon admission and the Support Council
for Students with Special Needs. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○From their first year, students take a career development course as a regular subject within theeducational curriculum, and the communication ability required of adults, the basic social skills ofdiscovering and solving problems, and job-seeking ability to help them find employment are all
nurtured. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○A scholarship system is meticulously in place in line with the university’s own standards forstabilizing school life, and generous support is provided. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.

○The university attempts to improve the collection rate of class questionnaires through the use of
ICT in addition to which by securing the anonymity of students, efforts are made to obtainappropriate evaluations. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○Based on the results of questionnaires with the objective of the inspection and evaluation oflearning outcomes, the university has created a mechanism for students to submit reports on aninternal website and receive feedback from faculty. This initiative is worthy of evaluation from theperspective of improving educational methods and learning guidance methods.
○In the academic year 2017 the university concluded an SD agreement with Gifu Shotoku Gakuen
University and its Junior College, and staff are mutually dispatched during the annually hosted
summer training program. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
○Opportunities are provided for the auditing firm and directors to exchange opinions, and attempts
are made to encourage communication regarding overall management, risk management andmonitoring plans. This is an excellent initiative and worthy of evaluation.
○In order to improve IR functions, staff are encouraged to acquire the Institutional Researcher (IRer)(IR professional qualification) and this initiative is worth of evaluation.
○The meetings of the Council of Education and Research Promotion are held, efforts made to heara wide range of opinions from local business and high school stakeholders, and independent andenthusiastic initiatives are pursued in order to promote internal quality assurance. These initiatives
are worthy of evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement○In the section of the University Regulations and the Graduate School Regulations stating that theFaculty Council shall offer their opinions in the decision-making of the President there are no
stipulations regarding the conferral of degrees, and improvements are required.