National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College

Decision of Institutional Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa 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:
Creative teaching methods in the associate course, such as “Practical Creation” in thefourth-year subjects of the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, “Exercises for
Creative Engineering Design A/B” in the fourth-year subjects of the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering, “Creative Engineering” in the fourth-year subjects of theDepartment of Systems, Control and Information Engineering, and “Analytical Chemistry
Experiments” in the second-year subjects of the Department of Materials Chemistry, all ofwhich provide a series of lessons to enhance creativity, including project-based learning (PBL),
idea development, design, production, and product operations, thereby demonstrating successful
performance in the Idea Competition/National Institute of Technology Robot Contest, applying
for patents, and winning the special award in the Creative Robot Contest for Decommissioning;“Engineering Design” established as part of the curriculum to develop creativity by promoting
self-directed study for second-year students as a compulsory subject in the College’s two
diploma courses and offering hands-on experience in the product technology development
process under the guidance of retired or active corporate engineers (“Meister”) who graduatedfrom the College, with these innovative approaches contributing to receiving awards in national
academic meetings and international conferences and winning the grand prize in the Asahikawa
Well-Being Consortium Joint Result Presentation;“Internship” introduced as a compulsory subject in the College’s two diploma courses todevelop problem-solving abilities and practical skills, during which students intern for fourweeks at universities or companies, after which they are required to submit reports, followed bypresentations at briefing sessions and discussions, with their grades evaluated by both theCollege and intern employers before credit approval;
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 manufacturing industry, information and communications businesses,
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college hopes to produce, and an extremely high rate of students advancing to higher education(the number of students advancing to higher education divided by the number of students
wishing to advance to higher education) for both the associate and diploma courses , withstudents advancing to the diploma courses at colleges of technology or engineering technology
faculties or academic units at universities that are related to the students’ associate/diplomacourses; andA support program to improve the lessons of each academic staff member, including using classevaluation reports by students and tentatively introducing a class consultation scheme in which
educational consultants arrange pre-interviews with teachers, conduct written questionnaires by
students after class, summarize their comments, and hold post-interviews with teachers based on
the questionnaires to discuss concrete measures to improve lessons, with the official introductionof class consultation expected to further enhance teaching performance in the future.
Areas for improvement identified by the review committee include:
Opinion hearings from graduates and universities and companies accepting them, which do notdirectly reflect the attainment level of the College’s educational goals.

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

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