Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University（広島都市学園大学）
Evaluation summary
This university has not 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

Unsatisfied

Standard 5. Management, Administration and Finance

SatisfiedStandard 6. Internal Quality Assurance

Unsatisfied

Good practices
None.
Recommendations for improvement
 The fill rate of the total capacity of the Faculty of Childhood Education’s Department ofChildhood Education is below 70% and improvements are required.
 Although the FD Promotion Committee has been established as an organizational system toimprove teaching methods in line with the regulations, and mutual observation of classes, open
lessons and class evaluation questionnaires are conducted, the inspection and evaluation/feedback
functions are inadequate and improvements are required to implement them in an organizedmanner.
 Regarding administrative affairs of the university, the fact that the final decision of the President
is not assured is inappropriate in light of the gist of Article 92, paragraph (3) of the School
Education Act, and improvements are required.
 The Faculty Council and Graduate School Committee do not give their opinions to the President
with regard to admittance of students, graduation, course completion, conferral of degrees andimportant matters concerning education and learning stipulated by the President. Improvements
are required.
 Important matters regarding which the opinions of the Faculty Council and Graduate School
Committee need to be sought have not been stipulated and communicated by the President, andimprovements are required.
 With regard to the appointment of the Vice President, the opinions of the President are not beingsought despite the stipulation in Article 3 of the Regulations on the Appointment of Vice
Presidents, and improvements are required.

 The state of progress of the Furusawa Gakuen 2nd Medium-Term Business Plan (academic years
2020-2024) that is the medium-term plan of the university’s incorporated entity is not being
managed in an organized manner, and improvements are required to develop this system.
 With regard to the set of rules and various regulations, frequent negligence such as omissions anderroneous records is observed, and improvements are required to create a system for theirorganized inspection and management.
 The fact that the auditor’s audit reports are discussed and approved by the Board of Directors andBoard of Councilors is inappropriate in light of the purpose of auditor’s audit, and improvements
are required.
 Cross-university policy regarding internal quality assurance has not been formulated or madeclear, and improvements are required.
 Meetings of the Self Inspection Management Committee and Inspection Evaluation
Implementation Committee, which should be playing important roles in implementation andresults utilization of self-inspection and evaluation, are not being held, and a permanentorganizational system and responsibility system for the internal quality assurance of the whole
university are not functioning. Improvements are required.
 The Self-Inspection and Evaluation Report submitted for this evaluation and accreditation wasvirtually the same as the previous year including untruthful statements and typographical errors,
the submissions lacked evidence such as documents and data, and can only be described as
inadequate. Improvements are therefore required for the organized implementation of selfinspection and evaluation in line with the university’s internal regulations.
 As the university’s published Self-Inspection and Evaluation Report contains numerous errors,
improvements are required to the responsibility system etc. regarding the publication of the report.
 The fact that the university’s replies to written questions were untruthful can only be described as
an act that damages the verity of evaluations. In order that such deceit does not occur again,
improvements are required to the self-inspection and evaluation checking system and morethorough governance.
 An organizational system etc. for internal quality assurance across the whole university has notbeen substantially established, self-inspection and evaluation for internal quality assurance isinadequate, there were discrepancies between the content of replies given in response to written
questions and responses provided during the on-site survey, and internal quality assurance cannot
be said to be functional. Improvements are required.
 The content stipulated in the Furusawa Gakuen 2nd Medium Term Business Plan (academic years
2020-2024) that is the medium term plan of the university’s incorporated entity is inexact, andimprovements are required in order to create a practicable and highly detailed plan.
 There are items requiring improvement regarding the insufficient fill rate of the total capacity of
the Department of Child Education, the functionality of education and learning management, andmutual checks on administration management. The internal quality assurance system cannot be
described as functional, and improvements are required.