○Guide to Issuing a Certificate Regarding Involvement in Social Contribution
Activities(April 1, 2004 Approved by the President)
Guide to Issuing a Certificate Regarding Involvement in Social Contribution Activities
Purpose:No. 1. This Guide prescribes matters necessary to the issuance of a certificate tostudents at Hiroshima University who have carried out social contribution
activities (hereafter, Students), based on stipulations in Article 56 of Hiroshima
University General Provisions (April 1, 2004 Regulation No. 2) (including casesof the mutatis mutandis application to Article 56 of Hiroshima University
Graduate School Regulations (January 15, 2008 Regulation No. 2) and Article 24of Hiroshima University Special Needs Education: Regulations for the Programin Special Education (March 20, 2007 Regulation No. 44)).
Aims:
No. 2. This Guide aims to support students’ unrestricted involvement in social
contribution activities through the issuance of a certification to individuals who
have carried out social contribution activities such as volunteer work, lifesaving
activities, crime prevention, and disaster prevention.
Activities Eligible for Certification:
No. 3. In cases where a student enrolled in a school, graduate school, or advanced
course at This University (hereafter, School, etc.) has carried out one of thefollowing stipulated activities, s/he may apply for the issuance of certification bysubmitting Appended Form No. 1 to the dean of the School, etc. of enrollment(hereafter, Dean of Enrollment).
(1) Support activities that assist students that have physical disabilities with theirstudies, etc.
(2) Support activities that counsel students through the role of Peer Supporter(3) Activities listed in the appended table to the Act to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activities (Act No. 7, 1998) that are carried out by an individual Student
or a group made up of Students.
(4) Other activities equivalent to the activities listed in the preceding 3 items
Recommendation from the Dean of Enrollment:
No. 4. When an application for the issuance of the certificate set forth in No. 3 issubmitted, the Dean of Enrollment shall review the content and make a
recommendation to the president using Appended Form No. 1.
Certificate Issuance:
No. 5. The president shall issue a certificate using Appended Form No. 2, based on
the recommendation from the Dean of Enrollment.
Retraction:
No. 6. In cases where a Student makes a false statement or it becomes clear that afalse statement has been made, the president shall retroactively retract thecertification.
Administration:
No. 7. Administration related to the issuance of the certificate shall be carried out by

the General Student Support Center.
Mutatis Mutandis Application:
No. 8. The stipulations set forth in this Guide shall apply mutatis mutandis to research
students (including foreign research students) and credited auditors.
Supplementary Provisions
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2004.
Supplementary Provisions (March 20, 2007 Partial Revision)
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2007.
Supplementary Provisions (January 15, 2008 Partial Revision)
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2008.
Supplementary Provisions (March 19, 2018 Partial Revision)
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2018.
Supplementary Provisions (April 1, 2020 Partial Revision)
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2020.
Supplementary Provisions (February 16, 2022 Partial Revision)
This guide shall come into effect from April 1, 2022.
Supplementary Provisions (July 18, 2023 Regulation No. 192):
This regulation shall come into effect from July 18, 2023, and the stipulations set forth in
the Guide to Issuing a Certificate Regarding Involvement in Social Contribution Activities
revised in accordance with this regulation shall be applied from April 1, 2023.

Appended Form No. 1 (related to No. 3, No. 4)
Application for Certification
Appended Form No. 2 (related to No. 5)
Certificate